飴

あめ · ame · JLPT N5 · noun

candy

🍬 飴 = 飠 food + 台 (sound part): a food word; ame = same sound as rain 雨

The left side 飠 is the food radical, marking this as something edible; 台 on the right only hints at the old Chinese sound. In Japanese, ame also means rain (雨), so the classic pun is candy rain: ame ame.

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