Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Guts

Mnemonic

If you stay up for so long that you get to watch the moon go down and the dawn come, then people will say you have serious guts. Staying up that late is really hard, and not everyone can do it. If you don't have the guts to stay up, you'll just fall asleep and never see the moon and the sun switch places in the sky.

Readings

On’yomi

たん

Kun’yomi

きも

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You were outside for so long, proving you had guts, that you also got a sweet tan (たん) out of it! It's a really deep tan though, and you probably need more guts if you ever want to do all that again.

Visually Similar Kanji

Found In Vocabulary