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お菓子

おかし

sweets, snacks

Mnemonic

Grass and fruit worked into something that is not a meal and was never meant to be. Oh, cash し, look what these cost. Round to everybody: おかし.

Worth knowing

甘い あまい is sweet as a taste. お菓子 is sweets as the things you eat.

Built from

confectionery
艹 grass + 果 fruit, result
child
A swaddled infant with its arms out, in three strokes.

Words sharing these kanji

child, kid appearance, state boy girl child, kid son prince chair condition, state of health woman, girl boy, young man

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