The Japanese Radical: 刂

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Meaning	cut    刂
Explanation	Variante of sword 刀
Used in these characters: 帰 JLPT 4Joyo 2 to return kaeru, KI 刂 帚 Left: knife刂, right: broom 帚 (A hand ナ/ヨ holds a broom 冖巾) When you change your knife to a broom you have returned. 前 JLPT 5Joyo 2 before, front portion mae, ZEN 羊 肉 刂 Top: a part 䒑 of the head/horns of a sheep 羊, bottom: flesh 月/肉, knife, cut刂 The horns and the flesh are cut (beginning) at the front position. 列 JLPT 3Joyo 3 line, row, rank RETSU 列 歹 刂 Left: bare bone 歹 (image of a vertebra), right: knife刂 (At the butcher) The bones are laid bare by a knife and arranged in a row. 型 JLPT 3Joyo 4 model, form, pattern, mold, type, shape kata, KEI 土 开 刂 Top: punishment 刑 (who openly 开 uses a knife刂 is punished), below: earth 土 With an open knife and earth (=clay) a model is formed. 刷 JLPT 3Joyo 4 print, publish suru, SATSU 尸 巾 刂 From left: buttocks in side view 尸, cloth 巾, knife刂 (buttocks + cloths = underpants) The underpants are cut to be imprinted. 側 JLPT 3Joyo 4 side, vicinty kawa, gawa, soba, SOKU 亻 則 貝 刂 Left: person 亻/人, right: rule 則 (Money 貝 [= the capital] and knifes刂 [= violence] determine the rules.) The person with the rules (= the referee) is at the side. (of the play ground) 副 JLPT 3Joyo 4 deputy, vice-, secondary, sub-, duplicate FUKU 畐 刂 Left: barrel of sake 畐 (originally image of a barrel as an offering at the temple, therefore also wealth and luck 福), right: knife 刂 (Here刂 as a variante of two 二) This sake barrel is the second, as duplicate, as a 'deputy'. 別 JLPT 4Joyo 4 separate, distinction, difference, diverge, special wakareru, BETSU 歹 刂 Left: var. of bone 歹, right: knife 刂 Bones are easy to separate with a knife because they are easy to distinguish. 利 JLPT 3Joyo 4 profit, benefit, gain kiku, RI 刂 禾 利 Left: rice plant 禾, right: knife 刂 Rice plants cut with a knife bring profit. 例 JLPT 3Joyo 4 example, precedent, usage tatoeru, REI 亻 列 歹 刂 Left: Person 亻/人, right: line/row 列 (bones 歹 separated with a knife刂 and lined up.) People who line up in a row set an example. 刊 JLPT 2Joyo 5 publish, issue, engrave KAN 干 刂 Left: dry 干 (drying rack/stand), right: knife刂. (Here: understand the knife as two printing plates) Dry printing plates are used for publishing. 制 JLPT 2Joyo 5 organization, system, control, structure SEI 牛 巾 刂 Left top: cow 牛, below: cloth 巾, right: knife 刂 A cow wrapped in cloth with a knife: what an organization! 製 JLPT 2Joyo 5 manufacture SEI 牛 刂 衣 巾 Top: system 制 (A cow 牛 wrapped in cloth 巾 with a knife刂: what an organization!), below: clothes 衣 A system for clothes' manufacturing. 則 JLPT 2Joyo 5 rule, follow, model nori, nottoru, SOKU 則 貝 刂 Left: money 貝 (cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八), right: knife刂 Money [= the capital] and knives [= violence] determine the rules to follow. 測 JLPT 2Joyo 5 measure, fathom hakaru, SOKU 氵 則 貝 刂 Left: water 氵, right: rule 則 (Money 貝 [= the capital] and knifes刂 [= violence] determine the rules.) (fair share for irrigation) Water needs rules for measuring. 判 JLPT 2Joyo 5 stamp, judge, seal, size HAN, BAN 半 刂 Left: half 半 (A cake 二 with candles 丷 is cut by knife丨into half), right: knife 刂. (Think of a hanko (= name stamp): a wooden stick that is cut in half to create a face into which the name characters are carved. Cut in half and engraved with a knife to make: a stamp. 割 JLPT 2Joyo 6 ratio, rate, divide wari, waru, KATSU 害 刂 Left: damage 害 (The roof 宀 has by the growing plant in a pot 口 been: damaged.), right: knife 刂 The damage by the knife was divided in the ratio (of 10%-steps). 劇 JLPT 2Joyo 6 drama, a play GEKI 虎 豕 刂 Left: tiger 虎 (pictograph: jumping tiger with protruding fangs) and: pig 豕, right: knife 刂 A tiger, pig and knife drama. 刻 JLPT 2Joyo 6 engrave, carving, chop, mince kizamu, KOKU 亥 豕 刂 Left: zodiac boar 亥 (cf. pig 豕/ 豚), right: knife 刂 When a pig is chopped with a knife, you have to cut in, or: to "engrave". 創 JLPT 1Joyo 6 create, genesis, start, wound hajimeru, SŌ 刂 Left: warehouse 倉 (A lid closes the door 戸 and the entrance 口 of the warehouse), right: knife 刂 From the warehouse came the knife which started the woundings. 班 JLPT 1Joyo 6 squad, group HAN 王 刂 Left and right: king 王, center: knife 刂 When kings attack with knifes, then using their squads. 刈 JLPT 1Joyo 7 cut, trim, reap karu, 㐅 刂 Left: scissors 㐅, right: knife 刂 Use scissors or knifes for cutting. 刑 JLPT 1Joyo 7 punishment, penalty KEI 开 刂 Left: open 开 (image of a toori, the entrance gate of a Shintō-shrine), right: knife 刂 Who openly uses his knife must be punished. 剣 JLPT 1Joyo 7 sword, sabre, blade tsurugi, KEN 刂 Left: check carefully (originally two people 兄 discussing under a roof. Better in respect to 'examine' 験: a person 人 examining the horse's 馬 mouth 口 [ are the mane and eyes 一 ]), right: knife 刂 Check the knife: It could be a sword. 剛 JLPT 1Joyo 7 strength, hard, manly, brave GŌ 岡 刂 Left: hill 岡 (cf. steel 鋼 [= the metal 金, that is produced in a hill-like 岡 oven/furnance for smelting ore], right: knife 刂 This hill (= furnace) makes the knifes: strong and hard. 剤 JLPT 1Joyo 7 medicine, chemical, drug, dose ZAI 斉 刂 文 Left: equal/similar 斉 (For writing a text you need a sheet 亅丨 with lines 二 to make it uniform/similar., right: knife 刂 Similar to a knife is the effect of this medicine. 削 JLPT 1Joyo 7 whittle, sharpen, pare, curtail, plane, cut cost kezuru, SAKU 肖 刂 Left: alike, imitate 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月/肉 are alike.), right: knife 刂 Small bodies are cut with a knife, when whittling or paring. 刺 JLPT 2Joyo 7 thorn, pierce, stab, sting, stick, prick sasu/saru, toge, SHI 刂 Left: thorn 朿 (originally tree 木 with a pointed triangle symbolizing a thorn), right: knife刂 A thorn that is knife-like is a thorn for pierceing. 剰 JLPT 1Joyo 7 surplus, too much amatsusae, JŌ 刂 Left: get on/ride 乗 (vehicle 車 with open doors: ...get on for a ride.), right: knife 刂 "Get in" with your knife and cut off what is too much. (Or: Understand 乗 as "to use" & when you use a knife, you get a surplus.) 到 JLPT 2Joyo 7 finally, ultimately, in the end, arrival (at a decision) itaru, TŌ 至 刂 Left: reach-a-target 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow ム comes to ground 土: falling back), right: knife 刂 When you reach the knife, you finally reached it. 倒 JLPT 2Joyo 7 fall, collapse, overthrow taoreru/su, TŌ 亻 至 刂 From left: person 亻, reach-a-target 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow ム comes to ground 土: falling back), knife 刂 The person reaches the knife and falls into it. 罰 JLPT 1Joyo 7 punishment, penalty, fine BATSU, BACHI 罒 言 刂 Top: var. of eye 罒, below: word 言, knife 刂 Use a (deprecating) stare, words and knifes for: punishing. 剖 JLPT 1Joyo 7 divide, cut up, cleave BŌ 咅 刂 Left: to spit (To stand 立 with open mouth 口 and spit.), right: knife 刂 Spit on the knife when you cut sth. 痢 JLPT 1Joyo 7 diarrhea RI 疒 利 禾 刂 Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: profit 利 (When rice plant 禾 are cut with a knife刂 you make a profit.) A disease that brings profit (to the doctor) is diarrhea. 烈 JLPT 1Joyo 7 fierce, furious, vehement, intense, extreme RETSU 列 歹 刂 灬 Top: row 列 (bones 歹 separated with a knife刂 and lined up.), below: fire 灬 A row of fires is burning fiercely. 裂 JLPT 1Joyo 7 tear, split, rip, cut, rend saku/keru, RETSU 衣 列 歹 刂 Top: row 列 (bones 歹 separated with knife刂 and lined up.), below: clothes 衣 (Tears in clothes run along the direction of weaving) Along the row the clothes will tear. 刹 JLPT -Joyo 7 area, temple, short moment SATSU, SETSU 㐅 木 刂 Left: 杀 (marker/cross 㐅, tree 木), right: knife 刂 The cross on the tree was cut by a knife and marks the area of the temple. 煎 JLPT -Joyo 7 roast, toast, to broil down iru, SEN 灬 刂 Top: front, before 前 (The horns 丷 of the sheep 羊 and the flesh 月 are cut刂 at the front position.), below: fire 灬 The horns 丷 and the meat should separated with a knife, before using fire for: roasting. - Or: (For preservation) Beforehand (= before rotting/decay) take fire to roast it. 梨 JLPT -Joyo 7 Nashi, pear tree nashi, 木 利 禾 刂 Top: profit 利 (Rice plants 禾 cut with a knife刂 bring profit.), bottom: tree 木 A profitable tree is the Nashi-pear. 剝 JLPT -Joyo 7 uncover, peel off, strip off, come off, reveal hagasu, HAKU 彑 丩 水 刂 Left top: var. of mutual 互 (intertwined 丩 threads on a spool), below: water 水, right: knife 刂 Mutually, water or a knife can peel off sth. or reveal/uncover.
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