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wing 羽
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Used in these characters:
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曜
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| day of the week
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Left: sun 日, right: 翟 (two wings 羽, bird 隹)
The sun on the wings of a bird: This happens every: day of the week.
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習
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| learn, be taught, study
narau, SHŪ
羽
白
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Top: wings 羽, below: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.)
Wings that are white are easy to study.
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羽
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| wing, feather, bird counter
ha, hane, U
羽
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Pictograph of wings.
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翌
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| the following, the next
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Top: wings 羽, bottom: to stand 立
(When a rooster crows in the morning, it first fluffs itself up.) Its feathers stand up (= deploy) to announce the next/following (day).
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翁
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| old man
okina, Ō
公
羽
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Top: public 公 (Eight 八 noses ム form the public.), below: wings 羽
Publicly wearing wings is sth. only for old men.
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扇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| (folding) fan
ōgi, aogu, SEN
戸
羽
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Top: gate 戸, below: wings 羽
Gates and wings resemble folding fans.
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濯
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| wash, rinse
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Left: water 氵, right: (Chinese only: to wash) 翟 (wings 羽, bird 隹)
With water it (becomes as clean) as the wings of a bird, when we are: washing.
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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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躍
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| leap, rush, jump, dance
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Left: foot 足 (kneecap 口 and a footprint 止), right: 翟 (wings 羽 and bird 隹)
With their feet and wings, birds make their leaps.
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翼
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| wing
tsubasa, YOKU
羽
異
田
共
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Top: wings 羽, bottom: strange, dissimilar 異 (Put a rice paddy 田 together 共 (with other paddies) and you will see how strange they are.)
The two wings are strange but they are wings.
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