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Family 氏
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Can be seen as one person 人, which is modified as: 厂 and a “plus +” as a multiplier, so that many persons form a family.
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Used in these characters:
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紙
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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kami, SHI
糸
氏
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Left: thread 糸, right: family 氏 - (Here see 氏 as a scooping grid of papermaking)
Use fibers (= threads) and a scooping grid for making paper. (Or: Threads become a 'family' in: paper.)
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氏
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| clan, linage, family
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Variant of hill 丘. Clan families often had their estates on the top of hills. This developed into the family name.
A distorted variant of person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with a "plus +" as a multiplier results in a family.
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低
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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hikui, TEI
亻
氐
氏
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Left: person 亻/人, right: (Chinese only) floor/bottom 氐 (= the family 氏 is sitting on the floor 一) [氏 = A distorted person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with a "plus +" as a multiplier results in a family.]
The person on the floor is in a low position.
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底
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| floor, bottom
soko, TEI
广
氐
氏
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Outside: building 广, below: (Chinese only) bottom/floor 氐 (= The family 氏 is sitting on the floor 一) [氏 = A distorted person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with a "plus +" as a multiplier results in a family.]
In the house, the family is sitting on the floor.
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民
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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| people, nation, population
tami, MIN
民
尸
氏
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Left: buttock in side view 尸 and a plus +
Many buttocks with the “plus +” as a multiplier form a people.
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婚
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| marriage
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Left: woman 女, right: family/clan 氏 (A distorted person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with a "plus +" as a multiplier results in a family.), sun 日
The woman comes into the family at the day of the marriage.
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抵
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| resist, match, defy, oppose
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Left: hand 扌, right: (Chinese only) floor, bottom 氐 (The family 氏 is sitting on the floor 一) [氏 = A distorted person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with a "plus +" as a multiplier results in a family.]
A hand pushing against the floor gets a resistance.
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邸
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| mansion, residence
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Left: (Chinese only) floor/bottom 氐 (the family 氏 is sitting on the floor 一), right: village ⻏ [氏 = A distorted person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with a "plus +" as a multiplier results in a family.]
(Such that you do not always have to climb up the paths:) At the bottom of the village are the mansions.
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