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cover 冖
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| Explanation |
The radical wakanmuri is seen as a cover, but sometimes also considered to be a table. (Other covers are:  , 亠  )
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写
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| copy, reproduce
utsusu, SHA
冖
丂
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Top: cover 冖, below: give/bestow 与
Photocopying machine with a cover 冖 and a paper sheet 一 coming out of the machine.
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受
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| receive, get
ukeru, JU
爫
冖
又
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From top: hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖, hand 又
A hand from above holds a cover, another hand receives it.
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愛
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| love
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From top: hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖, heart 心, sitting cross-legged 夂 (or upturned foot)
A hand reaching down to cover the heart of the person sitting cross-legged: That is love.
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軍
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| military, troops
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Top: cover 冖 (here: camouflage), bottom: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二)
Camouflaged vehicles belong to the military.
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帯
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| belt, Obi(of a kimono), sash, area
obi, obiru, TAI
山
冖
巾
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From top: belt 一 with a mountain-like application 山, cover 冖, cloth 巾
A belt with applications covering the cloth is an 'obi'.
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授
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| pass on, transfer, confer, teach, award, grant
sazukeru, JU
扌
爫
冖
又
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Left: hand 扌, right: receive 受 (A hand reaching down 爫 holds a cover 冖, another hand 又 receives it.)
A hand that has received will also pass on. (Or: Three hands reach out for the blanket 冖 to pass it on.)
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壱
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| one (in documents)
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From top: samurai 士, cover 冖, sitting person 匕. Here: See the cover 冖 as "one" and the sitting person 匕 of a variation of "two"- (The numbers: 1,2,3,10 are: 壱, 弐, 参, 拾)
In a contract a samurai shall not falsify a "1" to a "2": Thus you need this "one".
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揮
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| swing, brandish, wield, shake, wave, wag, volatile
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Left: hand 扌, right: military/troops 軍 (... with covered 冖 vehicles 車 = camouflage)
The hands of the military are swung/brandished. [when marching]
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冠
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| crown
kanmuri, KAN
冖
元
寸
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Top: cover 冖, bottom: origin 元 (here: chin. Yuan), skillful hand 寸
It's covering, costed many Yuan and is made by a skillful hand: The crown!
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輝
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| shine, radiance, sparkle, luminance, glitter
kagayaku/kashii, KI
車
冖
軍
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Left: light 光 (fire 火 on legs 儿), right: military 軍 (... with covered 冖 vehicles 車 = camouflage)
(Signal fires in ancient China) The lights at the military are shining.
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索
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| cord, string, rope, search, seek
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From top: ten 十, cover 冖, thread 糸
Ten covered threads make that string/rope, you were searching for.
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冗
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| useless, needless, superfluous
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Top: cover 冖, below: table 几 (cf. 机,凡)
A cover (= tablecloth) on a table is useless.
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畳
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| tatami, mat, fold
tatami, tatamu, JŌ
田
冖
且
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From top: field 田 (here: area), cover 冖, besides/moreover 且 ((A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
An 'area' can be covered and they can be piled: folded tatami mats.
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滞
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| stay, sojourn, stagnate, stop, be delayed, slack
todokōru, TAI
氵
冖
巾
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Left: water 氵, right: belt 帯 (A belt 一 with mountain-like applications 山 covering 冖 the cloth 巾 is a belt.)
(Build a dike at the river banks:) The water within the 'belt' is staying / sojourning.
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冥
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| dark, deep, unfathomable, divine
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From top: cover 冖, sun/day 日, six 六
A cover makes the sun-light sixfold darker and unfathomable.
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