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month 月
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| Explanation |
The radical tsuki stands for moon or month when used at the right side of a character. However the radical niku 肉 that stands for body or body-part is in many cases simplified to 月 and thus looks equal as "moon".
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Used in these characters:
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月
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| moon, month
tsuki, GETSU, GATSU
月
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The radical 月 means moon or month. (The kanji for meat/flesh 肉 as a radical is typically simplified to this: 月)
Image of an ascending moon. |
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青
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JLPT 4Joyo 1 |
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| blue, young
aoi, SEI, SHŌ
青
月
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Top: growing plant  (Variation of live 生), below: moon 月 (not mismatch with 責)
Growing plants appear in the light of the moon as blue and young. |
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夕
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JLPT 4Joyo 1 |
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| Evening
yū, SEKI
夕
月
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Image of a crescent moon 夕, similar to moon 月
When the moon is not full (one stroke is missing) it's only evening. |
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晴
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| sunny, bright, clear up
hareru, SEI
日
青
月
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Left: day/sun 日, right: young, blue 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.)
Sunny and blue (sky) - It's sunny and the weather's cleared up. |
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朝
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| morning
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Left: sunrise  (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹), right: moon 月
At sunrise, the moon is still there: It is morning. |
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明
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| bright, lightful, clear
akarui, akeru, MEI, MYŌ
日
月
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Sun 日 and moon 月: Both shine bright and clear. |
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期
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| period, term
KI, GO|
其
月
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Left: 其 (The image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing), that is used for throwing up the grain rhythmically in certain periods to separate the grain from the husk.), right: moon 月
Grain scoops (at work) and the moon are only seen periodically. |
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湖
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| lake
mizuumi, KO
氵
古
月
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From left: Water 氵, old 古 (=tomb-stone), moon 月
Water and the old moon can be seen in the lake. |
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消
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| extinguish, erase
kesu, kieru, SHŌ
氵
肖
月
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Left: water 氵, right: alike/resemble sb.肖 (Small 小 bodies 月/肉 are alike.)
With water or sth. alike you can extinguish. |
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肉
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| meat, flesh
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Top: inside 内, person 人 - Or: twice 人[=rips], around 冂 which the meat is. (As a radical simplified to: 月, which looks equal as the radical for month/moon)
The inside of a person is flesh. (Or easier: Image of marbled meat.) |
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散
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| scatter, disperse, squander
chiru, SAN
共
月
攵
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Left: together 共 and moon 月, right: strike 攵 (stick ノ in a hand  )
Together in the moonshine, we want to strike and then scatter. |
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清
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| clean, pure, platonic
kiyoi, SEI, SHŌ
氵
青
月
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Left: water 氵, right: blue, young 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.)
Water that is blue is also clean and pure. |
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静
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| silent, quiet, calm
shizuka, SEI, JŌ
青
⺈
尹
月
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Left: blue/young 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.), right: dispute 争 (bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand ナ/ヨ looks for a dispute)
A "young" dispute is still silent and quiet. |
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情
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| passion, sympathy, feeling, emotion, fact
nasake, JŌ, SEI
忄
青
月
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Left: feeling 忄, right: young, blue 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.)
The feeling of the youth is passion. |
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精
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| spirit, refine, soul, energy
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Left: rice 米, right: blue 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.)
Rice that has been grown under the moon is full of spirit. |
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能
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| ability, capacity, competence
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Left: nose ム and body 月, right: claws 匕/匕
(i.e. at masks at Nō-theater or at dog breeding) Nose, body and claws prove ability. |
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潮
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| seawater, tide
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Left: water 氵, right: morning 朝 - BETTER: lake 湖, having the part: "old 古" both normal and upside-down to show changing directions of the tides.
The lake with changing directions stands for: seawater & tides. |
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盟
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| alliance, vow, oath
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Top: bright/clear 明 (sun 日 and moon 月), bottom: plate 皿 (Alternatively: On a bright plate, the alliance is served)
When "sun" and "moon" eat from the same plate, they have formed an alliance. |
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朗
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| cheerful, melodious, merry
hogaraka, RŌ
良
月
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Left: vari. of good 良, right: moon 月
The good old moon is cheerful. |
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肖
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| alike, resemblance, imitate, emulation
ayakaru, SHŌ
肖
月
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Top: var. of small 小, bottom: body or body-part 月/肉
Small bodies are alike. |
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塑
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| model, make (of clay)
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Top: new moon [さく] (= 1. day of lunar month) 朔 (disobedient or reverse 屰 [chinese only], var. of reverse/opposite 逆 [out 丷 to the 一 mountain 山 and downwards ノ movements are reversed] & moon 月, bottom: earth 土
For forming a counterpart of the moon you can use earth/clay and modelize it |
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棚
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| shelf, rack
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Left: tree 木, right: friend, comrade 朋 (two moons/months) 月
The tree will be within two months: a shelf. |
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覇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| hegemony, domination, leadership, supremac, champion
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Top: west 西 (Sunset of the sun 日 under the horizon 一 in the west), bottom: leather 革 (The horned 廿 animal has a skin 囗 of leather), month 月
In the west, they make (as much) leather within a month to get leadership as hegemon. |
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臆
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| fear, timidity, cowardice, to be afraid
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Left: moon/ body 月, right: intention, thought 意 (= the sounds 音 of my heart 心)
In the moonlight, my thoughts are haunted by fear and timidity. |
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嘲
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| ridicule, scoff, sneer
azakeru, CHŪ
口
朝
月
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Left: mouth 口, right: morning 朝 (= sunrise [= sun 日 rises between plants 艹] and the moon 月 is still there.)
This mouth early in the morning cannot but ridicule sneer. |
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