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The Radical: 廾
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Kanji-Trainer
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two hands 廾
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| Explanation |
Two hands 屮 (with the fingers 山 towards the top) simplified and combined. |
Used in these Kanji:
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算
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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calculate, count, reckon
SAN From top: bamboo 竹, an abacus 目 (=calculation board), and two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined)
I use the bamboo abacus with both hands to calculate and count.
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竹
目
廾
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械
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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machine, device
KAI Left: tree 木, right: admonish, warning 戒 (Two hands 廾 hold halberd 戈 as warning.) [廾 = twice this hand 屮 next to each-other and combined]
To process a tree by hand into a halberd, you need a machine.
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木
廾
戈
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興
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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interest, entertain, raise, retrieve
okosu, KYŌ, KŌ Left and right: pressing hands  , ヨ like a mortar 臼, center: same 同 [= All containers 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and that is the same.], below: table  Here: seen as two turned hands 廾 grasping upwards 屮 from below. Thus four hands are shown.
All four hands have the same interest.
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臼
同
廾
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弁
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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dialect, speech, valve
BEN Top: nose ム, bottom: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined)
If you hold the nose with both hands it sounds like a dialect.
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ム
廾
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戒
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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admonish, command
imashimeru, KAI Left: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined), right: halberd 戈
Two hands holding up a halberd to admonish.
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戈
廾
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葬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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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.)
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艹
歹
莫
匕
廾
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弊
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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evil, harmful, a bad habit, myself (humble)
HEI Top: shabby 敝 (.. when the cloth 巾 broke into four small pieces due to strikes 攵), below: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; side by side & simplified)
If the fabric is broken up into four small pieces by strikes, the two hands have caused a damage.
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敝
攵
廾
巾
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弄
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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to tamper with, play with, fumble, juggle
moteasobu, RŌ Top: king 王 (here: four sticks: 三 ,丨), bottom: two hands 廾 (= twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined)
With four sticks in the hands he is juggling or playing around.
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王
廾
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