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bad luck 凶
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| Explanation |
The container 凵 is marked with a cross 㐅 because it contains bad luck.
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Used in these characters:
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胸
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| chest, breast, bosom, heart
mune, muna, KYŌ
肉
勹
凶
㐅
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Left: body part 月/肉, right: 匈 (wrap 勹 and bad luck/disaster 凶 [The marked 㐅 container 凵 brings bad luck])
The body's part that wraps a "void volume" is: the chest.
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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/disaster 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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凶
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| bad luck, disaster, evil, villain/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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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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離
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| separate, leave, apart
hanareru/su, RI
禺
隹
亠
凶
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Left: 离 (lid 亠, bad luck 凶 (here: marked container), var. of scorpion 禺 (only hind legs 冂, sting ム), right: bird 隹
Puts the lid on the container, because otherwise the scorpions and birds would leave.
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鬱
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| gloom, melancholy, depression
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Top: tree 木, container/jar 缶 (lid  and can opener 十 of that can 凵), tree 木; below: lid 冖, var. of disaster/bad luck 凶, seated Person 匕, three hairs 彡
A container between two trees covers an unlucky person with three hairs who became depressed. (or simply: Such a kanji makes me depressed.)
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璃
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| lapis lazuli (gem), glassy
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Left: king 王, right: cover 亠, pot (凶 (lit. disaster/bad luck: marked container), var. of scorpion 禺 (hind legs 冂, sting ム)
The king has a pot with scorpions looking like glassy lapis lazuli.
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