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ice, freeze 冫
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弱
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| weak
yowai, JAKU
弓
冫
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Twice a bow 弓 with ice 冫
Two iced bows are too weak. |
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冬
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| winter
fuyu, TŌ
夂
冫
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Top: wristed or upturned foot 夂 (also the picture when sitting cross-legged), bottom: ⺀ (variant of ice 冫)
With twisted feet on the ice: it's winter. |
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寒
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| cold
samui, KAN
宀
井
冫
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From top: a roof 宀, a well 井, variant of six 六, variant of ice 冫
A roof over the well and six blocks of ice: That is cold! |
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次
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| next, following
tsugi, tsugu, JI, SHI
欠
次
冫
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Left: ice 冫, right: lacking 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
Ice is lacking, what comes next? |
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終
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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owaru, SHŪ
糸
夂
冫
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Left: thread 糸 (here: thread of life), right: winter 冬 (With twisted feet 夂 (or sitting cross-legged) on the ice: it's winter.)
The thread of life finds in winter its end. |
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冷
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| cool, freeze, cold
tsumetai, hieru, REI
令
冫
マ
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Left: ice 冫, right: order, command 令 (A lid  on the bent person マ. That is the order.)
Ice is "ordered" to cool. |
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凝
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| congeal, stiff, harden, freeze, engrossed
koru/rasu, GYŌ
冫
疑
矢
正
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Left: ice 冫, right: doubt 疑 (Both persons 匕 マ have an arrow 矢, but if it's the correct 正 one, they have their doubt.)
Ice, there is no doubt, is congealed. |
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准
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| quasi-, half-(finished)
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Left: ice 冫, right: bird 隹
An ice-bird is only a quasi-bird? |
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凍
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| freeze
kōru, kogoeru, TŌ
冫
東
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Left: ice 冫, right: east 東 (.. where the sun 日 rises behind a tree 木)
(Think to icicles at a tree, in contrast to frost 霜) The ice hangs at the tree 木 for the whole day 日 because it is frozen. |
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凄
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| superb, brillant, uncanny, marvelous, horrible
sugoi, SUI
冫
女
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Left: ice 冫, right: wife 妻 (= with broom 十 in a hand ナ/ヨ, this woman 女)
The ice cream of my wife is superb. |
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冶
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| smelting (of metals), refine, metallurgy
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Left: ice 冫, which here stands for: "not-melted", right: platform, rack 台 (nose ム over the mouth 口)
"Ice" (= sth. not-melted) is the platform (= starting point) for the smelting. |
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