Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Compensation

Alternative

Compensate

Mnemonic

You give a bunch of shellfish to a clown as compensation. The clown did you some favors, and everyone knows clowns only accept shellfish as a form of currency. So your compensation is a pile of random shellfish.

Readings

On’yomi

ばい

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Once the clown has been properly compensated, he looks you in the eyes, one hand full of shellfish, the other in the air, and waves, "Bye (ばい)" he says. "Bye, bye."

Found In Vocabulary