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hill 丘
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氏
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| clan, linage, family
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Variant of hill 丘. Clan families often had their estates on the top of hills. This developed into the family name.
A distorted variant of person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with a "plus +" as a multiplier results in a family.
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兵
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| soldier, troops, army
HEI, HYŌ
丘
八
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Top: hill 丘, bottom: eight 八 (Ping-pong is in Chinese: "Pīngpāng qiú 乒乓球", where the player stands alternately on different legs, just like a marching soldier.)
At the hill are eight soldiers.
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岳
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| peak, high mountain
take, GAKU
丘
山
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Top: hill 丘, bottom: mountain 山
The hill on the mountain is its peak.
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丘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| hill
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Top: axe 斤, bottom: bottom 一
An axe at the bottom of the hill.
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浜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| beach, seacoast, sands
hama, HIN
氵
丘
八
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Left: water 氵, right: soldier 兵 (... on the hill 丘 are eight 八)
Over the water, soldiers came to the beach.
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