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decide, establish 定
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定
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| decide, establish, fix, rule, certainty
sadameru, TEI, JŌ
定
宀
正
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Top: roof 宀, below: var. of correct 正 (at the line 一 to stop 止 is correct.)
Under this roof it is decided according to fixed rules.
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錠
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| lock, padlock, tablet/pill
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Left: metal 金, right: decide, rule, fix 定 (Under this roof 宀 it is decided according to correct 正 rules.)
(If you can enter or not:) The metal that decides is the lock.
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綻
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| rip, be torn apart, to open out, opened seam
hokorobiru, TAN
糸
定
宀
正
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Left: thread 糸, right: fix, decide 定 (Under the roof 宀 we have correct 正 rules for our decision.)
The thread has fixed it, but now it is ripped open.
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