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The Radical: 同
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Kanji-Trainer
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the same 同
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All containers 冂 only have one 一 opening 口, and that is the same. |
Used in these Kanji:
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同
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| same
onaji, DŌ
同
冂
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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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興
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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| interest, entertain, raise, retrieve
okosu, KYŌ, KŌ
臼
同
廾
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Left and right: pressing hands  , ヨ like a mortar 臼, center: same 同 [= All containers 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and that is the same.], below: table  Here: seen as two turned hands 廾 grasping upwards 屮 from below. Thus four hands are shown.
All four hands have the same interest. |
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銅
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| copper
akagane, DŌ
金
同
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Left: metal 金, right: same 同 [All containers 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and that is the same.]. ("akagane" means: red metal)
(Metals differ, but no other is red.) The [red] metal that is always the same is: copper. |
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筒
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| tube, cylinder, pipe
tsutsu, TŌ
竹
同
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: same 同 (All containers 冂 have one 一 opening 口 and that is the same.)
Bamboo is the same as a tube. |
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洞
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| cave, penetrate
hora, DŌ
氵
同
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Left: water 氵, right: same 同.(Here: see 同 as view into a mining tunnel ロ with beams 一 supporting its walls 冂 and ceiling.)
A wet mining tunnel is a cave. |
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胴
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| body, torso, trunk
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Left: part of body 月/肉, right: same 同 [All containers 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and that is the same.]
This body part resembles a torso/body. |
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