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assign, fill (battery) 充
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流
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| stream, flow, drift
nagareru, RYŪ, RU
氵
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川
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Left: water 氵, right: newborn baby  (child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first), water/amniotic fluid 川
Water as well as a newborn child's amniotic fluid are flowing.
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統
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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| unification, unity, supervision, govern, lineage
suberu, TŌ
糸
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儿
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Left: thread 糸, right: fill 充 (The new born baby [child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first] flounders with its legs 儿 to be 'filled' [= to be fed].)
If threads are filled in, it's a unification.
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充
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| assign, fill, charge (battery), sufficient, allot
mitasu, ateru, JŪ
充
儿
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Top: newborn baby (child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first), below: legs 儿 - Here: see similarity to flow/stream 流
The new born baby flounders with his legs to be 'filled' [= be fed]) and satisfied.
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銃
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| gun, rifle, arms
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Left: metal 金, right: fill, charge 充 (The new born baby [child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first] flounders with its legs 儿 to be 'filled' [= fed])
Metal fills/charges the gun.
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硫
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| sulfur
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Left: stone 石, right: var. of 'to flow' 流 (newborn baby [child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first], [amniotic] fluid 川/水)
[The melting point is 115°C] A stone that can flow is sulfur.
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