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door 戸
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| Explanation |
The radical todare shows a sliding door 尸 mounted in an upper guide/rail.
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Used in these characters:
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戸
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| door
to, KO
戸
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Image of a jpn. sliding door with an upper guidance rail.
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声
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| voice
koe, SEI, SHŌ
士
戸
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Top: samurai 士, bottom: a variation of door 戸
The samurai is at the door - I hear his voice.
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門
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| Gate, (door)
kado, MON
門
戸
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Looks like two mirrored doors: 戸
Two wings of a gate.
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所
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| place, scene, address, spot
tokoro, SHO
戸
斤
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Left: door 戸 (sliding door with an upper guidance rail), right axe 斤
Next to the door there is (always) the axe, (exactly) in this place, which is its "address".
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編
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| compile, knit, edit, book
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Left: thread 糸, right: door plate 扁 (= a door 戸 with a writing tablet 冊) - (Here: 戸 as book covers)
Use a thread 糸 and book covers 戸 and pages 冊 to create (= knit or sew) a compilation.
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啓
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| disclose, enlighten, illuminate, state
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Top: door 戸; to hit, strike 攵 (hand 又 with a stick ノ), below: opening 口
When the door opens with a hit (bang) into an opening, things get disclosed.
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肩
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| shoulder
kata, KEN
戸
肉
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Top: door 戸, below: body part 月/肉
The door is (as high as) this body part: The shoulder.
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雇
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| employ, hire, engage
yatou, KO
戸
隹
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Top: door 戸, below: bird 隹 (Here: door of a shop, in which sb. is shouting for clients.)
The one in the door like a bird is an employee.
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顧
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| look back, reminisce
kaerimiru, KO
戸
隹
頁
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Left: employ 雇 (The one in the door 戸 shouting like a bird 隹 is employee.), right: head/forehead 頁
(An entrepreneur or business owner is proactive and energetic, but:) The employee's head looks back.
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扇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| (folding) fan
ōgi, aogu, SEN
戸
羽
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Top: gate 戸, below: wings 羽
Gates and wings resemble folding fans.
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扉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| front door, front page
tobira, HI
戸
非
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Left: door 戸, rest: not 非 (opposite wings 羽, but here: image of a double swing door)
The door with the double swing doors is the front door.
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偏
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| bias, unilateral, partial, incline, left-side radical
katayoru, HEN
亻
扁
戸
冊
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Left: person 人, right: door plate 扁 (= a door 戸 with a writing tablet 冊)
People with such a door plate show their bias.
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遍
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| everywhere, widely used, universally
amaneku, HEN
辶
扁
戸
冊
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Left: movement 辶, right: door plate 扁 (= a door 戸 with a writing tablet 冊)
Movable door plates are everywhere.
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房
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| room, wife, bunch, tassel
fusa, BŌ
戸
方
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Top: door 戸, below: side 方 (in contrast to the main entrance 扉 with double swing-doors 非)
The door at the side leads into: a room.
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涙
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| tear, teardrop, sympathy
namida, RUI
氵
戸
大
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Left: water 氵, right: to return 戻 (From a distance the door still appears small, but: The door 戸 gets bigger 大 and bigger [the closer you get] when you return.)
(Risk of flooding) If the water returns to your door, you will get (big) tears.
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戻
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| return, bring back, restore
modoru/su, REI
戸
大
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Outside: door 戸, below: big 大
(From a distance the door still appears small, but:) The door 戸 gets bigger 大 and bigger (the closer you get) when you return.
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炉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| furnace
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Left: fire 火, right: door 戸
If the fire is behind a door (= shutter), it is: a furnace.
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