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The Radical: 央
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center 央
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Used in these Kanji:
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決
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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decide, determine, set
kimaru, KETSU Left: water 氵, right: 夬 (a person 人 with a backpack コ)
(On a hike you should have enough water with you:) There is water in the person's backpack: that's what he has decided.
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央
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英
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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excellent, England, excel
EI Top: plant 艹, below: center 央 (The yoke 冂 on the shoulders of the big 大 man is centered.)
The plant in the center is excellent, as England.
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大
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央
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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middle, center, capital
Ō Top: yoke 冂, below: big 大
The yoke on the shoulders of the big person is centered.
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央
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快
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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pleasant, delight, comfortable, cheerful
kokoroyoi, KAI Left: feelings 忄, right: 夬 (a person 人 with a backpack コ
(It's easier to carry your load:) The feeling of the person with a backpack is: pleasant.
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映
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JLPT 4Joyo 6 |
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reflect, shine, project(cinema)
utsuru/su, haeru, EI Left: sun 日, right: center 央 (The yoke 冂 on the shoulders of the big 大 man is centered.)
When the sun reaches the center (= zenith) everything is reflecting.
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央
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