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Variation of thread 幺
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Used in these characters:
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幼
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| childish, infancy
osanai, YŌ
幺
力
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Left: part of thread 糸 (therefore: torn thread), right: strength 力 (hand/arm ナ with biceps ノ)
To tear/break a thread with force is childish.
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幾
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| several, how many, some
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Top: twice varation of thread 幺/糸, below: person 人, halberd 戈
Two threads were cut by a person with a halberd into several.
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幻
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| illusion, phantasm, apparition, magic, phantom
maboroshi, GEN
幺
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Left: var. of thread 糸, right: hook J
Wanting to use a thread as a hook is an illusion. (.. because a real hook 釣 is made of metal.)
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幽
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| seclude, hermitical, dark, obscure, faint
kasuka, YŪ
山
幺
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Outside: mountain 山 (here: two containers 凵 next to each.), inside: threads 糸
Threads in (separated) containers are secluded.
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