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building 广
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Radical: madare - A similar radical 厂 stands for cliff. |
Used in these Kanji:
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広
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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wide, spacious
hiroi, KŌ Left: building 广, below: nose ム (in side view)
(As a real estate agent) I find a building with my (good) nose, that is wide and spacious.
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広
广
ム
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店
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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shop, store, booth, kiosk
mise, tana, TEN Top: building 广, below: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the 口 shell of a turtle, from which the furtune was told. - Here: a key with the teeth 卜 and the handle 口)
The building that is locked with a key is: a shop.
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广
占
卜
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庫
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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warehouse, storehouse
KO Outside: building 广, inside: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二)
A building with a vehicle is a warehouse.
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广
車
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庭
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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garden, (back-)yard
niwa, TEI Building 广 and: court 廷 (The samurai 士 with a hat 壬 [= the judge] moves 廴 to the court.)
The building of the court is in the garden.
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广
廷
廴
壬
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度
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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degree, x-times, extent
tabi, DO, TAKU Left: building 广, below: various objects 廿 [=twenty], hand 又
In this building is an object that I have in my hand to measure the degrees various times.
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广
廿
又
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康
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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health, peace
KŌ Left: building 广, below: 隶 (hand ナ/ヨ holding a stick 丨 which stirs a liquid 水) [cf. to catch 逮]
In a building a hand stirs a soup which is for the health.
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广
隶
尹
水
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席
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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seat, place
SEKI Outside: building 广, below: var. objects 廿 (=twenty), cloth 巾
In the building, they use objects of cloth as seats.
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广
廿
巾
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底
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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floor, bottom
soko, TEI Outside: building 广, below: bottom/floor 氐 (= The family 氏 is sitting on the floor 一)
In the house, the family is sitting on the floor.
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广
氏
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府
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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urban prefecture
FU Left and top: building 广, rest: attach 付 (Person 亻 with skillful hand 寸 attaches sth.)
The buildings that are attaching, belong to the prefecture.
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广
付
寸
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応
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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(positive) respond, affirmative, accept, agreement
Ō Outside: building 广, below: heart 心
A building with heart brings a positive response.
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广
心
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鉱
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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ore, mineral
KŌ Left: metal 金 (Covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: wide 広 ([As a real estate agent] I find a building 广 with my (good) nose ム, that is wide and spacious)
Metal is common (= widely spread) in form of ore.
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金
広
广
ム
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序
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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foreword, preface, beginning, order, occation
tsuide, JO Top: building 广, below: beforehand/prior 予 (To make a bent nail マ into a straight nail 丁 is done: prior - Don't confuse with spear 矛)
In the building, they begin with a foreword.
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广
予
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拡
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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spread, broaden, expand, widen
KAKU Left: hand 扌, right: wide 広 ([As a real estate agent] I find a building 广 with my (good) nose ム, that is wide and spacious.)
(i.e. when dispersing seeds on a field) By hand you can widely spread.
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扌
広
广
ム
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座
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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seat, sit, gather
suwaru, ZA From top: building 广, 坐 (=2 persons 人人, earth/ground 土)
In the building, two persons use the ground for sitting.
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广
人
土
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庁
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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government office
CHŌ Top: building 广, below: city block 丁
In the building of that city block is the government office.
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广
丁
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糖
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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sugar
TŌ Left: rice 米, right: Tang dynasty 唐 (building 广, hand ナ/ヨ holding a pestle 丨, mortar 口/臼)
The rice is processed in the building by hand with pestle and mortar into: Sugar.
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米
广
臼
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慶
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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joy, congratulation, jubilation
KEI Top: variation of deer 鹿 (originally a pictograph), below: var. of love 愛 [= A hand reaching down 爫 to cover 冖 the heart 心 of the person sitting cross-legged 夂: That is love.]
Deer and love mean joy.
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广
鹿
愛
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遮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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intercept, obstruct, interrupt
saegiru, SHA Left: movement 辶, right: common, various 庶 (In a building 广 the objects 廿 on the fire 灬 are various) - Here: 廿 as the horns of animals, cf.: leather 革
(No free-range livestock): We have the stable/hutch 广 for the animals (horns 廿 and 4 legs 灬) such that their movement is: intercept/ interrupted.
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辶
广
革
廿
灬
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庶
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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common, various, illegitimate bastard
SHO From top: building 广, various objects, 20 廿 (here: cooking pot), fire 灬
A house with a cooking pot on the fire: That's just common.
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广
廿
灬
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床
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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bed, floor
toko, yuka, SHŌ Top: building 广, below: tree 木
It's in the building and it's wooden: My bed and the floor.
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广
木
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粧
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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make up, cosmetics, adorn
SHŌ Left: rice 米, right: [cottage] 庄 (building 广 and earth/ground 土)
If the rice is in the building all over the floor, it has a nice make-up.
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米
广
土
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渡
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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cross, hand over, go across
wataru/su, TO Left: water 氵, right: degree/extent 度 (In this building 广 is an object 廿, I take in my hand 又 to measure the degrees various times.)
Water of this degree (temperature or depth) can be crossed.
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氵
广
廿
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唐
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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Tang-China
kara, TŌ Outside: building 广, below: hand ナ/ヨ, pestle 丨, mortar 口
Buildings in which a hand uses a mortar in the Tang Dynasty. (It was 618-907 AD and a heyday. - Maybe that's why people peacefully prepared food in the mortar?)
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臼
口
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廃
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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abolish, obsolete, abandon, decline, discard, ruin
sutaru/reru, HAI Outside: building 广, below: departure, leave 発 (When the volcano 癶 erupts, I get on both 二 legs 儿 for departure)
From this building they "departed", it was abolished as a ruin.
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癶
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腐
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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rot, decay, go bad, sour
kusaru/reru, FU Top: (urban) prefecture, government 府 (building 广, attach 付 [Person 亻 with skillful hand 寸 attaches sth.]), below: meat 肉
If sb. attaches meat to a building, it will rot.
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广
付
肉
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麻
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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hemp, flax
asa, MA Left: building 广, below: forest 林
(Well protected) in a building is a whole "forest" of hemp.
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麻
广
林
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摩
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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rub, chafe, polish, graze, scrape, wear
suru, MA Outside and top: hemp 麻 (Protected in the building 广 is a whole forest 林 of hemp.), below: hand 手 (cf. polish 磨)
Take hemp into the hand for: rubbing or polishing.
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麻
广
林
扌
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磨
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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polish, rub, burnish, clean
migaku, MA Outside and top: hemp 麻 (Protected in the building 广 is a whole forest 林 of hemp), below: stone 石
With hemp stones can be polished.
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麻
石
林
广
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魔
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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demon, devil
MA Outside and top: hemp 麻 (Protected in the building 广 is a whole forest 林 of hemp.), below: devil 鬼 (= death mask [mark ノ, field 田] with legs 儿 and nose ム)
Hemp is a devil: like a demon.
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麻
鬼
林
广
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庸
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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ordinary, work, mediocre
YŌ Outside: building 广, below: hand ナ/ヨ, holding a pestle 丨, combined with use 用 [A fence 用 can be used.]
When in a building a hand uses a pestle, it is very ordinary.
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用
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廉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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bargain, cheap, honest, clean, suspicion
REN Outside: building 广, below: combine, concurrently 兼 (A hand ナ/ヨ holds two rice plants 禾 combined.)
(i.e. terraced [=serial] houses or a condo ="condominium"): Buildings that are combined are cheaper.
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广
兼
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廊
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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corridor, walkway
RŌ Outside: building 广, below: husband/man 郎 (= the good 良 one in the village⻏)
(He guards the entrance?) In the building you'll find the husband on the corridor.
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广
郎
良
⻏
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