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Hill 岡
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Sometimes used for trawl, namely a net 罒 on two trawl ropes 冂 in which fish is caught "mountain-like" 山, such as in rope 綱.
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Used in these characters:
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鋼
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| steel
hagane, KŌ
金
岡
冂
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Left: metal 金, right: hill 岡 (Here as a bloomery hearth for steel smelting, in which iron ore and charcoal were stacked alternately as a hill.) Or: Steel is [compared to cast iron] elastic like a rope: 綱
Metal from this hill (=oven) is steel.
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綱
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| cable, line, rope
tsuna, KŌ
糸
岡
罒
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Left: thread 糸, right: mound/hill 岡 (Caught in a trawl/dragnet 罒 (with pull lines 冂) the mountain 山 turns into a hill.)
If you have threads in a mound-like quantity, it could also be a rope.
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剛
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| strength, hard, manly, brave
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Left: hill 岡 (cf. steel 鋼 [= the metal 金, that is produced in a hill-like 岡 oven/furnance for smelting ore], right: knife 刂
This hill (= furnace) makes the knifes: strong and hard.
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網
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| net, network, dragnet
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Left: thread 糸, right: image of a trawl/dragnet 岡 (net 罒 with a pull lines 冂), inside: death 亡 (= coffin in cross section)
Using threads a dragnet for 'dead fishing' is made, which stands in general for: a net.
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岡
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| hill
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Outside: trawl/dragnet 罒 with drag ropes 冂, inside: mountain 山 (cf. rope 綱 or net 網)
Caught in a net, a mount shrinks to a hill.
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