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surrounding 周
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Used in these characters:
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週
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| week
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Left: movement 辶, right: around, circumference 周 (Also an enclosed 冂 luck 吉 affects the surrounding.) [吉 = A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy 吉]
The movement takes a round of a week.
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調
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| investigate, search, adjust, tone
shiraberu, totonoeru, CHŌ
言
周
吉
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Left: word 言, right: around, circumference 周 (Also enclosed 冂 luck 吉 affects the surrounding) [吉 = A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy 吉]
The words are doing the rounds that there will be an investigation.
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周
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| surrounding, around, circumference
mawari, SHŪ
吉
冂
周
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Outside: partly enclosed 冂, inside: luck 吉 (A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy 吉)
Even limited luck affects the surrounding.
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彫
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| carve, engrave, sculpture, chisel
horu, CHŌ
周
彡
吉
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Left: surrounding, circumference 周 (Also enclosed 冂 luck 吉 affects the surrounding) [luck 吉 = A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy.], right: three lines/hair 彡
Surroundingly three lines are engraved.
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