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The Japanese Radical: 干
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dry 干
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The radical hoshi stands for dry and lookls like a drying rail/stand.
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岸
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| coast, shore
kishi, GAN
山
厂
干
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From top: mountain 山, a cliff 厂 and dry 干 (Image of drying stand)
Mountains and cliffs define the dry coast. |
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平
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| flat, plain, common
hiratai, taira, HEI, BYŌ
平
干
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Image of a balance
A scale is commonly placed on a flat level (so that both sides are on the same height). |
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刊
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| publish, issue, engrave
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Left: dry 干 (drying rack/stand), right: knife刂. (Here: understand the knife as two printing plates)
Dry printing plates are used for publishing. |
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幹
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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| tree trunk, main (part)
miki, KAN
干
旦
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Left: sunrise  (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹.), right: person 人 and: dry 干 (image of drying stand/rack)
At rising sun a person is drying the trunk of a tree. |
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宇
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| eaves, projection at end of roof, universe
noki, U
宀
干
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Top: roof 宀, below: dry 干 (image of a drying rack)
The "roof" that is keeping dry, are the eaves. |
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干
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| dry, drain
hosu, hiru, KAN
干
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Image of a drying rack/stand. |
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拝
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| worship, pray, respectful
ogamu, HAI
扌
干
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Left: hand 扌, right: plants 干 with many leaves (i.e. palm leaf)
(at Palm Sunday:) In their hands they bring palm leaves to the worship. |
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芋
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| potato
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: dry 干 (image of a drying rack)
A plant that grows (in contrast to rice) on the dry is the potato. |
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汗
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| sweat
ase, asebamu, KAN
氵
干
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Left: water 氵, right: dry 干
Water dries like sweat. |
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肝
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| liver, courage
kimo, KAN
肉
干
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Left: body part 月/肉, right: dry 干 (laundry rack)
(no fluid flows out) A body part that is relatively dry, is the liver. |
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軒
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| eaves, counter for houses
noki, KEN
車
干
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Left: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二), right: dry 干 (image of a drying rack)
The vehicle stays dry under the eaves. |
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