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The Radical: 也
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Kanji-Trainer
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"in different shape" 也
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Shows a coiled creature, like a snake shedding its skin. It is used with the meaning: "in different shape" |
Used in these Kanji:
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地
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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ground, land
CHI, JI Left: earth 土, right: a placeholder for a change 也 (image of a snake that molts [=shedding the skin])
The earth in a different shape becomes ground and land.
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池
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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lake, pond
ike, CHI Left: water 氵, right: a placeholder for change 也 (image of a snake that molts [=shedding the skin])
Water in a changed form is a lake or pond.
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他
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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somebody else, other
hoka, TA Left: person 亻, right: a placeholder for a change 也 (image of a snake that molts [=shedding the skin])
A person who changes becomes somebody else.
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施
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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charity, donate, bestow, alms
hodokosu, SHI, SE Left: direction 方, right: lying person  and a placeholder for a change 也 (image of a snake that molts [=shedding the skin])
Only in one direction can be a change for the lying person: by charity and alms.
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