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The Radical: 句
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phrase, clause 句
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Used in these Kanji:
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局
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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office, situation, bureau, department
KYOKU Top: buttocks in side view 尸, below: phrase/clause 句 (sth. wrapped 勹 out the mouth 口)
When the 'butt' is talking phrases, it is like in the office.
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尸
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勹
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句
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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phrase, clause, rhythmic section in poem, paragraph
KU Outside: wrap up/cover 勹, inside: mouth 口
She covered her mouth at such a phrase. Or: Sth. wrapped 勹 out the mouth 口.
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口
句
勹
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敬
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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respect, honor, esteem
uyamau, KEI Left: any, at all 苟 (plant 艹, sentence, phrase 句 [= sth. wrapped 勹 out the mouth 口]), right: strike/hit 攵(hand 又 with stick ノ)
A plant speaking a sentence can strike with respect.
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敬
艹
句
勹
攵
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拘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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arrest, seize, catch, adhere to
kakawaru, KŌ Left: hand 扌, right: sentence 句 (sth. wrapped 勹 out the mouth 口), Here: a gripping ="wrapping" 勹 hand and another wrist in cross-section 口)
The hand "enwraps" a wrist at the arrest.
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扌
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勹
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駒
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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colt, young horse, shogi/chess figure
koma, Left: horse 馬 (image with mane 三 in the wind, four legs 灬 and the tail フ), right: sentence, phrase 句 (sth. wrapped 勹 out the mouth 口); Here: see similarity to placenta/womb 胞
The horse coming out of the placenta 勹 with its head 口 is a colt.
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馬
句
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