The Japanese Radical: 壬


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Meaning
samurai with hat    壬

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT 3Joyo 3
garden, (back-)yard
niwa, TEI
广
Building 广 and: court 廷 (The samurai 士 with a hat 壬 [= the judge] moves 廴 to the court.)
The building of the court is in the garden.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
responsibility, entrust, duty
makaseru, NIN
Left: person 亻/人, right: burden 壬 (spindle on which a thread is wound up)
A person with such a burden has a great responsibility.  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
wages, fee, charge, fare
CHIN
Top: duty 任 (... is for persons 人 a burden 壬) [burden 壬 = spindle on which a thread is wound up], below: money 貝
(For companies) Compulsory money is for: wages and fees.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
judicial court, government office
TEI
Left: movement 廴, right: burden 壬 (But here: samurai 士 with a hat [= judge])
The samurai (with a hat) is moving to the court.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
bark, rowboat
TEI
From left: boat 舟, judicial court 廷 (The samurai 士 with a hat 壬 [= judge] moves 廴 to the court.)
The boat, on which the judge moves, is a bark.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
pregnant
haramu, NIN
Left: woman 女, right: 壬 burden (samurai 士 with hat ノ, originally 壬 as a spindle on which a thread is wound up)
The woman (of the samurai) has the burden of pregnancy.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
licentiousness, lewdness, dirty
midara, IN
Left: water 氵, right: hand reaching down 爫; 壬 (Samurai 士 with hat)
To (splash) water and grab the samurai's hat from above is licentiousness.  

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