Used in these Kanji:
|
|
考
|
 |
|
JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
|
|
to think, consider
kangaeru, KŌ Top: old man 耂, bottom: wound seaweed 丂
The old man is at the wound seaweed and he is thinking.
|
耂
丂
Vocabulary |
|
|
|
号
|
|
|
JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
|
|
number, title, issue, suffix
GŌ Top: mouth 口, bottom: winding seaweed 丂 (here: the number "5")
When the mouth says "5" it is a number.
|
口
丂
Vocabulary |
|
|
|
写
|
|
|
JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
|
|
copy, reproduce
utsusu, SHA Top: cover 冖, below: give/bestow 与
Photocopying machine with a cover 冖 and a paper sheet 一 coming out of the machine.
|
冖
丂
Vocabulary |
|
|
|
極
|
|
|
JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
|
|
pole, extreme, zenith, extremely
kiwameru, KYOKU, GOKU Left: tree 木, from right, a hand 又 pushes seaweed 丂 between two bars 二 into a small opening 口
A tree as a mast holds those two bars extremely far apart such that a hand can hang seaweed in the opening between them: This is extreme.
|
木
彑
丂
Vocabulary |
|
|
|
汚
|
|
|
JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
|
|
dirty, polluted, foul, dishonor
kegareru, yogoreru, kitanai, O Left: water 氵, right: var. of seaweed 丂
Water with double seaweed is dirty.
|
氵
丂
Vocabulary |
|
|
|
朽
|
|
|
JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
|
|
decay, rot, get old
kuchiru, KYŪ Left: tree 木, right: seaweed 丂
Trees are like seaweed, when they are decaying.
|
木
丂
Vocabulary |
|
|
|
誇
|
|
|
JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
|
|
proud, boast, pride, triumphantly
hokoru, KO Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: 夸 (This is similar to: jaw, chin 顎 (= Under the eyes ロロ on the head 頁 is the jaw 丂)
When your words come from such a fat 太 jaw 丂, you are proud and boast.
|
言
太
大
丂
Vocabulary |
|
|
|
巧
|
|
|
JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
|
|
skill, dexterous, adroit
takumi, KŌ Left: craftsman 工, right: seaweed 丂
The craftsman works with the seaweed skillfully.
|
工
丂
Vocabulary |
|
|
|
拷
|
|
|
JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
|
|
torture
GŌ Left: hand 扌, right: think 考 (The old man 耂 is at the seaweed 丂 for thinking.)
The hand thinks of torture.
|
扌
耂
丂
Vocabulary |
|
|
|
与
|
|
|
JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
|
|
give, convey, present, bestow
ataeru, YO This character is a part of: "to copy" 写 (It shows a photocopying machine with a cover 冖 and a paper sheet 一 coming out of the machine)
The maschine give a sheet of paper 一, that is given to you.
|
丂
一
Vocabulary |
|
|
|
顎
|
|
|
JLPT -Joyo 7 |
|
|
jaw, chin
ago, GAKU Left: eyes ロロ, a nose 一 and underneath a (biting) jaw 丂, right: the corresponding head 頁
Below the eyes and at the head is the jaw.
|
丂
頁
Vocabulary |
|
|
