Mnemonic
The feast was enormous — endless platters piled high. You devoured everything in sight. Now you wrap your arms around your massive, groaning belly, completely sated. You can barely breathe. That wrap is the only thing keeping your overstuffed gut from splitting open.
Additional thoughts
Picture yourself at a banquet table, arms wrapped tightly around a cartoonishly swollen stomach. The wrap = physical embrace of fullness. Feast + fullness = sated beyond repair.Quick recall
After the feast, you wrap your arms around your bloated belly, utterly sated.Details
The keyword for 飽 is sated. This kanji conveys the idea of being fully satisfied or having had more than enough, particularly in relation to food or drink. It extends beyond mere physical fullness to encompass a sense of being fed up, tired of, or bored with something due to excess. The character captures that feeling of overindulgence where one has reached the point of no longer wanting or desiring any more.
- On'yomi
- ほう
- Kun'yomi
- あ.きる、あ.かす、あ.く