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drum 壴
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Radical: tsuzumi
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Used in these characters:
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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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樹
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| tree, bush, stand
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From left: tree 木, drums 壴 (cf: 鼓, but here: ten 十 beans 豆), skillful hand 寸
The tree gives you ten beans (= seed) and your skillful hand makes more: trees and bushes. |
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鼓
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| drum
tsuzumi, KO
壴
支
豆
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Left: drums 壴 (A twig 十 over bean 豆 which however is seen as the image of the drum.), right: twig 支 (twig 十, hand 又)- BETTER: top: two twigs 十十, below: two images of drums 豆,又
The twigs beat on the two drums. |
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膨
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| swell, expand, get fat, bulge
fukuramu/reru, BŌ
肉
壴
豆
彡
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From left: body 月/肉, drums 壴 (with a twig 十 on a bean-like 豆 drums), hair 彡 (here: water 氵)
The bodies of the ten beans in the water 彡 swell and expand. |
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