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to say, speak (polite) 申
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Used in these characters:
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申
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| to say (humble vs. superior), report
mōsu, SHIN
申
田
丨
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Variant of: to speak 曰 [いわ-く], which shows a mouth 口 with a tongue 一. But better a mouth 口 with a big "plus" + indicating a surplus out of that mouth.
A mouth with an outgoing surplus when: speaking.
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神
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| god, spirit
kami, SHIN, JIN
礻
申
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Left: to show, altar 礻/示 (image of an altar 丁 with sth. 一 on, that is shown), right: say, tell 申 (A mouth 口 with a big "plus" + for the outgoing surplus when talking.)
At the altar we speak humbly to: God!
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伸
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| stretch, lengthen, extend
nobiru/basu, SHIN
亻
申
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Left: person 人, right: say/tell 申 (here: two hands E 彐 pulling at sth. |
The person pulls with both hands on sth. to stretch/expand it.
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紳
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| Gentleman, gentry
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Left: thread 糸, right: say/tell 申 (A mouth 口 with a big "plus" + for the outgoing surplus when talking.)
(Wheater he has good clothes?) The thread tells a lot about the gentleman.
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捜
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| search, look for, seek, investigation
sagasu, SŌ
扌
申
又
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Left: hand 扌, right: say, talk 申 (A mouth 口 with a big "plus" + for the outgoing surplus when talking.), hand 又
One hand tells the other hand to search.
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痩
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| get thin, get lean
yaseru, SŌ
疒
申
又
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Outside: illness/disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: speak/talk 申 (A mouth 口 with a big "plus" + for the outgoing surplus when talking.), hand 又 - Or right: old gentleman 叟 (He leans with the hands E 彐 on a stick 丨 that serves as a 3rd hand 又)
Of a disease we speak when even the hand gets thin. The illnes of the old gentleman is that he is emaciated.
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