The Radical: 匕

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Meaning
sitting person    匕

Explanation The Radical sajinohi means "spoon". But due to its appearance is typically used as a "sitting person". In few cases however, it is understood as claws (i.e. of a bear).

Used in these Kanji:
北
JLPT 5Joyo 2
 north
kita, HOKU, BOKU

Two persons 丬, 匕 sit back-to-back, because they feel cold in the north.
 北 丬 匕
Vocabulary
化
JLPT 3Joyo 3
 chemistry, change, bewitched
bakeru, KA, KE
Left: a standing person 亻, right: a sitting person 匕
If a standing person is sitting down, it is a change.
 化 亻 匕
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死
JLPT 4Joyo 3
 death, die
shinu, SHI
Left: Bones 歹 (vertebrae or rib), right: sitting person 匕 under the ground 一
Under the earth are already the bones of a sitting person. This means death.
 歹 匕
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指
JLPT 3Joyo 3
 finger, point at, indicate
yubi, sasu, SHI
Left: hand 扌, right: order, delicious 旨 (He is sitting 匕 in the sun 日 and enjoys the tasty)
The hand of the sitting person points at the sun: with his finger.
 扌 旨 匕
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老
JLPT 3Joyo 4
 old age, aged, grow old
fukeru, oiru, RŌ
Top: old man 耂, below: sitting person 匕
The old man sitting there has been aged.
 耂 匕
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態
JLPT 1Joyo 5
 appearance, intention, attitude, condition
waza, zama, TAI
Top: ability, talent 能 (The nose ム, body 月 and claws 匕/匕 prove [at masks at Nō-theater] the talent), bottom: heart 心
Your abilities and your heart determine your appearance.
 能 ム 匕 心
Vocabulary
能
JLPT 2Joyo 5
 ability, capacity, competence
atau, NŌ
Left: nose ム and body 月, right: claws 匕/匕
(i.e. at masks at Nō-theater or at dog breeding) Nose, body and claws prove ability.
 能 ム 月 匕
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比
JLPT 2Joyo 5
 compare, ratio, contrast
kuraberu, HI
Sitting persons 匕匕
There are two people sitting: compare them.
 比 匕
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壱
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 one (in documents)
, ICHI
From top: samurai 士, cover 冖, sitting person 匕. Here: See the cover 冖 as "one" and the sitting person 匕 of a variation of "two"- (The numbers: 1,2,3,10 are: 壱, 弐, 参, 拾)
In a contract a samurai shall not falsify a "1" to a "2": Thus you need this "one".
 士 冖 匕
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疑
JLPT 2Joyo 6
 doubt, distrust, suspect
utagau, GI
Left: seated person 匕, arrow 矢; right: bent person マ, correct 正
Both persons have an arrow, whether if it's the correct one, they doubt.
 疑 匕 マ 矢 正
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批
JLPT 2Joyo 6
 criticize
HI
Left: hand 扌, right: to compare 比 (Two sitting persons 匕 who are compared.)
The hand that compares, is criticizing.
 扌 比 匕
Vocabulary
旨
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 delicious, tasty, relish, purpose, skillful, expert
mune, umai, SHI
Top: typically this radical 匕 is understood as a sitting person, even though this kanji 匕 [さじ] means "spoon", bottom: sun 日
On the spoon in the sun and is sth. delicious. How skillful!
 旨 匕 日
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紫
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 purple, violet
murasaki, SHI
Top: this 此 (to stop 止 and sitting person 匕), below: thread 糸
Stop at the person with the threads in: purple.
 止 匕 糸
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雌
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 female, feminine
mesu, me, SHI
Left: this 此 (to stop 止, sitting person 匕) right: bird 隹
The stop-and-sit-bird is the female 雌 and the male 雄 is the ten-nose-bird.
 止 匕 隹
Vocabulary
蛇
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 snake, serpent
hebi, JA, DA
Left: insect 虫, right: 它 (roof 宀 [here: cave] and sitting person 匕)
The "insect" that rolls up in its cave like a sitting person, is: a snake.
 虫 匕
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窃
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 to steal, stealth, secret, hushed
nusumu, hisoka, SETSU
Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), below: cut 切 (with seven 七 swords 刀)
The hole was cut for stealing.
 穴 匕 刀
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葬
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 bury, funeral, interment
hōmuru, SŌ
Top & bottom: plant 艹, middle: death 死 (Below the earth 一 are the bare bones 歹 of a sitting person 匕)
Between the plants the dead are buried. (Or: Like a sunset 莫 of the dead 死 is the: funeral.)
 艹 歹 莫 匕 廾
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泥
JLPT 2Joyo 7
 mud, dirt, mire, adhere to
doro, nazumu, DEI
Left: water 氵, right: nun 尼 (On her buttocks 尸 is sitting 匕 the nun.)
The water, in which the nun is sitting, is muddy.
 氵 尸 匕
Vocabulary
尼
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 nun, priestess
ama, NI
Top: buttock from the side 尸, rest: sitting person 匕
Sitting on her buttocks is the nun.
 尸 匕
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罷
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 cease, quit, stop, discontinue, cancel, resign, dismissal
makaru, HI
Top: net 罒, below: ability, talent 能 (The nose ム, body 月 and claws 匕/匕 show [at masks of Nō-theater] the talent)
(If it is full of fish:) The net's capacity has ceased.
 罒 能 ム 匕
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熊
JLPT -Joyo 7
 bear
kuma,
Top: ability, talent 能 (The nose ム, body 月 and claws 匕匕 show abilities at masks of Nō-theater]), below: fire 灬 (here 4 legs)
It has abilities and four legs: The bear.
 能 ム 匕 灬
Vocabulary
稽
JLPT -Joyo 7
 practice, consider, think
KEI
Left: rice plant 禾, right: var. of dog 犬, tasty, sweet, purpose 旨 (He is sitting 匕 in the sun 日 and enjoys the tasty)
In the rice plants is the dog for the purpose of practice.
 禾 犬 旨 匕
Vocabulary
頃
JLPT -Joyo 7
 about this time, towards, about, time
koro,
Left: seated person 匕, right: head/forehead 頁
Somebody sitting here, but his head is in here only "about this time".
 匕 頁
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叱
JLPT -Joyo 7
 scold, reprove
shikaru, SHITSU
Left: mouth 口, right: sitting person 匕
With his mouth wide open, he is sitting and scolding.
 口 匕
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塡
JLPT -Joyo 7
 fill in, to insert, be inserted
hamaru, hameru, TEN
Left: earth 土, right: sitting person 匕, var. of prefecture 県 (The eye 目 sees in the corner ∟ (of a map) a small 小 prefecture)
As for the earth, there is a person from the prefecture who will fill it up.
 土 匕 県
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匂
JLPT -Joyo 7
 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.
 勹 匕
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