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government 官
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館
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| large building, palace, mansion
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Left: eating 食 (cover  on good 良 food), right: government 官 (= Under a roof 宀 with straightly connected rooms 呂)
The food from the government is served in a large building.
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宮
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| shrine, palace
miya, KYŪ, GŪ, KU
宀
官
呂
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Top: roof 宀, below: two connected rooms 呂
Under a roof are several connected rooms: A palace or shrine.
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官
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| Government, bureaucrat
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Top: roof 宀, below: typically understood as buttocks  (both cheeks), but herer better: two connected rooms 呂
Under a roof with straightly connected rooms is the government.
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管
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| tube, pipe, control
kuda, KAN
竹
官
宀
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: government 官 (Under a roof 宀 with straightly connected rooms 呂 is the government.) - here: a cover 宀 and two tubes 呂 [in cross-section])
Made of bamboo is the cover over the two: pipes.
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棺
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| coffin
hitsugi, KAN
木
官
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Left: tree 木, right: government 官 (Under a roof 宀 with straightly connected rooms 呂 is the government.) - but here seen as two stapled coffins in cross-sectional view.)
Made of a tree and piled under a roof: Coffins!
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