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kneeling person ⺈
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(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying  , skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫) |
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魚
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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fish
sakana, uo, GYO
Image of a fish with a head ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬 that is swimming upwards.
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魚
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田
灬
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色
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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color, sensuality, love affair
iro, SHOKU, SHIKI Top: a bent/kneeing person ⺈, bottom: 巴 a variation of a collapsed person 㔾
The bent and the collapsed person are in a colourful love affair.
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巴
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急
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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urgent, rapid, hurry
isogu, KYŪ From top: an inflected person ⺈, hand ナ/ヨ, a heart 心
The inflected person holds his hand over the heart because he was in a rapid hurry. (and now is exhausted)
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心
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負
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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lose, defeat, bear, negative
makeru, ou, FU Top: A person bending down ⺈, below: money 貝 (Image of a cone-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八)
Bent by the money? He must have lost and now bears the burden of debt.
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貝
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勉
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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strive, endeavour, exertion
BEN Left: escape, permit 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔=兎=[うさぎ] - long ear ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿), right: strength 力 (hand/arm  with biceps ノ)
For escaping you need strength and (you succeed when:) you strive hard.
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免
力
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儿
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漁
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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fishing
GYO, RYŌ Left: water 氵, right: fish 魚 (image with head ⺈, body 田 and frayed fin 灬)
Having water with fish, you (immediately) think of fishing.
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氵
魚
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静
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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silent, quiet, calm
shizuka, SEI, JŌ Left: blue/young 青 (Growing plants  appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.), right: dispute 争 (bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand ナ/ヨ looks for a dispute)
A "young" dispute is still silent and quiet.
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青
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尹
月
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争
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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dispute, compete, conflict, fight
arasou, SŌ Top: bent person ⺈, below: hand ナ/ヨ, stick 亅
The bent person with a stick in his hand is looking for a dispute.
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尹
亅
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象
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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elephant, shape, figure
ZŌ, SHŌ From top: trunk ⺈, two big ears, var. of pig 豚
A trunk and two big ears give a pig the elephant's shape.
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豕
⺈
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久
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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long time, long lasting
hisashii, KYŪ, KU Pictograph: bent person ⺈, person 人
The bent person has been there for a long time.
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ノ
⺈
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像
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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impression, image, figure
ZŌ Left: person 亻/人, right: elephant 象 (A trunk ⺈ and two big ears 罒 give the pig 豕/ 豚 an elephant's shape)
A person like an elephant makes an impression.
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亻
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豕
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危
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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dangerous
abunai, ayaui, KI Top: bent person ⺈, below: unlucky 厄 (cliff 厂, slumped person 㔾)
The bent person on the cliff can (by falling) turn into a slumped person: That is the danger.
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厂
㔾
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晩
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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nightfall, evening, late
BAN Left: sun 日, right: escape, permit 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔=兎=[うさぎ] - long ear ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿)
The sun escapes during nightfall.
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日
免
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儿
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逸
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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deviate, go astray, escape, avert, idleness, miss the mark
soreru/rasu, ITSU Left: movement 辶, right: escape, permit 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔=兎=[うさぎ] - long ear ⺈, two big eyes 罒, legs 儿)
The zig-zag-escape-movement of a rabbit is deviating.
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辶
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陥
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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fall into, entrap, pitfall, subsidence
ochiiru, KAN Left: hill 阝, right: crooked person, past times 旧 (One 丨 day 日 has passed) - developped from 陷, which comprises a pitfall 臼 zeigt
By the hill is a tumbling ⺈ person falling into the mortar-臼-like pitfall.
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阝
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旧
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喚
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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yell, shout, cry
wameku, KAN Left: mouth 口, right: (only as radical) birth 奐 (from top: head of a woman ⺈, upper part of her body 内 with emphasized breasts and spread legs 大)
The mouth at birth: yells.
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口
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大
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換
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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exchange, convert
kaeru, KAN Left: hand 扌, right: (only as a radical) birth 奐 (from top: head of a woman ⺈, upper part of body 内 with emphasized breasts, spread legs 大
A hand at the birth made that the babies were exchanged.
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扌
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大
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侯
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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marquis, lord
KŌ Left: person 人, right: var. of bent person ⺈, arrow 矢 (An arrow ノ flies in the sky 天)
The person where you bow and who has arrows is the marquis.
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亻
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矢
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浄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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pure, clean
JŌ Left: water 氵, right: conflict/fight 争 (bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand ナ/ヨ looks for a dispute.)
If 'water' is what you are fighting for, then only for the clean and pure.
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氵
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尹
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畝
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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measure of surface, 99.3sqm, furrow
une, se, Left: lid 亠, field 田, right: long lasting 久 (This bent ⺈ person 人 has been here already for a long time)
This 'lid' served in the field for a long time as a: surface measure.
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亠
田
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免
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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permit, licence, permission, escape, excuse
manukareru, MEN Image of a rabbit 兔=兎=[うさぎ] on the run: long ear ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿, but without tail 丶
With one big ear, two googly eyes and two long legs it: escapes. - This is: ..a permit.
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罒
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儿
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