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two hands 廾
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| Explanation |
Even though the radical actually was developed from feet, it is here understood as two hands 屮 (with the fingers 山 upwards, simplified and merged)
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Used in these characters:
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算
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| calculate, count, reckon
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From top: bamboo 竹, an abacus 目 (=calculation board), and two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & merged)
I use the bamboo abacus with both hands to calculate and count.
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械
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| machine, device
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Left: tree 木, right: admonish, warning 戒 (Two hands 廾 hold halberd 戈 as warning.) [廾 = twice this hand 屮 next to each-other and merged]
To process a tree by hand into a halberd, you need a machine.
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興
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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| interest, entertain, raise, retrieve
okosu, KYŌ, KŌ
臼
同
廾
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Left and right: pressing hands  , ヨ like a mortar 臼, center: same 同 [= All containers 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and that is the same.], below: table  Here: seen as two turned hands 廾 grasping upwards 屮 from below. Thus four hands are shown.
All four hands have the same interest.
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弁
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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| dialect, speech, valve
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Top: nose ム (side view), bottom: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & merged)
If you hold the nose with both hands it sounds like a dialect.
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戒
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| admonish, command
imashimeru, KAI
戈
廾
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Left: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & merged), right: halberd 戈
Two hands are holding up a halberd to admonish.
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升
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| liquid measure (1.8 l), to increase
masu, SHŌ
亻
十
廾
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Two hands 廾, where the left is holding a bottle ノ
(You should drink a lot when climbing:) Take that bottle in both hands on the ascent.
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葬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| bury, funeral, interment
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Top & bottom: plant 艹, middle: death 死 (Below the earth 一 are the bare bones 歹 of a sitting person 匕)
Between the plants the dead are buried. (Or: Like a sunset 莫 of the dead 死 is the: funeral.)
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弊
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| evil, harmful, a bad habit, myself (humble)
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Top: shabby 敝 (.. when the cloth 巾 broke into four small pieces due to strikes 攵), below: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; side by side & merged)
If the fabric is broken up into four small pieces by strikes, the two hands have caused a damage.
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弄
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| to tamper with, play with, fumble, juggle
moteasobu, RŌ
王
廾
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Top: king 王 (here: four sticks: 三 ,丨), bottom: two hands 廾 (= twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & merged)
With four sticks in the hands he is juggling or playing around.
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