The Japanese Radical: 司


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Meaning
administer, govern    司

Explanation Pictograph: part of a buttock and anus of a civil servant to symbolize administration.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 3Joyo 4
administer, govern, rule
tsukasadoru, SHI

In a corner ⌝ is sb. who throws a sheet of paper in the wastebasket : In the administration.  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
word, phrases, part of speech
kotoba, SHI
Left: word (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: administration (... where sb. is sitting in a corner⌝ throwing a sheet of paper in the wastebasket )
Words of the administration are (nothing but) words.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
pay respects, inquire, question, visit
ukagau, SHI
Left: person , right: civil servant, administration (... where sb. is sitting in a corner⌝ throwing a sheet of paper in the wastebasket .)
A person visiting a civil servant shall pay respects.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
inherit, succeed to
tsugu, SHI
Left: mouth , book/volume (bundle of bamboo writing tablets), right: administration/civil servant (... where sb. is sitting in a corner⌝ throwing a sheet of paper in the wastebasket )
He spoke, wrote it on the tablets and gave (his last will) to the civil servant for the inheritance.  
JLPT 1Joyo 5
domesticate, breeding, rear animals, raise
kau, SHI
Left: food (cover on good food), right: govern, civil servant (... where sb. is sitting in a corner⌝ throwing a sheet of paper in the wastebasket )
You need food and "management" for animal breeding.  

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