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нажимать, толкат 
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| Explanation |
This character appears like the left half of mortar 臼, which shows hands E,ヨ pressing from both sides.
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Used in these characters:
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印
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| stamp, seal, sign, mark
shirushi, IN
卩
卩
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Left: hand press  (like i.e. at mortar 臼), right: bent person 卩
Under the press the bent person is stamped.
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興
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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| interest, entertain, raise, retrieve
okosu, KYŌ, KŌ
臼
同
廾
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Left and right: pressing hands , ヨ like a mortar 臼, center: same 同 [= All containers 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and that is the same.], below: table  Here: seen as two turned hands 廾 grasping upwards 屮 from below. Thus four hands are shown.
All four hands have the same interest.
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段
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| step, paragraph, column
DAN|
殳
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Left: cliff 厂 (with stairs), right: weapon 几 (battle axe) in a hand 又
At the cliff is a staircase, where a hand with a weapon made the steps.
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暇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| leisure, spare time
hima, KA
日
殳
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Left: day 日, center: var. of door 戸 (with stairs 二), right: tool コ, hand 又
(DIY = Home improvement as a hobby:) The day when I repair the door and the stairs with a tool in my hand is my leisure.
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鍛
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| forge
kitaeru, TAN
金
殳
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Left: metal 金, right: steps 段 (In the cliff 厂 a weapon 几 in a hand 又 made stairs )
The metal for the stairs was forged.
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臼
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| mortar
usu, KYŪ
臼
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An image that expresses "to press", with hands from left 'E' and right 'ヨ' - (cf. 緑, 興 etc.)
It works like a double press: the mortar.
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