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shabby 敝
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Used in these characters:
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幣
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| shintō-offering (zig-zag paperstripes), currency
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Top: shabby 敝 (.. when the cloth 巾 broke into four small pieces due to strikes 攵), below: cloth 巾
Four small pieces of cloth are punched out of cloth as a: Shintō offering.
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弊
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| evil, harmful, a bad habit, myself (humble)
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Top: shabby 敝 (.. when the cloth 巾 broke into four small pieces due to strikes 攵), below: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; side by side & simplified)
If the fabric is broken up into four small pieces by strikes, the two hands have caused a damage.
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蔽
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| cover, overlay
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Top: grass/plant 艹, bottom: shabby 敝 (.. when the cloth 巾 broke into four small pieces due to strikes 攵) [攵 = hand 又 with stick ノ]
On the lawn, four bits of cloth are (spread) with the stick in the hand: As a cover.
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