The Japanese Radical: 甫


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Meaning
to start, begin    甫

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT 2Joyo 6
supplement, assist, supply, make good
oginau, HO
Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: begin 甫 (The hand takes the tool 丶 to use 用, when beginning sth.)
With clothes you begin providing supplements.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
spread out, cover, lay
shiku, FU
Left: to begin 甫 (The hand takes the tool 丶 to use 用, when beginning sth.), rest: release 放 (In his side 方 he was stroke 攵 and he released.)
You shall begin to release, if it shall spread out.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
capture, seize, catch, grasp
toru/raeru, tsukamaru/maeru, HO
Left: hand 扌, right: to begin 甫 (The hand takes the tool 丶 to use 用, when beginning sth.)
(No matter what you want to do) The hand begins with: grasping.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
coast, inlet, bay, seashore
ura, HO
Left: water 氵, right: to begin 甫 (The hand takes the tool 丶 to use 用, when beginning sth.)
Water begins at the coast.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
shop, store, pave
HO
Left: lodge, accommodation 舎 (...with a roof over the ground 土 and an entrance 口), right: to begin 甫 (The hand takes the tool 丶 to use 用, when beginning sth.)
With a lodge began that shop.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
suckle, breast feeding
HO
Left: mouth 口, right: to begin 甫 (The hand takes the tool 丶 to use 用, when beginning sth.)
(At a new born baby:) The mouth starts suckling.  

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