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RTK / HeisigFrame #1300

destitution

Lv 30

Strokes: 4

JLPT: N1

Jōyō: Not Jōyō

Meanings

destitution RTKScarce

Community Mnemonic

673 votes

Just one drop (of alcohol) and he starts walking in zig-zags – no wonder Zorro's living in destitution. (Note: As a primitive let 之 be Zorro or Zig-Zag: it's pictographic).

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

drop
?zig-zags
?Zig-Zag

On'yomi

ぼう

Kun'yomi

とぼ

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