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cow 牛
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Shows a head of a cow with only one horn. |
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先
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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precede, previous
saki, SEN Top: variant of cow 牛, bottom: legs 儿
A cow with only two legs walks preceding.
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牛
儿
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牛
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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cow, bull
ushi, GYŪ
It shows the head of a cow with only one horn ノ.
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牛
ノ
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物
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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thing, matter
mono, BUTSU, MOTSU Left: cow 牛, right: rays 勿
A cow sending out rays is a special thing.
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牛
勿
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告
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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announce, proclaim, tell, inform, confess
tsugeru, KOKU Top: cow 牛 bottom: mouth 口
The cow opens the mouth to announce sth.
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告
牛
口
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牧
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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pasture, meadow, breed
maki, BOKU Left: cow 牛, right: to beat/strike 攵 (hand 又 with a stick ノ)
The cow is driven with strikes to the pasture.
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牛
攵
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解
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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explanation, untie, unravel, solution
toku, KAI, GE Left: corner, horn 角, right: sword 刀 and cow 牛
A horn was cut by a sword from the cow: Do you have an explanation?
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角
刀
牛
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件
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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affair, matter, item, subject
KEN Left: person 亻/人, right: cow 牛
A person came with a cow: What an affair!
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亻
牛
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制
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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organization, system, control, structure
SEI Left top: cow 牛, below: cloth 巾, right: knife 刂
A cow wrapped in cloth with a knife: what an organization!
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牛
巾
刂
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製
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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manufacture
SEI Top: system 制 (A cow 牛 wrapped in cloth 巾 with a knife刂: what an organization!), below: clothes 衣
A system for clothes' manufacturing.
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牛
刂
衣
巾
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造
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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manufacture, make, build, create
tsukuru, ZŌ Left: movement 辶, right: proclaim, tell, announce 告 (The cow 牛 opens the mouth 口 to announce sth.)
Announcing with a movement that something shall be manufactured.
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辶
告
牛
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特
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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special
TOKU Left: cow 牛, right: temple 寺 (.. from earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
(Typically smaller animals like sheep were sacrificed. Thus:) A cow at the temple is special.
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牛
寺
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洗
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JLPT 4Joyo 6 |
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to wash, laundry
arau, SEN Left: water 氵, right: precede, previous 先 (The cow 牛 uses the front legs 儿 to preceed.)
(In Japan you have to shower BEFORE you go into the ofuro [= hot bath], thus:) The water should be used 'before' for: washing.
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氵
先
牛
儿
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犠
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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sacrifice, scapegoat
GI Left: cow 牛, right: morality, justice 義 (Ìf the sheep 羊 is killed by a hand 手 with a halberd 戈, is that justice?)
Cows 牛 and sheep 羊 turn by me 我 (= the hand 手 at a halberd 戈) into: sacrifices.
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牛
義
羊
我
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酷
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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cruel, severe, dreadful
KOKU Left: wine mug 酉, right: proclaim, announce 告 (The cow 牛 opens the mouth 口 to announce sth.)
After a mug of wine, he proclaimed about the cruelties. (Or: Another mug of wine is announced: How dreadful!)
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酉
告
牛
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牲
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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animal sacrifice, offering
SEI Left: cow 牛, right: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  /丰 stands for life.)
A cow as a living animal sacrifice.
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牛
生
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