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右
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| right hand side
migi, U, YŪ
右
口
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Left: hand ナ/ヨ (Shows a hand ナ with the forearm at the right and three fingers to the left.), right: mouth 口
The hand for the mouth (= you eat with) is the: right. |
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口
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| mouth, opening
kuchi, KŌ, KU
口
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A mouth wide open. |
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石
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JLPT 3Joyo 1 |
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| stone, rock
ishi, SEKI, SHAKU
石
厂
口
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Top: var. of cliff 厂, bottom: stone 口
Below the cliff are stones. |
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足
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| leg, foot, sufficient
ashi, tariru, SOKU
足
口
止
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Top: kneecap 口, bottom: to stop 止 (= Footprint of the right foot rotated 90° to the left.)
Between kneecap and foot is the leg, that's sufficient. |
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中
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| middle, inside
naka, CHŪ
丨
中
口
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The vertical line 丨 in the middle of the square 口 shows the middle. |
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名
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| name, fame
na, MEI, MYŌ
夕
口
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Evening 夕 (If the moon 月 is not yet complete [a stroke is missing], it is only evening 夕.) and mouth 口
In the evening, you talk about people with name and fame. |
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回
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| rotate, turn, revolve
mawaru, KAI
口
囗
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Two coaxial rotations |
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古
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| old
furui, KO
口
十
古
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Ten 十 and mouth 口 (古 was derived from the image of a skull). See this as the image of a grave mound with a cross.
Under the tomb mound/stone lies the "old". |
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語
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| talk, tell, speak
kataru, GO
言
口
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Left: word, speech 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: I, me 吾 (five 五 and mouth 口)
Words out of five mouths mean to speak. |
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合
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| fit, meet, join
au, awaseru, GŌ, KATSU
口
合
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Top: a cover  , below: a container 口
The cover/lid on the container fits. |
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台
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| platform, rack, stand
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Top: nose ム (in side view), bottom: mouth 口
The nose over the mouth is like a platform. |
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知
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| to know, knowledge
shiru, CHI
矢
ノ
口
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Left: an arrow 矢 (An arrow ノ flies in the sky 天), right: a mouth 口 (here: a target)
The arrow hits the target, if it knows it. |
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同
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| same
onaji, DŌ
同
冂
口
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A container upside down: 冂, one 一 and an opening 口
All containers only have one opening, and that is the same. |
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鳴
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| non-human cry
naku, MEI
口
鳥
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Left: mouth 口, right: a bird 鳥 (Image of a bird with head 白, wrings 一, tail feather フ and talons 灬)
Out of the mouth of the bird comes an animal's cry. |
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員
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| member
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Top: mouth 口, below: shell/money 貝 (Image of a cone-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八)
(In a singing club) If you have a mouth and money you can become a member. |
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君
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| you, Mr., lord
kimi, KUN
君
尹
口
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Top: A hand ナ/ヨ holding a stick ノ, bottom: mouth 口
The one with the stick in the hand striking on your mouth, is your master/lord. |
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兄
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| elder brother
ani, KEI, KYŌ
儿
口
兄
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A mouth 口 and legs 儿
A big mouth on legs: That's my elder brother. |
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向
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| opposite side, yonder, turn one's head, situation
muku, mukeru, KŌ
口
冂
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A house 冂 with a window 口
In this house, the window is on the opposite side, you just have to turn around. |
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号
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| number, title, issue, suffix
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Top: mouth 口, bottom: winding seaweed 丂 (here: the number "5")
When the mouth says "5" it is a number. |
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商
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| trade, business, sell
akinau, SHŌ
帝
口
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Var. of emperor 帝 with long coat 冂 and mouth 口. Better to consider a vendor  behind a sales desk 冂 with some goods 口 (cf. to sell 売)
A vendor at the sales desk with goods 口 means: trade. |
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品
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| goods, item, refinement
shina, HIN
品
口
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Three boxes with goods. |
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味
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| taste, flavor, relish
aji, ajiwau, MI
口
未
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Left: mouth 口, right: unripe, not yet 未 (The upper branch of the tree 木 is still shorter = immature.)
In the mouth sth. unripe can be tasted. [In contrast: In the mouth 口 old 古 things taste: hard 固] |
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命
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| life, order, command, fate
inochi, MEI, MYŌ
口
令
卩
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Lower left: mouth 口, rest: order, command 令 (To put a lid on the bent person卩, has been ordered!)
The mouth gives order to live. |
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問
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| ask
tou, MON
門
口
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Outside: Gate 門, inner: mouth 口
The mouth at the gate is asking. |
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和
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| harmony, peace, Japan
yawaragu, nagoyaka, WA, O
禾
口
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: mouth 口
Who has rice in his mouth is in harmony. |
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加
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| add, append, join
kuwaeru, KA
加
力
口
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Left: power 力, right: mouth 口
(It is meant, to eat sth.) For getting power 力 your mouth 口 needs sth. to be 'added'. |
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各
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| each, every
ono, KAKU
各
口
夂
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Top: upturned foot or sitting with crossed legs 夂, mouth 口 (here better: futon/cushion)
Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody. |
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喜
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| happy, joy, delight
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From top: samurai 士, beans 豆, mouth 口. (This kanji 喜 has also been simplified to: 吉)
(An army marches on its stomach!) A samurai with beans in his mouth is happy. |
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器
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| container, vessel, pot, skill
utsuwa, KI
口
大
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Four mouths 口, big 大
For four mouths you need a big pot / container. |
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告
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| announce, proclaim, tell, inform, confess
tsugeru, KOKU
告
牛
口
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Top: cow 牛 bottom: mouth 口
The cow opens the mouth to announce sth. |
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史
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| history
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Mouth 口 and a person 人 with a wide step
With the mouth, the person who has taken wide steps, tells his: history. |
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司
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| administer, govern, rule
tsukasadoru, SHI
口
司
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In a corner ⌝ is sb. who throws a sheet 一 of paper in the wastebasket 口: In the administration. |
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唱
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| sing, recite, intone, preach
tonaeru, SHŌ
口
日
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Left: mouth 口, right: two suns 日
Open the mouth widely as big as two suns, when: singing. |
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句
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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| phrase, clause, rhythmic section in poem, paragraph
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Outside: wrap up/cover 勹, inside: mouth 口
She covered her mouth at such a phrase. Or: Sth. wrapped 勹 out the mouth 口. |
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善
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| goodness, virtuous, goodwill
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From top: sheep 羊, to stand 立, mouth 口
The sheep standing there with a gaping mouth has goodness and is virtuous. |
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程
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| approximately, extent, degree, limit
hodo, TEI
禾
口
王
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: present, to present 呈 (The mouth 口 of the king 王 gives presents.)
Rice plants for the mouth of the king is the approximate extent. |
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可
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| possible, approve, accept
-beki/shi/ku, KA
口
可
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Outside: city block 丁 (but here: a nail), below: opening 口
The nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible. |
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吸
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| suck, breathe in, inhale
suu, KYŪ
口
及
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Left: mouth 口, right: reach, extend 及 (Here: cigarette ノ and variation of hand 
A mouth with a cigarette in a hand to suck/inhale. |
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呼
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| call, attract, summon
yobu, KO
口
扌
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Left: mouth 口, right: 乎 (var. hand 手, hence 'open' hand)
A mouth and in front an open hand for better calling. |
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后
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| an empress, queen, behind
kisaki, KŌ, GO
尸
口
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Top: var. of buttock seen from the side 尸, below: opening 口 as anus, in the sense of 'behind' (Originates in the custom that the empress followed behind the emperor.)
The one following 'behind' is the empress. |
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否
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| deny, no
ina, inamu, HI
不
口
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Top: not 不 (Four lines are not enough.), below: mouth 口
A "no" from a mouth is a denial. |
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哀
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| sorrow, sad, distress, grief
aware/remu, AI
哀
口
衣
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Top and bottom: clothes 衣, center: a big hole 口
Clothes with a hole causes sorrow. |
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拐
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| kidnap, deceive, abduct
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Left: hand 扌, right: mouth 口, sword 刀 (cf. invite 招)
I feel a hand on my mouth and a sword: I am being kidnapped! |
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嚇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| menace, threaten, terrorize
odosu/kasu, KAKU
口
赤
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Left: mouth 口, right: 2 x red 赤 (When clay/earth 土 is burned in fire 灬, the pottery gets: red)
A mouth with a double red is menacing. |
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喝
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| shout loudly, scold, browbeat, hoarse
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Left: mouth 口, right: 曷 (var. of easy 易 (sun 日, rays勿 with a sitting person 匕 instead two rays)
(Is it too hot for them?) The mouths of those sitting in the sunshine are shouting loudly. |
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喚
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| yell, shout, cry
wameku, KAN
口
⺈
大
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Left: mouth 口, right: (only as radical) birth 奐 (from top: head of a woman ⺈, upper part of her body 内 with emphasized breasts and spread legs 大)
The mouth at birth: yells. |
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含
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| contain, include, hold
fukumu/meru, GAN
今
口
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Top: now 今, bottom: mouth 口
What is now in the mouth is contained there. |
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吉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| good luck, fortune, joy
KICHI, KITSU|
吉
士
口
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Top: samurai 士, bottom: mouth 口 - (simplified from: luck 喜, where the samurai has beans 豆 in his mouth.)
A samurai with a (full) mouth has good luck. |
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喫
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| consume, eat&drink, receive, ingest
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Left: mouth 口, right: pledge, promise 契 (tally stick  , [pairwise marked sticks were distributed at the conclusion and joined again after implementation of an agreement] - Cut into a tally stick with a sword 刀 in big 大 letters: the pledge)
The mouth promises to eat and drink. |
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叫
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| shout, yell, cry
sakebu, KYŌ
口
丩
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Left: mouth 口, right: twisted 丩 (pictograph: two intertwined threads).
The mouth is distorted when shouting. |
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吟
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| versify, recital, recite, singing
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Left: mouth 口, right: now 今
The mouth will now start reciting. |
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啓
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| disclose, enlighten, illuminate, state
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Top: door 戸, hit, strike (bang) 攵 (hand 又 with a stick ノ), below: opening 口
When the door opens with a bang into an opening, things get disclosed. |
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呉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| to give, Wu-Chinese dynasty, do th. for sb. else
kureru, GO
口
呉
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Image of a person 口 in Wu dynasty contentedly leaning back in relaxing armchair (= the rest of this character), because he gave sth. to somebody. |
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唆
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| entice/attract, to tempt, allure, instigate, incite
sosonokasu, sosoru, SA
口
夋
夂
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Left: mouth 口, right: 夋 (nose ム, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
Mouth, nose, legs and an upturned foot: Shall that be attracting? |
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咲
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| bloom, blossom
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Left: mouth 口, right: out of 丷, heaven/sky 天
Like a mouth out of heaven looks this blossom. |
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嗣
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| inherit, succeed to
tsugu, SHI
口
冊
司
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Left: mouth 口, book/volume 冊 (bundle of bamboo writing tablets), right: administration/civil servant 司 (... where sb. is sitting in a corner⌝ throwing a sheet 一 of paper in the wastebasket 口)
He spoke, wrote it on the tablets and gave (his last will) to the civil servant for the inheritance. |
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如
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| similar, like, compare, such as, equal
gotoku, JO, NYO
女
口
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Left: woman 女, right: mouth 口
These women's mouths are that similar, that they are comparable. |
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召
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| summon, call someone (respectfully), to send for
mesu, SHŌ
口
召
刀
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Top: sword 刀, below: mouth 口
Use sword and mouth to summon / call together. |
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嘱
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| entrust, confidence, request, ask
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Left: mouth 口, right: species, genus 属 (The rear part 尸 belongs to an insect 禹/虫 with long legs 冂, but which species?)
To the mouth of this species, it can be entrusted. |
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唇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| lip(s)
kuchibiru, SHIN
辰
口
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Top: plow 辰 (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农 [农 = Chinese for farmer]), below: mouth 口
Like plowed lines at the mouth: the lips. |
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吹
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| blow, breathe out
fuku, SUI
口
欠
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Left: mouth 口, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open of the yawning ⺈ person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
If out of the mouth a "nothing" is coming, then it is "blowing". |
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喪
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| mourn, loss, miss, death
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From top: ten 十, two mouths 口, simple var. of clothes 衣
A cross 十, two coffins/cascets 口 and simple clothes are signs of mourning. (Or: It is also sorrow 哀 with two holes ロロ in the clothes 衣.) |
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嘆
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| lament, sigh, grieve, admire
nageku/kawashii, TAN
口
艹
夫
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Left: mouth 口, right: var. of China 漢 (Water 氵and plants 艹 in the mouth 口 of the husband 夫 from China) [But water 氵is missing]
Mouths in a waterless China are lamenting. |
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痴
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| foolish, stupid, silly
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Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: know 知 (The arrow 矢 hits the target 口, if it knows it.)
The disease in respect to "knowing" is to be stupid. |
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呈
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| offer, present, display, exhibit
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Top: mouth 口, bottom: king 王
The mouth of the king offers presents. |
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哲
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| wisdom, philosophy
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Top: to break 折 (A hand 扌 with an axe 斤 can make things break.), below: mouth 口
Even broken, his mouth utters wisdom. |
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吐
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| vomit, through up, spit up, disgorge, spew
haku, TO
口
土
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Left: mouth 口, right: earth/ground 土
From his mouth and onto the ground he disgorged the vomit. |
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唐
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| Tang-China
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Outside: building 广, below: hand ナ/ヨ, pestle 丨, mortar 口
Buildings in which a hand uses a mortar in the Tang Dynasty. (It was 618-907 AD and a heyday. - Maybe that's why people peacefully prepared food in the mortar?) |
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噴
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| eruption, emit, spout, flush out
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Left: mouth, opening 口, right: 卉 (ten 十, plant 艹), shell/money 貝
Out of the opening, ten plants and money were flushed out at the eruption. |
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唯
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| merely, only, just, simply
tada, YUI, I
口
隹
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Left: mouth 口, right: bird 隹
The mouth of this bird (sings) merely. |
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吏
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| official, officialdom
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Center: mouth 口, rest: measure of length 丈 [Big 大 person measures with long step 3m]
Just a measure of length and a mouth is needed by an official. |
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咽
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| gorge, throat, to be choked
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Left: mouth 口, right: reason 因 (For the fence 囗 around the big 大 person is a reason.)
It is at the mouth and an enclosure/restriction 囗 in respect to the size 大 (of the food): The gorge. |
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唄
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| song, buddhistic ritual songs
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Left: mouth 口, right: money, shell 貝
(A paid singer?) It comes out of his mouth for money: a song. |
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嗅
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| smell, sniff
kagu, KYŪ
口
自
犬
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Left: mouth 口, right: variation of smell, stink 臭 (because without "dog" 犬)
The mouth 口 itself 自 of the dog 犬 can sniff a smell. (Or: The mouth itself of a dog has a smell.) |
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喉
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| throat
nodo, KŌ
口
矢
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Left: mouth 口, right: marquis 侯 (var. of bent person ⺈, arrow 矢)
Also the mouth of a marquis ends in his throat. |
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叱
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| scold, reprove
shikaru, SHITSU
口
匕
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Left: mouth 口, right: sitting person 匕
With his mouth wide open, he is sitting and scolding. |
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呪
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| curse, malediction, magic word, spell, charm
norou, JU
口
兄
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Left: mouth 口, right: elder brother 兄 (A big mouth 口 on legs 儿)
Two brothers 兄兄, but the left without legs, because he is cursed. (Or: Out of the mouth of the elder brother comes: a curse.) |
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唾
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| saliva, spit
tsuba, DA
口
垂
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Left: mouth 口, right: hanging down, drop 垂 (A vehicle 車 with a loose wheel, that almost drops off.)
From the mouth it is hanging (or dripping) down: the saliva. |
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嘲
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| ridicule, scoff, sneer
azakeru, CHŪ
口
朝
月
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Left: mouth 口, right: morning 朝 (= sunrise  [= sun 日 rises between plants 艹] and the moon 月 is still there.)
This mouth early in the morning cannot but ridicule sneer. |
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哺
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| suckle, breast feeding
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Left: mouth 口, right: to begin 甫 (The hand takes the tool 丶 to use 用, when beginning sth.)
(At a new born baby:) The mouth starts suckling. |
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喩
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| metaphor, compare
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Left: mouth 口, right: cover , moon/month 月, var. of river 川
The mouth covers for months the river? Must be a metaphor. |
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呂
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| six lower tones of the octave
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Shows two connected rooms 口ノ口 (cf. palace 宮) Here: see ノ as sound waves
(The sound of lower tones can propagate better:) This sound comes from one room to room: The lower tones of the octave. |
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