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wound seeweed 丂
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考
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| to think, consider
kangaeru, KŌ
耂
丂
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Top: old man 耂, bottom: wound seaweed 丂
The old man is at the wound seaweed and he is thinking.
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号
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| number, title, issue, suffix
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Top: mouth 口, bottom: winding seaweed 丂 (here: the number "5")
When the mouth says "5" it is a number.
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写
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| copy, reproduce
utsusu, SHA
冖
丂
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Top: cover 冖, below: give/bestow 与
Photocopying machine with a cover 冖 and a paper sheet 一 coming out of the machine.
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極
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| pole, extreme, zenith, extremely
kiwameru, KYOKU, GOKU
木
彑
丂
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Left: tree 木, from right, a hand 又 pushes seaweed 丂 between two bars 二 into a small opening 口
A tree as a mast holds those two bars extremely far apart such that a hand can hang seaweed in the opening between them: This is extreme.
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汚
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| dirty, polluted, foul, dishonor
kegareru, yogoreru, kitanai, O
氵
丂
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Left: water 氵, right: var. of seaweed 丂
Water with double seaweed is dirty.
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朽
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| decay, rot, get old
kuchiru, KYŪ
木
丂
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Left: tree 木, right: seaweed 丂
Trees are like seaweed, when they are decaying.
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誇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| proud, boast, pride, triumphantly
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Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: 夸 (This is similar to: jaw, chin 顎 (= Under the eyes ロロ on the head 頁 is the jaw 丂)
When your words come from such a fat 太 jaw 丂, you are proud and boast.
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巧
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| skill, dexterous, adroit
takumi, KŌ
工
丂
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Left: craftsman 工, right: seaweed 丂
The craftsman works with the seaweed skillfully.
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拷
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| torture
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Left: hand 扌, right: think 考 (The old man 耂 is at the seaweed 丂 for thinking.)
The hand thinks of torture.
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与
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| give, convey, present, bestow
ataeru, YO
丂
一
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This character is a part of: "to copy" 写 (It shows a photocopying machine with a cover 冖 and a paper sheet 一 coming out of the machine)
The machine give a sheet of paper 一, that is given to you.
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顎
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| jaw, chin
ago, GAKU
丂
頁
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Left: eyes ロロ, a nose 一 and underneath a (biting) jaw 丂, right: the corresponding head 頁
Below the eyes and at the head is the jaw.
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