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The Radical: 屈
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Kanji-Trainer
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crouch, stoop, bending 屈
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Think to the "carpenter crack", which refers to the visible butt-crack if a guy with a too short shirt crouches. The mnemonic: "The butt comes out, when crouching. |
Used in these Kanji:
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屈
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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stoop, bending, to bow, crouch, yield
KUTSU Top: buttock from the side 尸, rest: come, go out 出 (Two mountains 山 coming out one after the other)
("plumber's crack or smile", refers to the visible butt-crack if sb. with a too short shirt crouches) The buttock (=the crack) comes out when stooping (=bowing).
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屈
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掘
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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dig, excavate, delve
horu, KUTSU Left: hand 扌, right: stoop, bow, crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [=butt's crack) comes out 出 when bowing [="plumber's crack or smile"])
You use your hands and you are crouched, when: digging.
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扌
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尸
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堀
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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moat, ditch, canal
hori, KUTSU Left: earth 土, right: stoop/crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [= butt's crack] comes out 出 when stooping. = "plumber's crack or smile")
It is in the ground and you need to crouch into: a moat or ditch.
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土
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窟
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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cave, cavern
KUTSU Top: cave/hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: stoop/crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [=butt's crack] comes out 出 when stooping: = "plumber's crack or smile")
A hole where you have to stoop is a cave.
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