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鉄
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| iron, steel
kurogane, TETSU
金
失
夫
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Left: metal 金 (Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: to lose 失 (I emphasize (=accent ノ) it is the husband 夫 who loses) [husband 夫 = big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一]
The metal, you can safely lose (due to its little value) is iron.
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漢
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| Han-China
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Left: water 氵, right: plant 艹, mouth 口, husband/man 夫 (= big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一)
Water and plants in the mouth of the husband from China.
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失
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| to lose, disappear
ushinau, SHITSU
失
夫
ノ
大
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Upper left: accent ノ for emphasis, rest: husband 夫 (= big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一)
I emphasize: The husband is losing.
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夫
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| (my) husband, man
otto, FU, FŪ
夫
大
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Two 二 and person 人
The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.
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規
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| regulation, standard, measure
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Left: husband 夫 (= big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一), right: see/look 見 (= The eye 目 is on legs 儿 when looking around.)
The husband looks after the regulations.
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賛
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| praise, assist, approve, support
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Top: 2 x husband 夫 (= big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一), below: shell/money 貝
(i.e. in the flower shop) Two husbands with money: That is praiseworthy!
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難
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| difficult, troublesome
muzukashii, katai, NAN
艹
夫
隹
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Left: var. of Han China 漢 (Water 氵and plants 艹 in the mouth 口 of the husband 夫 from China) [But here missing: water 氵], right: bird 隹
Han-China 漢 without water is for birds really: difficult!
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渓
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| mountain stream, gorge, ravine
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Left: water 氵, right top: hand reaching down 爫, below: husband 夫 (= big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一)
Into the raging water, a hand grabs the husband and saves him out of the mountain stream at the gorge.
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鶏
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| chicken (domesticated)
niwatori, KEI
鳥
爫
夫
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Left: hand reaching down 爫, husband 夫, right: bird 鳥. ('niwa' means garden, thus "niwatori" is: "gardenbird")
(The chicken is domesticated but other birds would fly away when touched) The protecting hand of the husband is with the 'gardenbird': The chicken.
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潜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| submerge, dive, hide, lurk, conceal, lower(voice)
hisomu, moguru, SEN
氵
夫
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Left: water 氵, right: exchange, substitute 替 (The two husbands 夫 are during sunshine 日 [=good times] exchangeable.)
[If you can't see] in the water the two husbands despite the sun, they are submerged or hiding.
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替
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| exchange, substitute
kaeru/waru, TAI
夫
日
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Top: 2 x husband 夫 (= big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一), below: sun 日
Two husbands are during sunshine (= during good times) exchangeable.
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嘆
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| lament, sigh, grieve, admire
nageku/kawashii, TAN
口
艹
夫
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Left: mouth 口, right: var. of China 漢 (Water 氵and plants 艹 in the mouth 口 of the husband 夫 from China) [But water 氵is missing]
Mouths in a waterless China are lamenting.
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秩
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| regularity, order, system, salary
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: to lose, disappear 失 (I emphasize (= accent ノ) it is the husband 夫 who will lose.) [husband = 夫 = big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一]
Rice plants have been lost! We need more regularity!
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迭
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| transfer, change, alternation, reshuffle
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Left: movement 辶, right: lose/disappear 失 (I emphasize ノ (= accent) it is the husband 夫 who will lose.) [husband 夫 = big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一]
(Think of a pendulum) There is a loss in movement (momentum) in the transfer/change.
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扶
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| help, support, aid
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Left: hand 扌, right: husband 夫 (= the big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一)
The hand of the husband is helpful.
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