融 (Kanji for fusion)

Most of the words you can make using this kanji involve LITERAL fusion: atomic physics or chemistry. But unless you are a scientist as well as a genius at Japanese, most of the time you encounter this kanji, it'll be in a word about FIGURATIVE fusion: the co-mingling of money in the stock market.

Onyomi

YUU

Mnemonic

Fun fact: If YOU fuse Hitler and an insect, you wind up with a small animal. Probably a capybara, they always look like they're up to something.

Jukugo

金融(きんゆう)

financing, financial. ★★☆☆☆
金 (gold) + 融 (fusion) = 金融 (financing, financial.)

融通が利く(ゆうずうがきく)

accomodating ★☆☆☆☆ FP
融 (fusion) + 通 (pass) + 利 (handy) = 融通が利く (accomodating)

someone who is accommodating of your needs.

融資(ゆうし)

getting financing ☆☆☆☆☆ NP
融 (fusion) + 資 (capital (as in $$$)) = 融資 (getting financing)

getting financing or funding or a business loan (usually in return for taking the banker and his friends from the Ministry of Finance out for some hostess action and $3,000 sake). (and possibly 'accidentally' losing a golf game or two)

Lookalikes

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
隔	segregate	TOWN
融	fusion	INSECT	虫

The racist government segregates all the foreigners to a different TOWN.

I fuse all the INSECTS in my delicious 'bug-shake.'

融 fusion

Onyomi

Mnemonic

Jukugo

Lookalikes