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The Radical: 韋
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Kanji-Trainer
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defend 韋
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Radical nameshigawa From top: var. of foot/stop 止, center 口, foot/stop 止 = feet standing around a center in all directions |
Used in these Kanji:
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衛
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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guard, protection, defend
EI Outside: to go 行, inside: averted from the center 韋 (var. of 5 五, center 口, 5 五 (upside down)= twice five averted from center
Walking fivefold around the center: the guard.
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韋
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偉
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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admirable, great, superior, remarkable
erai, I Left: person 人, right: averted from the center 韋 (var. of 5 五, center 口, 5 五 (upside down)= twice five averted from center
The person who is fivefold turning away from the center (= main stream) is admirable.
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亻
韋
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違
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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difference, differ
chigau, I Left: movement 辶, right: averted from the center 韋 (var. of 5 五, center 口, 5 五 (upside down)= twice five averted from center
The movement five-fold away from the center makes the difference (and is admirable 偉).
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辶
韋
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緯
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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latitude, east-west, weft(textile)
I Left: thread 糸, right: averted from the center 韋 (var. of 5 五, center 口, 5 五 (upside down)= twice five averted from center
Threads away from the center (at a loom) are wefts and stand for latitude. (in contrast to the longitude 経)
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糸
韋
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韓
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Korea
KAN Left: sunrise  (sun 日, var. of plant艹 [sun rises between plants], this means east of China, (=the middle kindom) where the characters were developed, right: averted from the center 韋 (var. of 5 五, center 口, 5 五 (upside down)= twice five averted from center
Towards the rising sun (= in the east of China) and a bit averted: Korea.
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韋
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