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wrap 勹
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局
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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office, situation, bureau, department
KYOKU Top: buttocks in side view 尸, below: phrase/clause 句 (sth. wrapped 勹 out the mouth 口)
When the 'butt' is talking phrases, it is like in the office.
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尸
句
勹
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包
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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pack, wrap, envelop
tsutsumu, HŌ Top: wrap 勹, bottom: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.)
The "wrapping" itself makes it to be a wrapped package.
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包
勹
己
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均
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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average, level, balance
hitoshii, KIN Left: earth 土, right: ladle 勺 with a bit more 丶ノ in it
The earth in the ladle is average.
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土
勺
勹
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句
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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phrase, clause, rhythmic section in poem, paragraph
KU Outside: wrap up/cover 勹, inside: mouth 口
She covered her mouth at such a phrase. Or: Sth. wrapped 勹 out the mouth 口.
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口
句
勹
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胸
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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chest, breast, bosom, heart
mune, muna, KYŌ Left: body part 月/肉, right: 匈 (wrap 勹 and bad luck/disaster 凶 [The marked 㐅 container 凵 brings bad luck])
The body's part that wraps a "void volume" is: the chest.
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肉
勹
凶
㐅
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敬
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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respect, honor, esteem
uyamau, KEI Left: any, at all 苟 (plant 艹, sentence, phrase 句 [= sth. wrapped 勹 out the mouth 口]), right: strike/hit 攵(hand 又 with stick ノ)
A plant speaking a sentence can strike with respect.
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敬
艹
句
勹
攵
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潟
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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lagoon, beach, inlet
kata, SEKI Left: water 氵, right: mortar 臼, which looks like the inlet to a bay, wrap 勹 and four legs 灬 (cf. bird 鳥, horse 馬
Behind the water is the bay, wherein protected (= wrapped) four legs 灬 (= animals) are: in the lagoon.
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氵
臼
勹
灬
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菊
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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chrysanthemum
KIKU From top: plant 艹, wrap 勹, rice 米
The plant that is first wrapped and then blossoms like the kanji for rice 米 is: the chrysanthemum.
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艹
勹
米
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拘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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arrest, seize, catch, adhere to
kakawaru, KŌ Left: hand 扌, right: sentence 句 (sth. wrapped 勹 out the mouth 口), Here: a gripping ="wrapping" 勹 hand and another wrist in cross-section 口)
The hand "enwraps" a wrist at the arrest.
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扌
句
勹
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勺
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JLPT 1Joyo 8 |
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unit of measure
SHAKU Approx. 18 ml
Image of a ladle 勹 with sth. in it 丶.
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勹
勺
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旬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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a 10 day period, decade
JUN Wrap sth. 勹, sun 日
When the sun is wrapped (by clouds), then often for the duration of 10 days.
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勹
日
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殉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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dutiful death, martyrdom
JUN Left: bare bone 歹 (rib or vertebrae), right: period of 10 days 旬 (wrapped 勹 sun 日 = cloudy for 10 days)
Up to the bare bones he fought for ten more days, until his dutiful death.
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歹
勹
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濁
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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impure, muddy/cloudy liquid, uncleanness
nigoru/su, DAKU Left: water 氵, right: eye 罒, wrap 勹, insect 虫
If in the water the visibility is poor, such that insects appear as wrapped up it is impure/muddy. (But it clears 澄 up, because the (clean) water 氵rises 登)
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氵
罒
勹
虫
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陶
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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pottery, porcelain, ceramic
TŌ Left: hill 阝, right: wrapping 勹 a can 缶 (lid  and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
Take it from the hill (as clay), and make a "wrapping" such as a can: It is pottery.
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阝
勹
缶
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抱
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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embrace, hug, cuddle
daku, idaku, kakaeru, HŌ Left: hand 扌, right: to wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
Your hands wrapped me when embracing me.
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扌
包
勹
己
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泡
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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foam, bubble, froth
awa, HŌ Left: water 氵, right: to wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
When water is wrapping: it is foam.
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氵
包
勹
己
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胞
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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placenta, womb
HŌ Left: body part 月/肉, right: wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
The bodypart for "wrapping" in the placenta.
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肉
包
勹
己
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砲
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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cannon, slingshot, gun barrel
HŌ Left: stone 石 (Below the cliff 厂 are stones 口), right: wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
Stones are 'wrapped' in a slingshot (catapult), which is like a cannon.
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石
包
勹
己
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飽
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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sated, having eaten enought, satiate, tired of, bored
aku/kiru/kasu, HŌ Left: food 食 (cover  on good 良 food), right: to wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
If the food is 'enwrapped' (= in my stomach), I am full/sated.
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食
良
包
勹
己
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匁
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JLPT 1Joyo 8 |
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Monme, weight unit 3,75g
monme, A ladle 勺 with a mark 㐅
The ladle with the mark weighs one Monme.
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勹
勺
㐅
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勾
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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bent, slope, capture
KŌ Enwrap 勹 and nose ム - Compare with: fishing 釣 [つり], where a metal 金 fishhook 勹 with a lure 丶 is shown
The nose looks "wrapped" when it is bent. OR: A fishhook with a bent lure for: capture.
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ム
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匂
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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smell, odor, scent
nioi, Top: wrap 勹 (here: seen as coat or jacket), below: sitting person 匕
Inside the jacket of a sitting person it may develop a certain smell.
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匕
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