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The Radical: 兆
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omen 兆
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兆
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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sign/omen, trillion, portent
kizashi/su, CHŌ
Pictograph: cracks in a turtle shell (were used in ancient China for divination)
The cracked turtle shell show a trillion signs/omens.
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儿
兆
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挑
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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challenge, defy, contend for
idomu, CHŌ Left: hand 扌, right: sign/omen 兆 (Shows cracks in a turtle shell that were used in ancient China for divination.)
(Is he really strong?) His hand is the sign/omen if you should challenge him.
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眺
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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gaze, look, view, watch
nagameru, CHŌ Left: eye 目, right: sign/omen 兆 (Shows cracks in a turtle shell that were used in ancient China for divination.)
An eye as the symbol for: gazing.
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兆
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跳
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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jump, hop, leap up, spring, jerk
haneru, tobu, CHŌ Left: foot 足 (kneecap 口 and a footprint 止), right: sign/omen 兆 (cracks in a turtle shell that were used in ancient China for divination)
The foot makes traces (= signs) when jumping and hopping.
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止
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逃
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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escape, evade, run away
nigeru/gasu, nogareru/su, TŌ Left: movement 辶, right: sign/omen 兆 (But here as an image of radiating outwardly from a center in all directions)
Movements in all different directions is a sign of escape.
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桃
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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peach
momo, TŌ Left: tree 木, right: sign, omen, trillion 兆 (cracks in a turtle shell; used for divination in ancient China)
The tree with a stone like a turtle's shell is: the peach.
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兆
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