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2x mysterious 兹
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Explanation |
This radical comprises twice 'mysterious 玄". For remembering think of “magnet 磁” (cf. magnet 磁石 = じしゃく), where stones 石 are hanging at strings 糸 (simplified to 幺) [and fixed with a bracket 艹] behave mysteriously.
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磁
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| magnet, porcelain
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Left: stone 石 (Below the cliff 厂 are stones 口.), right: 兹 2x mysterious 玄 (Here: mounting bracket 艹 with two hanging threads 糸)
These stones, are mysterious (when hanging at threads and move), because they are: magnetic. (or porcelain)
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滋
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| nourishing, nutritious, strengthen, nutrient-rich
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Left: water 氵, right: 兹 2x mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds 玄 hanging stones 石 that behave mysteriously.)
Water is doubly mysterious, if it is nourishing and nutritious.
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慈
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| mercy, affection, tenderness
itsukushimu, JI
兹
心
玄
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Top: 兹 2x mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds 玄/糸 hanging stones 石 that behave mysteriously.), below: heart 心
Like a magnet of the heart [without that stone] is: mercy and affection.
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