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The Japanese Radical: 魚
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fish 魚
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Picture of a fish with head ⺈, body 田 and fins 灬 that is swimming upwards
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魚
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| fish
sakana, uo, GYO
魚
⺈
田
灬
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Image of a fish with a head ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬 that is swimming upwards. |
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漁
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| fishing
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Left: water 氵, right: fish 魚 (image with head ⺈, body 田 and frayed fin 灬)
Having water with fish, you (immediately) think of fishing. |
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鯨
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| whale
kujira, GEI
魚
京
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Left: fish 魚, right: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern)
(Whale oil as lamp's fuel) The 'fish' for the stone lanterns is the whale. |
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衡
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| balance, scales, equilibrium
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Outside: to go 行, middle: var. of fish 魚, big 大 (Here: See 行 as a scale with two communicating plates 彳,亍 going up/down)
Put the big fish on the shown: scales. |
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鮮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| fresh, new, clear, vivid
azayaka, SEN
魚
羊
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Left: fish 魚, right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
(Both) fish and sheep must be fresh. |
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