Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Steel

Mnemonic

You come across a gold hill. You think you hit it big! You start digging, only to find out that it is merely a paper-thin layer of gold covering a hill of steel.

Readings

On’yomi

こう

Kun’yomi

はがね

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You report your findings about the steel you found to Emperor こういち. He is displeased that it is a hill of steel.

Visually Similar Kanji

Found In Vocabulary