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The Radical: 才
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talent 才
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When the big 大 person is balancing on one leg, he is talented. |
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才
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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talent, ability, years of age
SAI Ten 十, and a divisional stroke ノ, which looks like a shifted big 大 person.
If the big 大 person balances on one foot 丨, he is talented.
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才
扌
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材
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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material, timber, lumber, resource
ZAI Left: tree 木, right: talent, years of age 才 (If the big 大 man balances on one foot, he is talented.)
If the tree is 'talented' (= in good condition) is used as: timber.
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在
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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be, exist, countryside
aru, ZAI Outside: var. of talent 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented.), below: earth 土
The best talents on earth exist in the countryside.
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土
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財
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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wealth, assets, property
ZAI, SAI Left: shell/money 貝, right: talent 才 (If the big 大 man balances on one foot, he is talented.)
Money and talent create wealth.
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存
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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knowledge, existence, suppose, thinking
SON, ZON Left: var. of talent, years of age 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented), right: child 子
A talented child has knowledge (and exists).
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子
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閉
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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close, shut
tojiru, shimaru/meru, HEI Outside: gate 門, inside: talent/years of age 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented, but here he kicks), or: key ノ into keyhole ナ
The person is kicking against the gate, because it is closed.
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門
才
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