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cover 
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Other covers are: 冖, 亠  )
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金
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| gold, metal, money
kane, kana, KIN, KON
金
丷
土
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From top: cover, lid  , earth/soil 土, two gold nuggets 丷
Covered in the ground is the gold.
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合
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| fit, meet, join
au, awaseru, GŌ, KATSU
口
合
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Top: a cover , below: a container 口
The cover/lid on the container fits.
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今
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| now
ima, KON, KIN
今
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Top: a cover , below: corner フ
Put the cover into the corner! Now!
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答
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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kotaeru, TŌ
竹
合
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: match, fit 合 (The cover fits to the pot 口.)
Under the bamboo, you will get the fitting answer.
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拾
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| to pick up, gather, '10' in legal documents
hirou, SHŪ, JŪ
扌
合
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Left: hand 扌, right: fit 合 (The lid fits on the container 口) [The numbers: 1,2,3,10 are: 壱,弐,参,拾]
A hand reaches the lid of the pot and picks it up.
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命
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| life, order, command, fate
inochi, MEI, MYŌ
口
令
卩
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Lower left: mouth 口, rest: order, command 令 (To put a lid on the bent person卩, has been ordered!)
The mouth gives order to live.
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給
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| supply, provision, salary, bestow
tamau, KYŪ
糸
合
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Left: thread 糸, right: to meet/fit 合 (The lid fits on the pot 口.)
A thread that fits was supplied.
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験
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| examine, trial
tamesu, KEN
馬
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Left: horse 馬, right: cover (here: mane 人 of a horse with head and mouth 口 and a person 人
The horse is checked at the head and the mouth (by a person in front) in an examination.
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倉
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| warehouse, storehouse
kura, SŌ
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From top: lid , door 戸, entrance 口
(The simple sliding doors were not enough:) A lid closes the door and entrance of the warehouse.
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念
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| thought, feeling, desire, wish
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Top: now 今 (The lid into the corner フ: Now!), bottom: heart 心
What now is in my heart, are thoughts and desires.
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令
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| order, rule, command, decree
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Top: lid , below: bent person マ
To put a lid on the bent person, that's the order.
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冷
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| cool, freeze, cold
tsumetai, hieru, REI
令
冫
マ
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Left: ice 冫, right: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person マ. That is the order.)
Ice is "ordered" to cool.
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険
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| steep, precipitous, severe, steeply sloping
kewashii, KEN
阝
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Left: hill 阝, right: examine carefully  (originally two people 兄 discussing under a roof. Better in respect to 'examine' 験: a person 人 examining the horse's 馬 mouth 口. [ are the mane and eyes 一 ])
(To avoid rockfalls:) The hill has to be examined carefully because it is steep and precipitous.
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検
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| investigate, inspect, examine
KEN|
木
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Left: tree 木, right: investigate carefully (originally two people 兄 discussing under a roof . Better in respect to 'examine' 験: a person 人 examining the horse's 馬 mouth 口 - [ are the mane and eyes 一 ])
The tree with its covered opening is (by the person) investigated carefully.
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輸
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| transport, send
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Left: vehicle 車, right: (Chinese only) transport, convey 俞 (Cut something off the body 月/肉 with the knife 刂, put the lid on and ready for the transport.)
A vehicle for transport.
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領
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| territory, controlled by..., receive, chief
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Left: order 令 (To put a lid on the bent person 卩 has been ordered.), right: head/forehead 頁
"Ordering the heads" is done by the chief by control in his territory.
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創
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| create, genesis, start, wound
hajimeru, SŌ
刂
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Left: warehouse 倉 (A lid closes the door 戸 and the entrance 口 of the warehouse), right: knife 刂
From the warehouse came the knife which started the wounds.
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倹
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| thrifty, frugal, economical
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亻
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Left: person 人, right: check carefully (originally two people 兄 discussing under a roof. Better in respect to 'examine' 験: a person 人 examining the horse's 馬 mouth 口. [ are the mane and eyes 一 ])
A person checking carefully is thrifty.
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剣
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| sword, sabre, blade
tsurugi, KEN
刂
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Left: check carefully (originally two people 兄 discussing under a roof. Better in respect to 'examine' 験: a person 人 examining the horse's 馬 mouth 口 [ are the mane and eyes 一 ]), right: knife 刂
Check the knife: It could be a sword.
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塔
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| tower, monument, pagoda
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Left: earth 土, right: plant 艹 and: to fit 合 (lid fits on pot 口)
(fiber-reinforced composite FRC) Earth must be reinforced with plant fiber in a fitting way, when you build a pagoda.
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搭
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| bording (air passenger), to load, get into
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Left hand 扌, right: 荅 (plant 艹 [here: handrail], fit 合 (Here: as the image of an airplane 合 with cockpit and corpus 口)
The hand at a handrail of the airplane 合 when bording.
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愉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| joy, pleasure, happiness, rejoice
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Left: feeling 忄, right: (Chinese only:) transport 俞 (Cut something off the body 月/肉 with the knife 刂, put the lid on and ready for the transport.) [cf. transport 輸]
Feelings transport joy and pleasure.
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諭
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| instruct, admonish, persuade
satosu, YU
言
俞
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Left: word 言, right: (Chinese only:) transport 俞 (Cut something off the body 月/肉 with the knife 刂, put a lid on and ready for the transport.) [cf. transport 輸]
Words transport instructions and admonishments.
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癒
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| cure, heal
iyasu, YU
疒
俞
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Left: illness 疒 (An ice 冫cold building 广 makes sick.), below: (Chinese only) transport 俞 (Cut something off the body 月/肉 with the knife 刂, put a lid on and ready for the transport.), heart 心
By the ambulance (= The sick person's transport) the heart was cured.
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鈴
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| small bell, chime
suzu, REI, RIN
金
令
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Left: metal 金, right: order/command 令 (here: body of the bell with the bell's bolt 卩)
Metal that is chiming "on command" is a bell.
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零
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| zero, null, nil, to overflow
koboreru, REI
雨
令
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Top: rain 雨, bottom: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person 卩, That was ordered!)
Due to the rain or an order? Nobody was there. Zero!
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喩
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| metaphor, compare
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Left: mouth 口, right: cover , moon/month 月, var. of river 川
The mouth covers for months the river? Must be a metaphor.
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