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compare 比
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階
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| floor, story/storey, grade
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Left: a hill 阝, right: every 皆 (I compare 比 [= two sitting persons 匕匕], but the rays ノ of the sun 日 make it white 白: all & everything!)
(If buildings are built on a steep slope, they have e.g. 1 floor on the hillside and 2 floors on the downhill side) At a hill they all have floors.
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混
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| mix, stir, confusion, include
majiru, KON
氵
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Left: water 氵, right: insect 昆 (image originally carapace 日 and legs 比; from this by misreading: sun 日, compare 比)
(In the past there was no clean water?) Water and insects are mixed.
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比
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| compare, ratio, contrast
kuraberu, HI
比
匕
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Sitting persons 匕匕
There are two people sitting: compare them.
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批
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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Left: hand 扌, right: to compare 比 (Two sitting persons 匕 who are compared.)
The hand that compares, is criticizing.
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陛
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| highness, majesty, throne
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Left: hill 阝, right: compare 比 (Two sitting persons 匕, who are compared) and: earth 土
Like a hill compared to the earth is his highness on the throne.
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皆
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| everything, all, everyone
min(n)a, KAI
皆
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白
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Top: compare 比 (Two sitting persons 匕 are compared.), below: white 白 (ray ノ of the sun 日)
(Blinded by the bright sun) I compare but the rays of the sun make it white: everything and everyone!
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昆
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| descendants, insect, multitude
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Actually the pictograph of an insect (top: carapace 日, below: legs 比 [=comparison of two sitting 匕 persons])
The sun over the two sitting persons 比, the: descendants.
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楷
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| Kaisho-writing style
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Left: tree 木, right: every/each 皆 (I compare 比, but the rays ノ of the sun 日 make it white 白: all & everything!) - (The Kaisho is a block-writing style, where every stroke is separate.)
Like single trees are all (strokes) of the Kaisho writing style.
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諧
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| harmony, calm, joke, jest
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Left: word 言, right: all/everyone 皆 (I compare 比, but the rays ノ of the sun 日 make it white 白: all & everything!)
Words for all of us are: jokes in harmony.
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