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seedling 苗
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菓
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| sweets, confectionary, fruit
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Top: plant 艹, below: fruit/result 果 (The 'fields' 田 of the trees 木 are their fruits.)
Vegetable (=vegetarian) fruits are used for sweets.
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苗
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| seedling, young plant, sapling
nae, nawa, BYŌ, MYŌ
艹
苗
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Top: plant, grass 艹, below: field 田
The plants (still as small as grass) on the field are seedlings.
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描
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| depict, draw, sketch
egaku, BYŌ
扌
苗
艹
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Left: hand 扌, right: seedling 苗 (= This plant [still as small] as grass 艹 on the field 田)
(A field with seedlings planted neatly in rows looks beautiful:) If the hand arranges the plants/seedling 艹 in the field (in such rows), it looks like being depicted.
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猫
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| cat
neko, BYŌ, MYŌ
犭
苗
艹
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Left: wild animal 犭(dog on hind legs), right: seedling 苗 (= The plant [that is still as small] as grass 艹 on the field 田)
The animal in the seedlings is a cat.
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