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warming sun, easy, simple   

Explanation Shows the sunrise 旦 of the sun 日 over the ground 一 with the warming rays and indicates the warming at the beginning of the day.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 4Joyo 2
place
ba,
Left: earth 土, right: sunrise 旦 / 易 (Sun 日 over the horizon 一 with sun rays 勿)
The earth at the sunrise with warming rays: This is my place.  
JLPT 3Joyo 3
hot water, bath
yu,
Left: water 氵, right: sunrise 旦 (= sun 日 above horizon 一) together with sunrays 勿) as: warming sun (cf. 易)
Water with warming sunrays changes into: hot water.  
JLPT 3Joyo 3
sunlight, positive, male = yang
hi,
Left: hill 阝, right: sunrise 旦/易 (sun 日 over horizon 一), rays 勿
At the hill the rising sun shows its rays: Sunlight is positive.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
intestines, bowels
harawata, CHŌ
Left: body part 月/肉, right: Warm temperature with sunrise 旦/易 (sun 日, horizon 一, rays 勿)
(The intestines of freshly hunted animal/game are warm.) The body's part that emits warmth are the intestines.  
JLPT 1Joyo 6
wound, injury, hurt, pain
kizu, itami/mu/meru, SHŌ
Left: person 亻, right: horizontal person, sunrise 旦/ 易 (sun 日 above horizon 一 with sunrays 勿)
The upright 亻 turns into a lying person at the sunrise because he wounded painfully.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
elevate, raise, hoist, uplift, praise, extol
ageru,
Left: hand 扌, right: sunrise 旦/易(sun 日 above horizon 一, rays 勿)
The hand imitates the sunrise with its rays, when doing the upward movement of: elevating.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
a swelling, carbuncle, boil (med.)

Left/top: illness 疒, below: var.of simple 易 (with sunrise 旦 instead of sun 日)
A disease that is rather simple is a swelling or carbuncle.  

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