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Kotomora

芚

green sprout, foolish

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Readings

On'yomi

  • トン
  • チュン

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

芚 is a rare kanji with two seemingly unrelated meanings: a green sprout and foolishness. The connection is unclear, so treat it as having two distinct senses.

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Etymology

芚 combines the grass radical 艹 with 屯, which may have contributed sound. The exact historical development and the link between 'green sprout' and 'foolish' are uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

Picture a foolish green sprout pushing up through the grass 艹, with the lower part 屯 looking like a tangled root that makes it grow in a silly direction.

Reading mnemonic

For トン, imagine a ton of foolish green sprouts bursting from the ground: ton -> トン, and the sprouts are everywhere.