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blue, young 青
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At the top a growing plant  (sometimes also 耒 or 丰, as with "life" 生) and below the moon 月. Accordingly, growing plants appear in the moonlight: blue/green.
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Used in these characters:
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青
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JLPT 4Joyo 1 |
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| blue, young
aoi, SEI, SHŌ
青
月
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Top: growing plant  (Variation of live 生), below: moon 月 (not mismatch with 責)
Growing plants appear in the light of the moon as blue and young.
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晴
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| sunny, bright, clear up
hareru, SEI
日
青
月
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Left: day/sun 日, right: young, blue 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.)
Sunny and blue (sky) - It's sunny and the weather's cleared up.
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清
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| clean, pure, platonic
kiyoi, SEI, SHŌ
氵
青
月
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Left: water 氵, right: blue, young 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.)
Water that is blue is also clean and pure.
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静
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| silent, quiet, calm
shizuka, SEI, JŌ
青
⺈
尹
月
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Left: blue/young 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.), right: dispute 争 (bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand ナ/ヨ looks for a dispute)
A "young" dispute is still silent and quiet.
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情
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| passion, sympathy, feeling, emotion, fact
nasake, JŌ, SEI
忄
青
月
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Left: feeling 忄, right: young, blue 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.)
The feeling of the youth is passion.
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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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請
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| request, ask, solicit, undertake
kou, ukeru, SEI, SHIN
言
青
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Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: young, blue 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young)
The words of the youth are (nothing but) requests.
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