Keyword
lad
Info
FrequencyTop 2000-2100
Type
Jinmeiyō 
?
KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig1852
Readings
ひこ
(82%)
びこ
(10%)
げん
(6%)
Composed of
standing up
cliff
a patch of hair
Mnemonic

A young lad is standing at the edge of a cliff. He already balding at such a young age, with only a single patch of hair left on his head. He's depressed. No girl wants him anymore. As he's looking down the cliff he's thinking of... jumping down.

Used in kanji (2 in total)
face
proverb
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity