# 融 fusion

(Hitler) + 匹 (small animal) + 虫 (insizzect)
★☆☆☆☆
16 strokes
BETA
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.'