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bow 弓
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Pictograph: bow without string. |
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引
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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pull, draw
hiku, IN A bow 弓 with its string 丨
The bow's string is pulled.
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弓
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強
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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strong
tsuyoi, shiiru, KYŌ, GŌ Left: bow 弓, right: nose ム and insect 虫
To target with the bow the nose of an insect: That is strong!
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弱
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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weak
yowai, JAKU Twice a bow 弓 with ice 冫
Two iced bows are too weak.
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弓
冫
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弟
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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younger brother
otōto, TEI, DAI, DE From top: to come out 丷, bow 弓, and an feathered arrow λ
The feathered arrow comes from the bow of my younger brother.
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弓
丷
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第
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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grade, position, rank, order
DAI Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: variation of younger brother 弟 (bow 弓 and feathered arrow λ)
With a bamboo (cane) I teach my younger brother his position (rank).
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竹
弓
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費
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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expense, spend, consume, cost
tsuiyasu, HI Top: dollar 弗 (but here: flow heater with boiler coil 弓 and pipes || streaming through) (cf. to boil 沸), bottom: money 貝
A flow heater costs money and is thus: an expense.
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弓
貝
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張
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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stretch, spread
haru, CHŌ Left: bow 弓, right: long 長 (mane and clothes 衣)
A bow is long and can be stretched.
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弓
長
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弓
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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bow, archery
yumi, KYŪ
Pictograph of bow without string
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弓
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窮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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distress, deadlock, suffer, destitute
kiwamaru/meru, KYŪ Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), below: body 身 and bow 弓
In this hole is a body that is bent like a bow: Somebody is in distress!
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穴
身
弓
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弦
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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string (of bow)
tsuru, GEN Left: bow 弓, right: mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds hanging 玄 stones 石 that behave mysteriously)
The bow has a mysterious string.
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弓
玄
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弧
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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arc
KO Left: bow 弓, right: melon 瓜 (image of a melon hanging in a frame)
Both a bow and melon have the shape of an arc.
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弓
瓜
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弾
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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play (an instrument), bullet, shot, spring, play
hiku, hazumu, tama, DAN Left: bow 弓, right: single, merely 単 (It shines  the sun 日 in the group of ten 十 [= with 9 planets] as the mere single.)
The bow is unique to play an instrument or to make a shot.
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単
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弔
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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mourning, condolences, funeral
tomurau, CHŌ Shows a bow 弓, but here understood as image of a snake 弓 winding around a person 丨
The person who was strangled by a snake is mourned.
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丨
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沸
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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boil, grow hot, gush
waku/kasu, FUTSU Left: water 氵, right: dollar 弗 (but here: flow heater with boiler coil 弓 and pipes || streamed through)
The water in the flow heater is boiling.
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氵
弓
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湾
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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bay, gulf
WAN Left: water 氵, right: var. of red 赤 (When earth/clay 土 is burned in fire 灬, the pottery gets: red.), and bow 弓
The water is reddish in the bow-shaped bay.
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赤
弓
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溺
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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drown, indulge
oboreru, DEKI Left: water 氵, right: weak 弱 (= Iced 冫bows 弓 are weak.)
If you are in the water and feel weak, you will: drown.
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氵
弓
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弥
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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increasingly, more and more
ya, MI Left: bow 弓, right: 尔 (lying person  and small 小, together: small person)
Bows are also used by small persons, and they become more and more.
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弓
小
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