The Japanese Radical: 麻


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Meaning
hemp, flax    麻

Explanation Since hemp is illegal, it is not stored at home, but is well hidden. So: The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 3Joyo 4
history, calendar, curriculum, flow of time
REKI
From top: cliff 厂, wood 林, stop 止 [止= Footprint of the right foot rotated 90° to the left.]
At the cliff with the wood where we stopped, history was made.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
hemp, flax
asa, MA
广
Left: building 广, below: forest 林
(Well protected) in a building is a whole "forest" of hemp.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
rub, chafe, polish, graze, scrape, wear
suru, MA
广
Outside and top: hemp 麻 (Protected in the building 广 is a whole forest 林 of hemp.), below: hand 手 (cf. polish 磨)
Take hemp into the hand for: rubbing or polishing.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
polish, rub, burnish, clean
migaku, MA
广
Outside and top: hemp 麻 (Protected in the building 广 is a whole forest 林 of hemp), below: stone 石
With hemp stones can be polished.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
demon, devil
MA
广
Outside and top: hemp 麻 (Protected in the building 广 is a whole forest 林 of hemp.), below: devil 鬼 (= death mask [mark ノ, field 田] with legs 儿 and nose ム)
Hemp is a devil: like a demon.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
calendar, almanac
koyomi, REKI
Outside: cliff 厂, below: forest 林, sun 日 [cf. hemp 麻]
A cliff with a forest in the sun: a picture for a calendar.  

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