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catching hand 隶
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Here a hand ヨ grabs the tail 丨 of an animal (= the four lines below are the extremities). (But sometimes it is a hand stirs water 水 with a stick丨)
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康
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| health, peace
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Left: building 广, below: 隶 (hand ナ/ヨ holding a stick 丨 which stirs a liquid 水) [cf. to catch 逮]
In a building a hand stirs a soup which is for the health.
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逮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| apprehend, chase, seize, catch up
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Left: movement 辶, right: 隶 (Hand ヨ/ and an animal [e.g. cat] with a tail 丨 and four extremities/limb spreading away from the body.)
When the hand seizes the tail of the animal in one movement, it has caught it.
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隷
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| servant, obey
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Left: samurai 士 and to show 示/礻, right: 隶 (hand ナ/ヨ and an animal [i.e. cat] with a tail 丨 extremities/limbs spreading away from the body) (cf. to catch 逮)
A samurai shows how to catch a cat by hand at the tail to the servant.
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