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love 愛
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愛
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| love
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From top: hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖, heart 心, sitting cross-legged 夂 (or upturned foot)
A hand reaching down to cover the heart of the person sitting cross-legged: That is love.
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優
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| gentle, superior, tender, graceful
yasashii, sugureru, YŪ
亻
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愛
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Left: person 亻, right: grief, sorrow 憂 (If you have (a variation of) love 愛 in your head 頁, then you have sorrow and perhaps grief.) [愛 = A hand reaching down 爫 to cover 冖 the heart 心 of the person sitting cross-legged 夂: That is love.]
A person who wants your forehead to be covered and is cordial at your upturned foot, is simply gentle.
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慶
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| joy, congratulation, jubilation
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Top: variation of deer 鹿 (originally a pictograph), below: var. of love 愛 [= A hand reaching down 爫 to cover 冖 the heart 心 of the person sitting cross-legged 夂: That is love.]
Deer and love mean joy.
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憂
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| grief, sorrow, trouble, fear
urei/eru, ui, YŪ
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愛
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Variation of love 愛 (A hand reaching down 爫 to cover 冖 the heart 心 of the person sitting cross-legged 夂: That is love.) with head/forehead 頁 instead of a hand reaching downwards 爫
If you have love in your head, then you have sorrow and perhaps grief.
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曖
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| not clear, vague, obscure
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Left: day/sun 日, right: love 愛 (A hand reaching down 爫 to cover 冖 the heart 心 and an upturned foot 夂: That is love) [愛 = A hand reaching down 爫 to cover 冖 the heart 心 of the person sitting cross-legged 夂: That is love.]
In daylight love becomes unclear.
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