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two 二
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五
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| five
itsu-, GO
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Three 三 horizontal lines and two verticals II make a total of five.
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二
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| two
futa, NI
二
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Two strokes, two fingers.
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極
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| pole, extreme, zenith, extremely
kiwameru, KYOKU, GOKU
木
二
丂
彑
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Left: tree 木; right: two 二 boundary lines to measure the extreme height of that tree, between them seaweed 丂, a mouth 口 and a hand 又.
The height of the tree or stuffing your mouth full of seaweed is: extreme!
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蒸
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| steam, vapor, sultry
musu/reru, JŌ
艹
水
二
灬
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Image of a seiro (蒸篭), a basket for steaming food, made from a plant 艹 (e.g. wood or bamboo chips), with fire 灬 from below and water 水 within the two levels 二
In the steaming basket is steam.
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仁
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| humanity, virtue, benevolent
JIN, NI|
亻
二
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Left: person 亻/人, right: two 二
A person cares for two when having humanity.
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弐
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| two (in documents)
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Top: one 一, right: sabre 弋, below: two 二
To clearly differ one sabre from two in a document you need this: "two" (1,2,3,10 are: 壱,弐,参,拾)
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亜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| Asia-, sub-, inferior
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Superposition of: to work/build 工 and center 中
Where you work together with the center (= China = land of the middle) is: Asia.
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巨
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| huge, gigantic, enormous
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Staring eye (not etymological)
The staring eye is huge.
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桟
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| scaffold, frame, jetty, beam, cleat
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Left: tree 木, right: two 二 and halberd 戈
You need a tree and two halberds to make: a beam or scaffold.
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井
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| well
i, SEI, SHŌ
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井
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Image of a framed well
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逓
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| in sequence, relay, communication, gradually
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Left: movement 辶, right: shield 厂 (cf. shield 盾), two 二 layers of fabric 巾
(The shield (or armor) would rub against the skin when moving:) I have two layers of fabric under the shield. When you move, that's the sequence.
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