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The Japanese Radical: 才
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talent 才
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When the big 大 person is balancing on one leg, he is talented.
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才
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| talent, ability, years of age
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Ten 十, and a divisional stroke ノ, which looks like a shifted big 大 person.
If the big 大 person balances on one foot 丨, he is talented. |
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材
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| material, timber, lumber, resource
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Left: tree 木, right: talent, years of age 才 (If the big 大 man balances on one foot, he is talented.)
If the tree is 'talented' (= in good condition) is used as: timber. |
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在
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| be, exist, countryside
aru, ZAI
才
土
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Outside: var. of talent 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented.), below: earth 土
The best talents on earth exist in the countryside. |
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財
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| wealth, assets, property
ZAI, SAI|
貝
才
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Left: shell/money 貝, right: talent 才 (If the big 大 man balances on one foot, he is talented.)
Money and talent create wealth. |
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存
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| knowledge, existence, suppose, thinking
SON, ZON|
才
子
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Left: var. of talent, years of age 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented), right: child 子
A talented child has knowledge (and exists). |
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閉
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| close, shut
tojiru, shimaru/meru, HEI
門
才
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Outside: gate 門, inside: talent/years of age 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented, but here he kicks), or: key ノ into keyhole ナ
The person is kicking against the gate, because it is closed. |
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