The Japanese Radical: 鬼


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devil    鬼

Explanation devil (from top: death mask [mark , field ], legs , nose ).

Used in these characters:
JLPT 1Joyo 7
lump, clod, mass, chunk
katamari, KAI
Left: earth , right: devil (= death mask [mark , field ] with legs and nose )
The earth is for the devil just a lump.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
devil, demon
oni, KI
From top: death mask (accent and field ), legs , nose
The dead mask with legs and nose looks like a devil.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
soul, spirit
tama, tamashii, KON
Left: fog/mist (cf. cloud ), right: devil (= death mask [mark , field ] with legs and nose )
Like a fog, the devil comes into my soul.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
ugly, dishonorable, shameful, bad looking
minikui, SHŪ
Left: wine mug , right: devil (= death mask [mark , field ] with legs and nose )
A winemug and the devil: how ugly!
JLPT 1Joyo 7
demon, devil
MA
广
Outside and top: hemp (Protected in the building 广 is a whole forest of hemp.), below: devil (= death mask [mark , field ] with legs and nose )
Hemp is a devil: like a demon.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
fascination, bewitched, charm
MI
Left: demon (= death mask [mark , field ] with legs and nose ), right: immature, not yet (The upper branch of the tree is still shorter = immature)
The devil has not yet fascinated me.

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