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The Radical: 缶
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Kanji-Trainer
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container, can 缶
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缶
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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can, container
kama, KAN From top: opened lid  , can opener 十 and a can 凵 (At the introduction of the metal cans this kanji was selected because it fits phonetically)
Image of a can.
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缶
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陶
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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pottery, porcelain, ceramic
TŌ Left: hill 阝, right: wrapping 勹 a can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
Take it from the hill (as clay), and make a "wrapping" such as a can: It is pottery.
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揺
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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shake, swing, rock, pitch, flicker
yuru/reru/suru/suburu, YŌ Left: hand 扌, right: hand reaching down 爫, var. of can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
(Due to an earthquake?) Use your hand to reach downwards to the can [without half of the lid ノ] because it is: shaking/swinging.
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扌
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缶
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謡
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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noh-chant, recitation
utai, utau, YŌ Left: word 言, right: var. of shake/swing/rock 揺 (Two hand 扌,爫 reach out for a swinging/shaking can 缶.)
Words are swinging in Noh chant.
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鬱
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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gloom, melancholy, depression
UTSU Top: tree 木, container/jar 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵), tree 木; below: lid 冖, var. of disaster/bad luck 凶, seated Person 匕, three hairs 彡
A container between two trees covers an unlucky person with three hairs who became depressed. (or simply: Such a kanji makes me depressed.)
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彡
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缶
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