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kneeing person 乚
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The use of this radical is not uniform. It is understood as a lightning rod, hook or kneeling person.
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Used in these characters:
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九
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| nine
kokono, KYŪ, KU
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九
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The number ten 十 with a hook 乚, that is subtracted.
Ten minus one is: nine.
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電
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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Top: rain 雨 (View out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一 from which it is raining =,=), below: 电 (rice field 田 with an extra stroke 乚 as a lightning arrester/rod)
When it rains in the rice field, you need a lightning arrester because of the electricity. (Or: Thunder 雷 [かみなり] with an arrester 乚)
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礼
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| etiquette, gratitude, to bow
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Left: to show, altar 示/礻 (image of an altar 丁 with sth. 一 on, that is shown), right: kneeling person 乚
At the altar kneels somebody who shows etiquette and gratitude.
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純
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| genuine, purity, innocence
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Left: thread 糸, right: barracks 屯 (Where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.)
(The uniform is tidy.) The threads in the barracks are in genuine purity.
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乳
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| breast, milk
chichi, chi, NYŪ
爫
子
乚
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Left: nourish 孚 (a hand reaches down 爫 to a child 子), right: kneeling person 乚
When you reach down to the child and are yourself kneeling, you are giving the breast and milk.
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乱
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| revolt, riot, disorder, confuse
midareru/su, RAN
舌
乚
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Left: tongue 舌 (thousand 千, mouth 口), right: kneeling person 乚 (here: hook)
(If the government came up with the absurd idea of) the people's tongues piercing with a hook, there would be a revolt!
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孔
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| hole, cavity, lack, Confucius
ana, KŌ
子
乚
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Left: child 子, right: kneel 乚
A child is kneeling in front of the hole Confucius used to live in.
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札
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| tag, card, bill, label
fuda, SATSU
木
乚
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Left: tree 木, right: kneeling person 乚 (here: image of a board)
Out of a tree you make boards or tags.
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縄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| rope, cord
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Left: thread 糸, right lower part of dragen 竜 (Here: At the rope maker the rope 乚 is clamped in two holding jaws 臼 for being twisted.
Threads are clamped twice to make/twist a rope.
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竜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| dragon
tatsu, RYŪ, RYŌ
竜
田
乚
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Top: to stand 立, bottom: 电 (field 田 with a tail 乚)
It is standing in the field with a huge tail: A dragon.
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滝
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| waterfall, cascade, rapids
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Left: water 氵, right: dragon 竜 (It stands 立 in the field 田 with a huge tail 乚: a dragon.)
The "waterdragon" is the waterfall.
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屯
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| barracks, camp, gather, assemble
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A variation of grass 艹 and a further sprout 乚, as also shown in 屮
(On fertile ground:) Where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.
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鈍
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| stupid, dull, foolish, slow, blunt
nibui/ru, DON
金
屯
乚
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Left: gold/metal 金, right: barracks/camp 屯 (On fertile soil, where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.)
If you take gold into the barracks, you are stupid and dull.
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俺
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| I (male language), we
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Left: person 人, right: big 大, lower part of dragon 竜 (It stands 立 in the field 田 with huge tail 乚: the dragon.)
The person who is as (boastful as) a big dragon: that's me. (with my toxic masculinity)
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亀
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| turtle
kame, KI
乚
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Irrespective of etymology:
Image of a turtle with a double shell, head ⺈ and tail 乚.
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頓
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| suddenly
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Left: barracks 屯 (On fertile soil, where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.), right: head 頁
In the barracks, they need a head - suddenly!
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