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mutually 彑
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Used in these characters:
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極
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| pole, extreme, zenith, extremely
kiwameru, KYOKU, GOKU
木
彑
丂
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Left: tree 木, from right, a hand 又 pushes seaweed 丂 between two bars 二 into a small opening 口
A tree as a mast holds those two bars extremely far apart such that a hand can hang seaweed in the opening between them: This is extreme.
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互
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| mutual, interdependence
tagai, GO
一
彑
丩
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Image of a spool with a cross-winding and comprises the radical: 'intertwined' 丩 (= image of intertwined threads)
Threads crossing mutually.
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彙
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| same kind, sort, collect, classify, category
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From top: var.of mutual 互, cover 冖 (here: separate by covering), fruit 果 (= The "rice field" 田 at the tree 木)
You should mutual cover/separate them, if you collect fruits of the same kind.
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剝
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| uncover, peel off, strip off, come off, reveal
hagasu, HAKU
彑
丩
水
刂
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Left top: var. of mutual 互 (intertwined 丩 threads on a spool), below: water 水, right: knife 刂
Mutually, water or a knife can peel off sth. or reveal/uncover.
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