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piled earth 圭
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twice earth 土 about each other
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Used in these characters:
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街
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| district, area, road
machi, GAI, KAI
行
圭
土
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Outside: to go 行, center: piled soil 圭 (= 2x earth 土)
I am walking on elevated earth: The road in my district.
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佳
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| excellent, beautiful, good, nice
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Left: person 人, right: heaped earth 圭 (2 x earth 土 as piled earth path cf. street 街)
The person strutting on the mounds of earth (= a street) is of excellent beauty.
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涯
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| limits, boundary, shore, horizon
hate, GAI
氵
厂
圭
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From left: water 氵, right: precipice 厓 (cliff 厂 of piled/cumulated earth 圭 [= 2x earth 土])
Water, a cliff, or piles of earth can (each) be a limit.
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掛
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| cost, hang, hook, be connected
kakari, kakaru/keru,
扌
圭
卜
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From left: hand 扌, 圭 (2x piled earth 土, as in street 街), fortune telling 卜 (here: a wall with a hook for hanging, e.g. a wardrobe)
When the hand piles up earth such that you can hang something on it like at a wardrobe, this causes costs.
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封
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| seal, close off
FŪ, HŌ|
圭
寸
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Left: piled/cumulated earth 圭 (=2x earth 土), right: skillful hand 寸
(cf. street 街 [= I go 行 over piled earth 圭] - Thus at road construction:) Earth is piled up by skillful hands and sealed.
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崖
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| cliff, steep precipice
gake, GAI
山
厂
圭
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Top: mountain 山, bottom: precipice 厓 (cliff 厂 of heaps of soil 圭/土)
A mountain of piled earth like a cliff, is a cliff/precipice.
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