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hair 彡
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| Explanation |
The radical sanzukuri shows three hair.
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顔
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| face
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Left: to stand 立, cliff 厂, hair 彡, right: forehead 頁
There is somebody standing at the cliff with only three hair on the (fore)head - what a face!
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形
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| shape, pattern
katachi, kata, KEI, GYŌ
开
彡
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Left: open 开 (image of a toori, the entrance gate of a Shintō-shrine, cf. open 開), right: hair 彡
Open hair and you are in a good shape.
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参
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| participate, attend, go, come, visit
mairu, SAN
ム
大
彡
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From top: Nose ム, big 大, hairy 彡 (Originally this was the image of a woman 女 = くノ一 with long hair 彡 (possibly with hairpins 八 ?), with the meaning: beautiful)
Where the simplified woman ム with the 'big' hair is, I would like to participate.
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修
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| study, practice, discipline, obtain
osameru, SHŪ, SHU
亻
丨
攵
彡
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Left: person 人, center: stick 丨, right: to strike 攵, hair 彡
A person with a stick is striking (desperately) the hair during Kanji's study.
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影
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| shadow, light, silhouette
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Left: scene, panorama 景 (sun 日 over the capital 京) [京 = image of a stone lantern], right: hair 彡
(When long hair are in front of the eyes:) The panorama is concealed by hair and is: in a shadow.
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彩
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| coloring, makeup, painting
irodoru, SAI
采
爫
彡
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Left: to pluck 采 (.. a hand reaches down 爫 into a tree 木), right: hair 彡
I pluck something (like the staining plant 'henna') for my hair to be colored.
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惨
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| miserable, wretched, harsh, cruel, sad
mugoi, mijime, SAN, ZAN
忄
ム
彡
大
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Left: feeling 忄, right: participate 参 (Where the simplified/kneeling woman ム with the 'big' 大 hair 彡 is, I like to participate.)
The feeling that my nose is big and hairy makes me miserable.
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彰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| manifest, demonstrate, reveal
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Left: medal, chapter 章 (Stand 立 up early 早 and you'll get a medal.), right: hair 彡
The medals in the hair are manifest.
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診
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| diagnose, medical examination, diagnostics, checkup
miru, SHIN
言
彡
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Left: word 言, right: skin rash 㐱 (person 人 with eczema 彡) [cf. 疹 = しん = measles]
Words tell the person with eczema his: diagnosis of the medical examination.
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杉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| Japanese cedar, crytomeriam
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Left: tree 木, right: hair 彡
The tree with hair (=protruding florescence) is the Japanese Cedar. (See the 'hairs' also as pollen that cause the frequent allergies.)
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彫
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| carve, engrave, sculpture, chisel
horu, CHŌ
周
彡
吉
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Left: surrounding, circumference 周 (Also enclosed 冂 luck 吉 affects the surrounding) [luck 吉 = A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy.], right: three lines/hair 彡
Surroundingly three lines are engraved.
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珍
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| strange, unusual, rare
mezurashii, CHIN
王
彡
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Left: king 王, right: skin rash 㐱 (person 人 with eczema 彡) [cf. 疹 = しん = measles]
A king with skin rash looks strange.
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髪
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| hair of the head
kami, HATSU
長
彡
友
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Top: var. of long 長 and hair 彡, below: friend 友 (= two hands ナ/又)
Long hair? That's my friend's hair.
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膨
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| swell, expand, get fat, bulge
fukuramu/reru, BŌ
肉
壴
豆
彡
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From left: body 月/肉, drums 壴 (with a twig 十 on a bean-like 豆 drums), hair 彡 (here: water 氵)
The bodies of the ten beans in the water 彡 swell and expand.
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鬱
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| gloom, melancholy, depression
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Top: tree 木, container/jar 缶 (lid  and can opener 十 of that can 凵), tree 木; below: lid 冖, var. of disaster/bad luck 凶, seated Person 匕, three hairs 彡
A container between two trees covers an unlucky person with three hairs who became depressed. (or simply: Such a kanji makes me depressed.)
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須
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| by all means, necessary
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Left: hair 彡, right: head/forehead 頁
Hair has to be on the head, by all means!
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