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engrave

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engrave RTKCarve

Community Mnemonic

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This famous ninja (I always use ninjas with sabres, distinct from samurai) used to engrave the kanji for his name onto acorns, and throw the acorns to distract his enemies. The legend goes that by the time his victims would pick up the acorn and read the engraved kanji, they were already dead.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Components

δΊ₯acorn
?sabres
?acorns
?acorns

On'yomi

こく

Kun'yomi

きざ