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possibility 可
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Used in these characters:
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何
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| what?
nan, nani, KA
亻
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Outside two persons: 亻,亅 carrying a load 口 (hanging at a bar 一) (alternatively: The person 亻 can 可 do what?)
Two persons with open mouths ask: What?
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歌
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| sing, song
uta, utau, KA
可
欠
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Left: 2x possible 可 (A nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible.), right: lack, deficiency 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
You can sing twice "ka", but there is still a deficiency in your singing.
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荷
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| load, package, baggage, freight
ni, KA
艹
可
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: "what?" 何 (Two persons 亻, 丁 carrying a load 口 with that bar 一, but "What?")
The plants are carried by the two persons with a bar on the shoulders as a load 口.
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司
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| administer, govern, rule
tsukasadoru, SHI
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司
可
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In a corner ⌝ is sb. who throws a sheet 一 of paper in the wastebasket 口: In the administration.
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河
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| river
kawa, KA
氵
可
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Left: water 氵, right: possible 可 (The nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible)
The water that gives possibilities (i.e. for transports) is the river.
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寄
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| come near, approach, meet, visit
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Top: roof 宀, bottom: strange 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it looks strange.)
Under a roof, there is the big possibility to get closer.
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可
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| possible, approve, accept
-beki/shi/ku, KA
口
可
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Outside: city block 丁 (but here: a nail), below: opening 口
The nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible.
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奇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| strange, unusual, odd
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Top: big 大, bottom: possible 可 (The nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible.)
(It seems to be too good to be real.) It is a big opportunity (possibility), but it looks strange.
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騎
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| horseback riding, rider, equestrian
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Left: horse 馬 (image with a mane 三 in the wind, four legs 灬 and the tail フ), right: strange 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility 可, but it looks strange.)
A horse gives you big opportunities (=possibilities), when you are riding.
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崎
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| cape, landhead, promontory
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Left: mountain 山, right: strange 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it looks strange.)
(A beach might be behind?) Behind this "mountain" are big possibilities, because it is a cape.
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椅
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| chair, seat, position
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Left: tree/wood 木, right: strange 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it looks strange.)
The tree became a strange chair.
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苛
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| torment, severe, brutal, to bully, to tease, cruel
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Top: grass/plant 艹, bottom: possibility 可 (The nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible.)
(Is this related to weed or cannabis?) "Grass" can be brutal.
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埼
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| cape (geography), spit (geography), promontory
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Left: earth 土, right: strange/unusual 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it looks strange.)
(Maybe, there is a beautiful beach?) The earth has great possibilities beyond the cape (promontory).
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