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The Radical: 牙
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Kanji-Trainer
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tusk of an elephant 牙
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Radical: kiba |
Used in these Kanji:
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芽
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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bud, seedling, sprout
me, GA Top: plant 艹, bottom: tusk 牙 (pictograph)
Plants and also tusks grow from a sprout.
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艹
牙
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雅
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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gracious, elegance, grateful
GA Left: tusk 牙, right: bird 隹
A tusk at a bird would look gracious.
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牙
隹
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慨
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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deplore, lament, grieve, be sad, sigh
GAI Left: feeling 忄, right: already, before 既 (It's 'not good' 艮 that the tusk 牙 is so crooked, but it's already happened that way.)
(He has a toothache:) The feelings at a not-good tusk 牙 are deploring.
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忄
既
艮
牙
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概
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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generally, mostly, roughly, outline
ōmune, GAI Left: tree 木, right: already, before 既 (It's 'not good' 艮 that the tusk 牙 is so crooked, but it's already happened that way.)
A tree is not-good as a modified tusk 牙: generally.
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木
既
艮
牙
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既
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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already, previously, before
sude, KI Left: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good'), right: variation of tusk 牙 (The short lower stroke is towards the right.)
(Talk at the dentist?) It's not good that the tusk is so crooked, but it already happened that way.
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既
艮
牙
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邪
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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wicked, evil, unjust
JA Left: tusk 牙, right: village ⻏
(Invasion of elephants?) A tusk in a village is wicked/evil.
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牙
⻏
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牙
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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tusk (i.e. of an elephant), fang
kiba, GA, (GE)
Side view of an elephant's 象 head with a tusk ノ.
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牙
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