雪 Snow

Radical Combination

• 雨

  Rain
• ヨ

  Wolverine

Meaning

Primary

Snow

Mnemonic

The rain is hated so much by wolverines, so they always want to live in the snow.

Hints

Imagine rain falling on a wolverine and how much they hate it, so the wolverine moves up north to somewhere with lots of snow.

Readings

On’yomi

せつ

Kun’yomi

ゆき

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You ask the wolverine, "Why do you want this snow so bad?" He replies quickly: "Because the rain is yucky" (ゆき).

Hints

He keeps saying "Yucky yucky yucky" over and over again. Imagine him doing this with an accent that would bring the word closer to ゆき.