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RTK / HeisigFrame #1617

holed gem

Lv 38

Strokes: 18

JLPT: Not in JLPT

Jōyō: Not Jōyō

Meanings

holed gem RTKDiscJade Disc

Community Mnemonic

233 votes

This kanji shows a policeman with a holed gem (which can be thought of as jewelry, I guess), but he thinks it's a doughnut. For some reason though, he liked his doughnuts with ketchup on them, so he added some, and tried to take a bite. He lost a few teeth on the process.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

?jewelry

On'yomi

へき

Kun'yomi

None

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