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The Radical: 禺
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Kanji-Trainer
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Scorpion 禺
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Used in these Kanji:
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愚
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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foolish, idiot, folly
oroka, GU Top: scorpion 禺 (image of a scorpion: with long tail: carapace 田, insect 虫, long legs 冂), below: heart 心
Who believes that a scorpion has a heart is foolish.
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禺
心
虫
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偶
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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accidentally, pair (like wife&husband)
GŪ Left: person 人, right: scorpion 禺 (pictograph of a scorpion: carapace 田, insect 虫, long legs 冂)
(At first they met 遇 with movements 辶) And then the person and the scorpion became accidentially a pair.
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亻
禺
虫
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遇
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meet, encounter, to handle, entertain, see, to deal with
GŪ Left: movement 辶, right: scorpion 禺 (pictograph of a scorpion: carapace 田 of the insect 虫 with long legs 冂)
(A mating/courtship ritual?) Movements of a scorpion to meet someone. (And then they 亻,禺 became accidentially a pair 偶)
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辶
禺
虫
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隅
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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corner, nook
sumi, GŪ Left: hill 阝, right: scorpion 禺 (pictograph of a scorpion: combination of 田 for carapace, insect 虫, long legs 冂)
On the hill, there are scorpions in every corner.
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阝
禺
虫
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離
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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separate, leave, apart
hanareru/su, RI Left: 离 (lid 亠, bad luck 凶 (here: marked container), var. of scorpion 禺 (only hind legs 冂, sting ム), right: bird 隹
Puts the lid on the container, because otherwise the scorpions and birds would leave.
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禺
隹
亠
凶
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璃
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lapis lazuli (gem), glassy
RI Left: king 王, right: cover 亠, pot (凶 (lit. disaster/bad luck: marked container), var. of scorpion 禺 (hind legs 冂, sting ム)
The king has a pot with scorpions looking like glassy lapis lazuli.
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王
亠
凶
禺
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