Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Pale

Alternative

Blue

Mnemonic

Flowers grown in a warehouse will be very pale. They never see the sun, so they don't grow to have bright colors.

Readings

On’yomi

そう

Kun’yomi

あお

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

When you grow pale flowers like this, they don't grow a soul (そう). Soul adds color to plants and flowers. That's probably why ghosts and dead bodies are pale too.

Found In Vocabulary