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samurai 士
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| Explanation |
A proud samurai is standing firm on the ground with outspread arms. Do not mistake this radical with: earth, ground 土, which has shorter "arms".
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声
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| voice
koe, SEI, SHŌ
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戸
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Top: samurai 士, bottom: a variation of door 戸
The samurai is at the door - I hear his voice.
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売
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| sell
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From top: Samurai 士, a sales stand 冖 and legs 儿
The samurai is behind a sales desk, when he is selling sth.
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仕
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| serve, work under
tsukaeru, SHI, JI
亻
士
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Left: person 亻/人, right: samurai 士
A person who is a samurai is mainly a servant.
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喜
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| happy, joy, delight
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From top: samurai 士, beans 豆, mouth 口. (This kanji 喜 has also been simplified to: 吉)
(An army marches on its stomach!) A samurai with beans in his mouth is happy.
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結
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| tie, knot, fasten, join
musubu, yuu, KETSU
糸
吉
士
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Left: thread 糸, right: luck/joy 吉 (A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy 吉.)
Threads of joy tie us.
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士
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| Samurai, warrior, a learned man
samurai, SHI
士
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Posing man with wide outstretched arms
He looks like a poser, the samurai.
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志
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| ambition, will, intent
kokorozashi, SHI
士
心
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Top: samurai 士, bottom: heart 心
The samurai's heart is full of ambition.
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壱
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| one (in documents)
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From top: samurai 士, cover 冖, sitting person 匕. Here: See the cover 冖 as "one" and the sitting person 匕 of a variation of "two"- (The numbers: 1,2,3,10 are: 壱,弐,参,拾)
In a contract a samurai shall not falsify a "1" to a "2": Thus you need this "one".
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穀
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| cereals, grain
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Left: samurai 士, cover 冖, rice plant 禾, right: 殳 (weapon 几 [battle axe] in a hand 又)
The samurai protects (= covers) the rice plants with the weapon in his hand and also other cereals and grains.
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誌
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| magazine, journal, document, record
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Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: samurai 士 and heart 心
Words about the samurai's heart are in magazines.
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款
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| goodwill, friendship, article of agreement
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Left: samurai 士, to show 示; right: lack 欠 (= The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
The samurai show his lack of goodwill to an agreement.
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吉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| good luck, fortune, joy
KICHI, KITSU|
吉
士
口
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Top: samurai 士, bottom: mouth 口 - (simplified from: luck 喜, where the samurai has beans 豆 in his mouth.)
A samurai with a (full) mouth has good luck.
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詰
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| pack, fill, stuff, full
tsumu/maru/meru, KITSU
言
吉
士
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Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: good luck/fortune 吉 (= A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy.)
With words of good luck he is packed.
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壮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| robust, manly, strong, manhood, heroic, prosperity
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Left: bed 丬 (cf. 爿 developed from the image of a halved 片 tree), right: samurai 士
The bed of a samurai is robust and strong.
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荘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| villa, majestic, solemn
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: robust 壮 (The bed 丬 of the samurai 士 is robust.)
The plants look very robust in that villa.
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装
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| cloth, wear, dress, equip
yosōu, SŌ, SHŌ
壮
丬
士
衣
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Top: robust, strong 壮 (The bed 丬 of the samurai 士 is robust), bottom: clothes 衣
Robust clothes are clothes that dresses you.
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隷
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| servant, obey
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Left: samurai 士 and to show 示/礻, right: 隶 (hand ナ/ヨ and an animal [i.e. cat] with a tail 丨 extremities/limbs spreading away from the body) (cf. to catch 逮)
A samurai shows how to catch a cat by hand at the tail to the servant.
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