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Hand with axe 殳
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The Radical rumata shows a hand 又 with an axe  . |
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投
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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throw, pitch
nageru, TŌ Left: hand 扌, right: 殳 (battle axe 几 in a hand 又)
One hand holds the weapon, the other hand throws it.
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扌
殳
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役
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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role, post, service
eki, YAKU Left: to go 彳, right: weapon (battle axe) 几 in a hand 又
Go with the weapon in your hand, that is your role.
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彳
殳
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殺
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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kill, murder
korosu, SATSU, SETSU Left: 杀 (marker 㐅 and tree 木), right: 殳 weapon (battle axe) 几 in a hand 又
At the mark in the tree, he had a weapon in his hand and was killed.
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㐅
木
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設
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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establish, organize, provide, arrange
mōkeru, SETSU Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: weapon 几 (battle axe) in a hand 又
With words and a weapon in the hand to establish sth.
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言
殳
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穀
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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cereals, grain
KOKU Left: samurai 士, cover 冖, rice plant 禾, right: 殳 (weapon 几 [battle axe] in a hand 又)
The samurai protects (= covers) the rice plants with the weapon in his hand and also other cereals and grains.
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士
禾
殳
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段
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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step, paragraph, column
DAN Left: cliff 厂 (with stairs), right: weapon 几 (battle axe) in a hand 又
At the cliff is a staircase, where a hand with a weapon made the steps.
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殳
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疫
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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epidemic, plague
EKI, YAKU Left: disease (An ice-冫cold building 广 makes sick), below: weapon 几 (battle axe) in a hand 又
A disease hitting like a weapon in a hand is an epidemic.
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疒
殳
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殴
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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beat, hit, strike
naguru, Ō Left: district/ward 区, right top: weapon 几 (battle axe), below: hand 又
In this district they have a weapon in the hand, because they want to beat/strike.
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区
殳
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暇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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leisure, spare time
hima, KA Left: day 日, center: var. of door 戸 (with stairs 二), right: tool コ, hand 又
(DIY = Home improvement as a hobby:) The day when I repair the door and the stairs with a tool in my hand is my leisure.
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日
殳
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殻
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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husk, hull, (nut) shell
kara, KAKU Left from top: samurai 士, cover 冖, table 几 (or variation of: sell 売); right: 殳 (weapon 几 in a hand 又)
A samurai is at a table (covered with a table-cloth 冖) with his weapon in the hand and cracks the husks and shells.
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売
殳
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撃
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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attack, strike, beat, dash
utsu, GEKI Top: vehicle 車 and weapon 几 in a hand 又, bottom: hand 手
In a vehicles, with a weapons in your hand and another hand: For the attack!
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車
殳
扌
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鍛
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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forge
kitaeru, TAN Left: metal 金, right: steps 段 (In the cliff 厂 a weapon 几 in a hand 又 made stairs  )
The metal for the stairs was forged.
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殿
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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Mister ..., palace, mansion, hall, lord
DEN, TEN Left: buttock from the side 尸 and together 共, right: weapon 几 in a hand 又
Buttocks together with armed hands are in the palace of Mister ....
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尸
共
殳
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般
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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common, general, a kind, carrier, circulate
HAN Left: boat 舟, right: weapon 几 (image of a battle axe) in a hand 又
(Seafaring was dangerous:) Boats where they had a battle axe at hand were common.
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般
舟
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搬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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conveyor, carry, conveyor, transport
HAN Left: hand 扌, right: general 般 (Boats 舟 where they had a battle axe 几 at hand 又 were generally common.)
Hands are generally needed for conveyoring.
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扌
般
舟
殳
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盤
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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tray, board, plate, platter, shallow bowl, disk
BAN Top: general 般 (Boats 舟 where you have your battle axe 几 at hand 又 were generally common.), bottom: plate 皿
A boat is built with a weapon/tool in a hand as equally also plates, trays or boards.
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舟
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皿
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没
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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sink, collapse, fall, drown, vanish, ruin
BOTSU Left: water 氵, right: weapon 几 (battle axe) in a hand 又
In the water, sb. with a weapon in the hand is sinking.
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氵
殳
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毀
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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destroy, break, damage, scratched
KI Left: mortar 臼 (cf. pressing hands/press [cf: 緑, 興), earth 土, right: weapon 几 (battle axe) in hand 又.
Within a mortar made of earth or with a battle axe in your hand you can: destroy.
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土
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股
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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thigh, crotch
mata, momo, KO Left: body or part of the body 月/肉, right: weapon 几 (battle axe) and hand 又
(It is the longest bone:) The part of the body which can serve as "weapon in a hand" is the thigh(-bone).
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肉
殳
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