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rice 米
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| Explanation |
The rice plant has this radical: 禾
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Used in these characters:
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| count, number
kazu, kazoeru, SŪ, SU
米
女
攵
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Left: 娄 (rice 米, woman 女), right: hit, strike 攵 (hand 又 with a stick ノ)
The rice grains are for the woman with a stick in her hand: for counting.
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番
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| number, guard, order, watch
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Top: ripe rice-plant 釆 (combination of rice plant 禾 and rice 米), bottom: rice field 田
The ripe rice plants on the field are numbered and need to be guarded.
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米
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| rice, America
kome, BEI, MAI
米
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Originally an image of the spike of grain, but later mixed with the rice plant 禾 to the present shape of: rice.
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来
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| to come
kuru, RAI
一
米
木
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Top: one 一, bottom: rice 米 (with a long vertical stroke)
Because of one grain of rice I shall come?
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歯
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| tooth
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Top: to stop 止 (a foot with a lower line 一 to stop at), below: rice 米, container 凵
Stop at the rice container: There is sth. for the teeth! (Or: image of nose 止, mouth 凵 and teeth 米)
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粉
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| flour, powder
kona, ko, FUN
米
分
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Left: Rice 米, right: divide 分 (with eight 八 swords 刀)
Rice is divided and becomes: flour.
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料
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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| fee, material, charge, cooking
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Left: rice 米, right: measure of volume 斗(1 TO = 18 L; stylized ladle with sth. on it)
Rice in the volume of a 'To' is cooked for a fee.
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類
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| sort, kind, class, variety
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Left: rice 米 and big 大, right: head/forehead 頁
Rice as big as a head: But what kind of a sort?
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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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断
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| refuse, judge, disconnect, decline, decision
kotowaru, tatsu, DAN
∟
米
斤
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From left: corner ∟, rice 米, axe 斤
To make corner-cut rice with an axe? - Refused!
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迷
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| perplexed, astray, hesitate, to err, lost
mayou, MEI
辶
米
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Left: movement 辶, right: rice 米 (Here: From a central point it radiates into eight directions.)
Who moves in eight directions is astrayed and perplex.
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糖
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| sugar
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Left: rice 米, right: Tang dynasty 唐 (building 广, hand ナ/ヨ holding a pestle 丨, mortar 口/臼)
The rice is processed in the building by hand with pestle and mortar into: Sugar.
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奥
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| inner part, core, wife
oku, Ō
大
米
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From top: var. of building/roof 宀, rice 米, big 大
In the building there is rice in big volumes, namely in its inner part (where the wife is).
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菊
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| chrysanthemum
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From top: plant 艹, wrap 勹, rice 米
The plant that is first wrapped and then blossoms like the kanji for rice 米 is: the chrysanthemum.
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継
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| patch (at cloth), inherit, follow
tsugu, mama-, KEI
糸
∟
米
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From left: thread 糸, corner ∟, rice 米
With the thread onto the corner-like tear ∟ [at the clothes] a patch 米 is added as a layer to follow.
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粛
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| solemn, quietly, self-restraint, correct, sternly
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Top: hand ナ/ヨ with pestle 丨, bottom: rice 米 in the mortar 丨丨
When the hand with the pestle works on the rice in the mortar it is a solemn moment.
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粧
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| make up, cosmetics, adorn
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Left: rice 米, right: [cottage] 庄 (building 广 and earth/ground 土)
If the rice is in the building all over the floor, it has a nice make-up.
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審
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| (jurisdictional) trial, hearing, consider, investigate
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Top: roof/house 宀, below: watch, guard 番 (The ripe rice-plants 釆 [= combination of rice plant 禾 and rice 米] on the field 田 are numbered and are guarded.)
The house is guarded during the trial.
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粋
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| chic, tasteful, stylish, essence, smart, sophisticated
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Left: rice/USA 米, right: nine 九, ten 十
Rice/USA is in nine out of ten cases: chic.
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粗
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| coarse, fault, rough, defect, rugged
arai, SO
米
且
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Left: rice 米, right: besides, moreover 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
The rice, moreover, is too coarse.
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粘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| sticky, adhesive, viscosity, glutinous
nebaru, NEN
米
占
卜
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Left: rice 米, right: divine 占 (crack 卜 of a turtle shell 口 used for divination)
Rice is good for divination, if it is sticky.
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藩
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| feudal domain, fief, clan
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: water 氵, number, watch, guard 番 (The ripe rice plants (= rice plant 禾+ rice grain 米) on the field 田 is numbered and needs to be guarded.)
Plants are watered and guarded in the fief (= domain of the clan).
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翻
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| flutter, flap, change, turn over
hirugaeru/su, HON
番
羽
釆
米
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Left: guard, watch 番 (The ripe rice plants [=禾+米] on the field 田 is numbered and needs to be guarded.), right: wings 羽
(At a glider plane) Watch the wings, if they flutter.
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粒
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| grain, particle, drop, counter for tiny objects
tsubu, RYŪ
米
立
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Left: rice 米, right: to stand 立
Where the rice stands, there are also grains.
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糧
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| provision, food
kate, RYŌ, RŌ
米
旦
里
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Left: rice 米, right: measure/weight 量 (At sunrise 旦 [= sun 日 above horizon 一] the village 里 is measured.)
Rice until the sunrise for the whole village: That's our provision.
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隣
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| neighbor, the next door
tonari, RIN
阝
米
舛
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Left: hill 阝, right: rice 米, 舛 (two var. of foot 夕/止, as used at: to dance 舞)
At the hill they have their rice but different feet: The neighbors.
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楼
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| watchtower, turret, belvedere, high building
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Left: tree 木, right: 娄 (rice 米, woman 女)
Wood and rice for the women (is stored) in the tower.
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謎
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| riddle, puzzle, enigma
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Left: word 言, right: astray, illusion 迷 (Who moves 辶 [from a center] into eight 米 directions is astrayed and perplex.)
The words are astraying in a riddle.
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