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円
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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circle, round, Yen
marui, EN
Within an enclosure 冂 two persons are symbolized by their mouths 口. From this follows round and the form of money.
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冂
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同
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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same
onaji, DŌ A container upside down: 冂, one 一 and an opening 口
All containers only have one opening, and that is the same.
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同
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南
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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south
minami, NAN At the camping ground it is preferred (and therefore more expensive) to have the entrance of the tent directed towards the south.
It costs 十 Yen ¥ to have the entrance 冂 to the south.
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風
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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wind, manner, style
kaze, FŪ A sail 冂 and an insect 虫 (The additional stroke is the horizontal sail boom ノ)
The insect is blown into the sail by: the wind.
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風
虫
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向
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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opposite side, yonder, turn one's head, situation
muku, mukeru, KŌ A house 冂 with a window 口
In this house, the window is on the opposite side, you just have to turn around.
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口
冂
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内
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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inside, within
uchi, NAI, DAI Enclosure 冂 with: person 人
A person within a frame is inside.
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内
冂
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肉
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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meat, flesh
NIKU Top: inside 内, person 人 - Or: twice 人[=rips], around 冂 which the meat is. (As a radical simplfied to: 月, which looks equal as the radical for month/moon)
The inside of a person is flesh. (Or easier: Image of marbled meat.)
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肉
月
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周
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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surrounding, around, circumference
mawari, SHŪ Outside: partly enclosed 冂, inside: luck 吉 (A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy 吉)
Even limited luck affects the surrounding.
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冂
周
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再
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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again, twice, re-
futatabi, SAI, SA Top: one 一, below: upturned basket
One upturned basket again!
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冂
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鋼
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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steel
hagane, KŌ Left: metal 金, right: hill 岡 (Here as a bloomery hearth for steel smelting, in which iron ore and charcoal were stacked alternately as a hill.) Or: Steel is [compared to cast iron] elastic like a rope: 綱
Metal from this hill (=oven) is steel.
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金
岡
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冊
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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book, volume
SATSU
Pictograph: bundle of bamboo writing tablets = volume of a book.
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冂
冊
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尚
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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furthermore, besides, esteem, respect
nao, tattobu, SHŌ Top: small 小, bottom: house 冂 with a window 口
A small house with a window is furthermore also esteemed.
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尚
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網
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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net, network, dragnet
ami, MŌ Left: thread 糸, right: image of a trawl/dragnet 岡 (net 罒 with a pull lines 冂), inside: death 亡 (= coffin in cross section)
With threads a dragnet for 'dead fishing' is made, which stands in general for: a net.
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糸
岡
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岡
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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hill
oka, Outside: trawl/dragnet 罒 with drag ropes 冂, inside: mountain 山 (cf. rope 綱 or net 網)
Caught in a net, a mount shrinks to a hill.
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岡
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山
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