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Hand with stick 尹
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Used in these characters:
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君
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| you, Mr., lord
kimi, KUN
君
尹
口
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Top: A hand ナ/ヨ holding a stick ノ, bottom: mouth 口
The one with the stick in the hand striking on your mouth, is your master/lord.
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郡
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| county, township
kōri, GUN
君
⻏
尹
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Left: you/lord 君 (The one with the stick ノ in the hand ナ/ヨ striking on your mouth 口, is your master/lord.), right: village ⻏ (If this radical is at the left of a character, it means: hill.)
The lord of the village dominates the county.
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康
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| health, peace
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Left: building 广, below: 隶 (hand ナ/ヨ holding a stick 丨 which stirs a liquid 水) [cf. to catch 逮]
In a building a hand stirs a soup which is for the health.
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静
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| silent, quiet, calm
shizuka, SEI, JŌ
青
⺈
尹
月
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Left: blue/young 青 (Growing plants  appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.), right: dispute 争 (bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand ナ/ヨ looks for a dispute)
A "young" dispute is still silent and quiet.
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争
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| dispute, compete, conflict, fight
arasou, SŌ
⺈
尹
亅
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Top: bent person ⺈, below: hand ナ/ヨ, stick 亅
The bent person with a stick in his hand is looking for a dispute.
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群
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| flock, group, crowd, cluster
mura, mure, GUN
君
羊
尹
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Left: you, lord, master 君 (The one with the stick ノ in the hand ナ/ヨ striking on a mouth 口, is the master/lord.), right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is a sheep.)
If you (= the master) have sheep, then (hopefully) a flock.
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浄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| pure, clean
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Left: water 氵, right: conflict/fight 争 (bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand ナ/ヨ looks for a dispute.)
If 'water' is what you are fighting for, then only for the clean and pure.
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逮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| apprehend, chase, seize, catch up
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Left: movement 辶, right: 隶 (Hand ヨ/ and an animal [e.g. cat] with a tail 丨 and four extremities/limb spreading away from the body.)
When the hand seizes the tail of the animal in one movement, it has caught it.
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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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