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mysterious 玄
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The radical gen is easy to remember if you think of “magnet 磁” (cf. magnet 磁石 = じしゃく), where stones 石 are hanging at strings 糸 (simplified to 幺) [and fixed with a bracket 艹] behave mysteriously.
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率
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| ratio, rate, proportion
hikiiru, RITSU, SOTSU
亠
玄
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From top: rotary disc 亠, thread 糸, four fragments, rotary disc 亠
Two rotary discs crack the threads into fragments in a certain ratio.
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磁
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| magnet, porcelain
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Left: stone 石 (Below the cliff 厂 are stones 口.), right: 兹 2x mysterious 玄 (Here: mounting bracket 艹 with two hanging threads 糸)
These stones behave mysteriously when hung 艹 on strings, because they are magnetic. (or porcelain)
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玄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| mysterious, occult, subtle, black
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Part of magnet: 磁, where an upper bracket 艹 holds 玄 hanging stones 石 that behave mysterious)
In the bracket 亠 is a thread 幺/糸 that behaves mysteriously.
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弦
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| string (of bow)
tsuru, GEN
弓
玄
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Left: bow 弓, right: mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds hanging 玄 stones 石 that behave mysteriously)
The bow has a mysterious string.
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滋
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| nourishing, nutritious, strengthen, nutrient-rich
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Left: water 氵, right: 兹 2x mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds 玄 hanging stones 石 that behave mysteriously.)
Water is doubly mysterious, if it is nourishing and nutritious.
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慈
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| mercy, affection, tenderness
itsukushimu, JI
兹
心
玄
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Top: 兹 2x mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds 玄/糸 hanging stones 石 that behave mysteriously.), below: heart 心
Like a magnet of the heart [without that stone] is: mercy and affection.
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畜
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| livestock, domestic fowl and animals
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Top: mysterious, occult 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds 玄/糸 hanging stones 石 that behave mysteriously), below: field 田
(The fertile fields are used to grow grain. But:) Mysterious (= barren) fields can at least be used for breeding livestock.
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蓄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| accumulate, store, save, keep
takuwaeru, CHIKU
艹
玄
田
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Top: plant 艹, below: livestock 畜 (Use a mysterious 玄 [= barren] field 田 for breeding livestock) [cf. magnet 磁]
Plants for raising livestock should be accumulated as a store.
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舷
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| side of a boat
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Left: boat 舟, right: mysterious, occult 玄 (part of magnet 磁 where a bracket 艹 holds 玄/糸 hanging stones 石 that behave mysterious) [Starboard:右舷(うげん); portside:左舷(さげん)]
The ship has mysterious sides.
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