豆
Beans
| Kanji | Meaning | 音 (on) | 訓 (kun) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 豆 | Beans | とう | まめ |
Ground (一) + Mouth (口) + Horns (
)
There’s horns and a mouth between the two sections of ground.
The smallfolk weren’t very smart. They thought that they could use horns and mouths like BEANS to grow more horns and mouths. Makes the story of Jack and the BEAN Stalk seem more intelligent.
Think of the smallfolk standing around their buried mouths and horns saying things like “huh, this totally works when I do this with BEANS. How odd.” You can laugh at their stupidity a little bit too, because it’ll help you to remember.
音読み：とう
But even though it sounds ridiculous, turns out you were the one that was wrong… sort of.
Out of the ground pops thousands of TOEs (とう). They’re everywhere, and when they grown bigger, they have little toe sprouts coming off of them, turning into long TOE stalks that look a lot like BEANS, strangely enough.
Make sure to let the smallfolk laugh back at you a bit too – feel the shame, you deserve it, you narrow minded city-person.
訓読み：まめ
Right now, it’s まめ that’s important, because it’s the only one with kanji you know, and it happens to be just this kanji.
a豆（まめ）＝ Bean
Know your beans? Move on to your bodies.