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The Radical: 母
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Kanji-Trainer
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mother 母
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| Explanation |
Shows a woman 女 with a longer right stroke ノ and with two dots : which are swollen breasts of a nursing (breast-feeding) woman. |
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海
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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sea, ocean
umi, KAI Left: water 氵, right: every 毎 (Persons 人 =  have mothers 母, namely: everybody!) [mother 母 = woman 女 with swollen breasts : of pregnancy]
Water is in every sea.
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氵
毎
母
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母
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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mother
haha, BO A variation of woman 女 with emphasized breasts indicated by the two dots :
(When breastfeeding:) A woman with swollen breasts is a mother.
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母
女
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毎
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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every, each
goto, MAI Top: a lying person (= variation of 人), below: a variation of mother 母 (= breastfeeding woman 女 with swollen breasts [= the two points :] )
A person has a mother, and indeed: EVERYBODY!
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母
毎
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毒
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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poison, harm
DOKU Top: growing plant  , bottom: mother 母 (= a breastfeeding woman 女 with swollen breasts : )
Vegetarian (nutrition) for mothers can be poisoning?
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母
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慣
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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become used to, be accustomed
nareru, KAN Left: feelings 忄, right: to pierce 貫 (Mother's 母 money 貝 is pierced.)
My feelings were pierced, but I get used to it.
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忄
母
貝
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悔
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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regret, repent, vexing
kuyama, kuyashii, kuiru, KAI Left: feeling 忄, right: each/every 毎 (A [horizontal] person 人 = has a mother 母, namely: every)
A feeling that everyone has (at times) is regret.
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忄
毎
母
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貫
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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pierce, penetrate
tsuranuku, KAN Top: mother 母 (= a breastfeeding woman 女 with swollen breasts :), below: shell/money 貝
Mother's money is pierced.
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母
貝
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梅
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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plum
ume, BAI Left: tree 木, right: every 毎 (A lying person 人 = has a mother 母, namely every!) [mother 母 = breastfeeding woman 女 with swollen breasts :]
The tree for everybody is the plum tree.
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木
毎
母
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敏
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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cleverness, intelligent, agile, quick
BIN Left: each/every 毎 (A person 人 = has a mother 母 namely: every!), right: strike 攵 (Hand 又 with stick 卜)
(Think of the revenge of the inferior:) Every strike must be with cleverness.
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毎
攵
母
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侮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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despise, scorn, disdain
anadoru, BU Left: person 亻/人 (= standing persion), right: every, each 毎 (A [lying] person has a mother 母, namely: every!)
A standing person will do it with every-毎-thing, like a lying person or a [untidy written] mother 母. He will: despise it.
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亻
毎
母
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