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traffic, exchange 交
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A picture of a crosslegged sitting person means to mix.
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校
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| school, check
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Left: tree 木, right: crossing, exchange 交 (Image of a person is sitting cross-legged)
Next to a tree, at an intersection, there is the school.
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交
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| exchange, crossing, mix
majiru, kawasu, KŌ
交
六
亠
父
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Image of a cross-legged sitting person which means to mix. Simplified: at top six 六, below a cross X
Six crosses mark an exchange or crossing.
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効
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| effect, efficacy, benefit, positive result
kiku, KŌ
交
力
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Left: exchange, crossing 交 (image of a person sitting cross-legged), right: strength 力
The exchange of forces causes the beneficial effect.
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較
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| comparison, contrast
KAKU, KŌ|
車
交
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Left: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二), right: exchange/crossing 交 (from a pictograph of a person with crossed legs)
Vehicles at a crossing are in a comparison. (i.e. of their speed)
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郊
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| suburb, outskirt
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Left: mix/exchange 交, right: village ⻏
Mixed with the villages is the suburb.
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絞
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| strangle, wring, constrict
shiboru, shimeru, KŌ
糸
交
㐅
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Left: thread 糸, right: mix/exchange 交 (Image of a person sitting cross-legged)
When threads are mixed (i.e. in a woven fabric), then they "strangle" each others and the fabric can be wrung.
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