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The Radical: 聿
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brush 聿
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書
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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write
kaku, SHO A hand ナ/ヨ with a painting brush 丨 (cf. 筆) writes two lines = on a paper 日
With a brush in my hand on the paper: That's how I write.
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聿
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建
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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build, setup, erect
tatsu, KEN, KON Left: movement 廴, right: var. of write 書 (A hand ナ/ヨ with three fingers holds a writing brush 丨 and writes two 二 lines.)
The brush needs to move (when painting), if you want to build.
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廴
聿
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健
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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health, fitness
sukoyaka, KEN Left: person 亻/人, right: building, construction 建 (The brush 聿 needs to move 廴 at the construction.) [The brush 聿 is a part of: to write 書]
A person who wants to build must be healthy.
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亻
廴
聿
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筆
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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brush, handwriting
fude, HITSU Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: writing brush 聿 var. of writing 書 (A hand ナ/ヨ with a brush 丨 writes two 二 lines.)
Bamboo brush for handwriting.
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竹
聿
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妻
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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wife
tsuma, SAI Top: broom 十 with hand ナ/ヨ (cf.:brush/pen 筆 or broom 帚), bottom: woman 女
With a broom in her hand is this woman: my wife.
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女
聿
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律
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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law, judge, melody
RITSU, RICHI Left: go 彳, right: var. of write 書 (A hand ナ/ヨ with a brush 丨 writes two 二 lines on a paper 日)
Go and write down the law.
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彳
聿
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粛
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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solemn, quietly, self-restraint, correct, sternly
SHUKU Top: hand ナ/ヨ with pestle 丨, bottem: rice 米 in the mortar 丨丨
When the hand with the pestle works on the rice in the mortar it is a solemn moment.
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聿
米
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津
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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harbor, port
tsu, SHIN Left: water 氵, right: var. of write 書 (A hand ナ/ヨ with a pen 丨 writes two lines 二)
(Because of documentation of ship traffic by the harbor master:) It is at the water and there is written: the harbor.
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氵
聿
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鍵
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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key (to a lock or a problem), clue
kagi, KEN Left: gold, metal 金, right: build, construct 建 (The brush 聿 needs to move 廴 at the construction) [The brush 聿 is a part of: 'to write' 書]
Use metal for your building: That's the key to the problem.
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廴
聿
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