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frame 凵
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出
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| come out, go out
deru dasu, SHUTSU
出
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山
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Two mountains 山 behind each other (traditionally to "send behind the mountains" for exile.)
Behind a mountain another mountain comes out.
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画
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| picture, painting
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Rice paddy 田 and a frame 凵/一
With a frame around the rice field it becomes: a picture or painting.
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歯
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| tooth
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Top: to stop 止 (a foot with a lower line 一 to stop at), below: rice 米, container 凵
Stop at the rice container: There is sth. for the teeth! (Or: image of nose 止, mouth 凵 and teeth 米)
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脳
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| brain
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Left: part of body 月/肉, right: light  , bad luck/desaster 凶 (empty container 凵 marked with a cross 㐅) Here consider 㐅 as the brain
This body part that shines from a container (= the skull) is: the brain.
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凹
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| hollow, concave
kubo, boko, hekomu, Ō
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Pictograph of a concave.
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缶
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| can, container
kama, KAN
缶
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From top: opened lid  , can opener 十 and a can 凵 (At the introduction of the metal cans this kanji was selected because it fits phonetically)
Image of a can.
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凶
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| bad luck, disaster, evil, villian/trickster
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Container 凵 with a mark 㐅
The mark at the container shows that it is empty - bad luck.
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凸
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| convex, protrusion
deko, TOTSU
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The pictograph of a protruding object stands for convex.
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悩
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| worry, trouble, in pain, distress
nayamu/masu/mashii, NŌ
忄
凶
凵
㐅
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Left: feeling 忄, right: light (here: overflowingly full), bad luck/disaster 凶 (container 凵 with a mark X, that indicates that it is empty = bad luck)
The feelings with the overflowing container of bad luck were worries.
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揺
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| shake, swing, rock, pitch, flicker
yuru/reru/suru/suburu, YŌ
扌
爫
缶
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Left: hand 扌, right: hand reaching down 爫, var. of can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
(Due to an earthquake?) Use your hand to reach downwards to the can [without half of the lid ノ] because it is: shaking/swinging.
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