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twenty 廿
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Two connected "ten" 十 means twenty (This radical 艹 can not be used for 20 as it is already used for plant/grass.)
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世
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| world, generation, age
yo, SEI, SE
一
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廿
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Left: corner ∟, right: twenty 廿 (= two connected 'tens' 十)
From the corner (= the old) it arises every twenty (years) a new generation or world.
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度
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| degree, x-times, extent
tabi, DO, TAKU
广
廿
又
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Left: building 广, below: various objects 廿 [= twenty = two connected 'ten' 十], hand 又
(A room temperature of 20°C is comfortable.) The building will be at 20 (degrees) when I set the thermostate 廿 by hand to this extent / degree.
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散
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| scatter, disperse, squander
chiru, SAN
廿
肉
攵
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Left: twenty 廿 (two connected ten 十), body(part) 月/肉, right: to strike 攵 (stick ノ in a hand  )
Into twenty pieces/bodies it was striked and thus scattered and dispersed.
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席
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| seat, place
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Outside: building 广, below: twenty 廿 (= two connected 'ten'), cloth 巾
In the building they use twenty(-fold) cloth as seats.
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遮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| intercept, obstruct, interrupt
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Left: movement 辶, right: common, various 庶 (In a building 广 cooking pot 廿 on the fire 灬 is just common) - Here: 廿 as the horns of animals, cf.: leather 革
(No free-range livestock): We have the stable/hutch 广 for the animals (horns 廿 and 4 legs 灬) such that their movement is: intercepted / interrupted.
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庶
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| common, various, illegitimate bastard
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From top: building 广, twenty 廿 (here: cooking pot), fire 灬
A house with a cooking pot on the fire: That's just common.
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渡
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| cross, hand over, go across
wataru/su, TO
氵
广
廿
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Left: water 氵, right: degree/extent 度 (The building 广 will be at twenty 廿 (degrees) when I set the thermostate 廿 by hand 又 to this extent / degree.)
Water of this degree (temperature or depth) can be crossed.
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