The Japanese Radical: 肖


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Meaning
be similar    肖

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT 3Joyo 3
extinguish, erase
kesu, kieru, SHŌ
Left: water , right: alike/resemble sb. (Small bodies / are alike.)
With water or sth. alike you can extinguish.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
whittle, sharpen, pare, curtail, plane, cut cost
kezuru, SAKU
Left: alike, imitate (Small bodies / are alike.), right: knife
Small bodies are cut with a knife, when whittling or paring.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
alike, resemblance, imitate, emulation
ayakaru, SHŌ
Top: var. of small , bottom: body or body-part /
Small bodies are alike.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
(early) evening, dusk
yoi, SHŌ
Top: roof/house , below: alike (Small bodies / are alike.)
The roofs of the buildings look alike in the evening.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
niter/nitrate, saltpeter, gunpowder
SHŌ
Left: stone (Below the cliff are stones ), right: alike/imitate (Small bodies / are alike.)
To a stone this looks 'alike', but it is: nitrate.  

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

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