The Japanese Radical: ム


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nose    ム

Explanation This radical is typically understood as a nose in a lateral view from the left.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 3Joyo 1
insect, worm
mushi, CHŪ

The body 口 and the sting ム of an insect.  
JLPT 5Joyo 2
to meet
au, KAI, E
Top: person 人, bottom: to say, fog 云 (two 二, nose/private ム)
A person and "two noses" have a meeting. (Or: When the persons want to say sth. they meet.)  
JLPT 3Joyo 2
picture, drawing
KAI, E
Left: thread 糸, right: to meet 会 (The person 人 and two 二 noses ム have a meeting.)
(derived from a embroidered =stitched picture:) The threads meet in a picture.  
JLPT 4Joyo 2
strong
tsuyoi, shiiru, KYŌ, GŌ
Left: bow 弓, right: nose ム and insect 虫 (body 口 and sting ム of an insect)
To target with the bow the nose of an insect: That is strong!  
JLPT 4Joyo 2
wide, spacious
hiroi,
广
Left: building 广, below: nose ム (in side view)
(As a real estate agent) I find a building with my (good) nose, that is wide and spacious.  
JLPT 4Joyo 2
platform, rack, stand
DAI, TAI
Top: nose ム (in side view), bottom: mouth 口
The nose over the mouth is like a platform.  
JLPT 4Joyo 3
leave, go away, quit, finish
saru, KYO, KO
Top: earth 土, bottom: a nose ム (in side view)
When the nose is below the earth, it has gone away - it is finished.  
JLPT 3Joyo 2
public, official
ōyake,
Top: eight 八, bottom: nose ム (in side view)
Eight noses stand for the public.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
participate, attend, go, come, visit
mairu, SAN
From top: Nose ム, big 大, hairy 彡 (Originally this was the image of a woman 女 = くノ一 with long hair 彡 (possibly with hairpins 八 ?), with the meaning: beautiful)
Where the simplified woman ム with the 'big' hair is, I would like to participate.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
govern, rule, manage, cure, heal
osameru, naosu, CHI, JI
Left: Water 氵, right: platform 台 (= nose ム over the mouth 口)
The water on the platform (i.e. high plateau) is managed by the government and can heal.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
law, rule, regulation
HŌ, HATSU
Left: water 氵, right: go away/leave 去 (Below the earth 土 is the nose ム, that has left.)
The water shall be left! That's the law!  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
ore, mineral

广
Left: metal 金 (Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: wide 広 ([As a real estate agent] I find a building 广 with my (good) nose ム, that is wide and spacious)
Metal is common (= widely spread) in form of ore.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
altogether, whole, total, general
subete,
Left: thread 糸, right: public 公 (Eight 八 noses ム form the public.), heart 心
A thread wound around the public's hearts ties them altogether.  
JLPT 1Joyo 5
species, genus, to belong to
ZOKU
From top: side-view of buttocks 尸, accent ノ, insect 虫 with additional long legs 冂
The rear part belongs to an insect with long legs - but which species?  
JLPT 1Joyo 5
appearance, intention, attitude, condition
waza, zama, TAI
Top: ability, talent 能 (The nose ム, body 月 and claws 匕/匕 prove [at masks at Nō-theater] the talent), bottom: heart 心
Your abilities and your heart determine your appearance.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
ability, capacity, competence
atau,
Left: nose ム and body 月, right: claws 匕/匕
(i.e. at masks at Nō-theater or at dog breeding) Nose, body and claws prove ability.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
Buddha, France
hotoke, BUTSU, FUTSU
Left: person 亻/人, right: nose ム (in side view)
The person with the nose is a Buddha from France.  
JLPT 1Joyo 5
dialect, speech, valve
BEN
Top: nose ム, bottom: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined)
If you hold the nose with both hands it sounds like a dialect.  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
spread, broaden, expand, widen
KAKU
广
Left: hand 扌, right: wide 広 ([As a real estate agent] I find a building 广 with my (good) nose ム, that is wide and spacious.)
(i.e. when dispersing seeds on a field) By hand you can widely spread.  
JLPT 4Joyo 6
I, myself, personal
wata(ku)shi, SHI
Left: rice plant 禾, right: nose ム
Next to the rice plant with the nose: that's me.  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
window
mado,
From top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the hole/cavity.), nose ム, heart 心
A hole for the nose and the heart: That's a window!  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
mosquito
ka, BUN
Left: insect 虫 (body 口 and sting ム of an insect), right: text 文 (A folding table 文 for writing a text.)
The insect on the text is a mosquito. (It makes the sound: BUN)  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
devil, demon
oni, KI
From top: death mask (accent ノ and field 田), legs 儿, nose ム
The dead mask with legs and nose looks like a devil.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
soul, spirit
tama, tamashii, KON
Left: fog/mist 云 (cf. cloud 雲), right: devil 鬼 (= death mask [mark ノ, field 田] with legs 儿 and nose ム)
Like a fog, the devil comes into my soul.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
miserable, wretched, harsh, cruel, sad
mugoi, mijime, SAN, ZAN
Left: feeling 忄, right: participate 参 (Where the simplified/kneeling woman ム with the 'big' 大 hair 彡 is, I like to participate.)
The feeling that my nose is big and hairy makes me miserable.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
genius, excellent, smart, bright
SHUN
Left: person 人, right: 夋 (nose ム, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
A person with such a nose, legs and contorted feet must be a genius.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
pine tree
matsu, SHŌ
Left: tree 木, right: public 公 (Eight 八 noses ム form the public.)
A tree for the public is the pine tree.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
court of justice, sue, accuse
SHŌ
Left: word 言, right: public 公 (Eight 八 noses ム form the public.)
The words are public at the court.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
cease, quit, stop, discontinue, cancel, resign, dismissal
makaru, HI
Top: net 罒, below: ability, talent 能 (The nose ム, body 月 and claws 匕/匕 show [at masks of Nō-theater] the talent)
(If it is full of fish:) The net's capacity has ceased.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
pay, sweep, brush off
harau, FUTSU
Left: hand 扌, right: nose ム
The hand at the nose is the symbol, that I want to pay.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
fascination, bewitched, charm
MI
Left: demon 鬼 (= death mask [mark ノ, field 田] with legs 儿 and nose ム), right: immature, not yet 未 (The upper branch of the tree 木 is still shorter = immature)
The devil has not yet fascinated me.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
male, masculine, powerful, hero, leader
osu, o-,
From left: upper-arm 厷 (ten 十, nose ム), bird 隹
The ten-nose-bird is the male and the female 雌 is the stop-and-sit-bird.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
greeting, approach, push open
AI
Left: to pay 払 (The hand 扌at the nose ム signals paying.), arrow 矢 (An arrow ノ flies in the sky 天)
You still have to pay for the array, he directly said when greeting.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
bear
kuma,
Top: ability, talent 能 (The nose ム, body 月 and claws 匕匕 show abilities at masks of Nō-theater]), below: fire 灬 (here 4 legs)
It has abilities and four legs: The bear.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
bent, slope, capture

Enwrap 勹 and nose ム - Compare with: fishing 釣 [つり], where a metal 金 fishhook 勹 with a lure 丶 is shown
The nose looks "wrapped" when it is bent. OR: A fishhook with a bent lure for: capture.  

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