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bent person 卩
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Shows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying  , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
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服
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| cloth, garment
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From left: body 月/肉, bent person 卩, hand 又
The body bends down with the hand for the clothes.
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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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印
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| stamp, seal, sign, mark
shirushi, IN
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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節
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| occasion, season, node, joint, section
fushi, SETSU, SECHI
竹
艮
卩
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: immediate 即 (Not good 艮, he shall bend 卩 - immediately!)
(Bamboo is very fast-growing.) Bamboo grows immediatly, at any occation of the seasons, because of its joints.
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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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報
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| report, information, reward
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Left: happiness 幸 (Between two 丷 earths 土/干 is the happiness.), right: bent person 卩, hand 又
About the happiness of the bent person with (only) one hand there is a report.
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卵
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| egg
tamago, RAN
卩
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Pictograph of fish or frog's eggs.
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卸
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| wholesale
orosu, oroshi,
午
止
卩
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Left top: noon 午, below: stop 止, right: bowing person 卩
A noon break for the bowed person, who is a wholesaler.
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却
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| on the contrary, refuse, instead, reject
kaette, KYAKU
去
卩
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Left: to leave 去 (Below the earth 土 is the nose ム, that left.), right: bowing person 卩
Leave in a bowed position or on the contrary you will be refused.
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脚
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| leg, foot
ashi, KYAKU, KYA
肉
去
卩
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Left: body part 月/肉, right: instead, to drive away 却 (= You shall leave 去 in a pent position卩 or I will drive you away instead)
The body part for 'leaving' and 'bending' are the legs (foot).
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御
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| respectful expression, handle, drive, control
o(n)-, mi-, GYO, GO
彳
午
卩
止
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Left: go 彳, right: wholesale 卸 (A noon-午-break 止 for the bowed person 卩 from the wholesale)
I go (to the wholesaler) at noon, stop and bow, because I am respectful.
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仰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| to respect, to look up to sb., to revere
aogu, ōse, ossharu, GYŌ, KŌ
亻
卬
卩
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Left: person 人, right: 卬 (at the left an odd person 人 who bows down 卩 deeply at the right)
A person who is at the beginning odd and then bows down deeply is: respectful.
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迎
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| greet, welcome, meet, invite
mukaeru, GEI
辶
卬
卩
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Left: movement 辶, right: 卬 (at the left an odd person 人 who bows down 卩 deeply at the right)
The movement of an odd person bowing down deeply is a: Greeting.
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即
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| namely, immediate, instant
sunawachi, SOKU
艮
卩
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Left: variation of 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good'), right: bent person 卩
Not good, he shall bow, and immediately!
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抑
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| repress, restrain, press down, suppress, inhibit
osaeru, YOKU
扌
卬
卩
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Left: hand 扌, right: 卬 (at the left an odd person 人 who bows down 卩 deeply at the right)
When a hand pushes a slightly bowing person down into a deeply bowing person, this is: repressing or restraining.
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