The Japanese Radical: 礻


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to show, altar    礻

Explanation The radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 5Joyo 2
shrine, company
yashiro, SHA
Left: to show, altar 示/ (image of an altar with sth. on that is shown.), right: earth
Show me the earth/ground, where you want to build your company or shrine.  
JLPT 3Joyo 3
festival, celebration
matsuri, matsuru, SAI
Top: body/flesh (simplified from flesh/meat ), hand or: , bottom: show 示 (image of an altar with sth. on; therefore 'to show')
Flesh is put by a hand on the altar: at the festival (of sacrifice).  
JLPT 3Joyo 3
god, spirit
kami, SHIN, JIN
Left: to show, altar /示 (image of an altar with sth. on, that is shown), right: say, tell (A mouth with a big "plus" + for the outgoing surplus when talking.)
At the altar we speak humbly to: God!  
JLPT 3Joyo 3
luck, good fortune
FUKU
Left: to show, altar 示/ (image of an altar with sth. on, that is shown), right: barrel of sake (an altar offering, hence also: prosperity, luck)
At the altar a sake-barrel, brings us: good luck.  
JLPT 3Joyo 3
etiquette, gratitude, to bow
REI
Left: to show, altar 示/ (image of an altar with sth. on, that is shown), right: kneeling person
At the altar kneels somebody who shows etiquette and gratitude.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
investigate, judge, guess, realize, consider
SATSU
Top: roof , below: festival (Meat / is put by hand on the altar 示 for the festival (of sacrifice)
The house festival has to be investigated.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
vote, ballot
HYŌ
西
Top: west 西 (Sunset of the sun under the horizon in the west), below: to show 示/ (image of an altar with sth. on that is shown.)
In the west you show your vote in a ballot/poll.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
sign, signpost, mark, symbol
shirushi, HYŌ
西
Left: tree , right: vote (In the west 西 you show 示 at a vote.) [標 = ひょうぼく = marking pole]
The tree in the west 覀 shows 示 as a signpost.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
forbid, ban, prohibit
KIN
Top: woods , below: to show 示 (image of an altar with sth. on)
In the wood a "Showing up" is forbidden. - Or: Sacrificing only woods on the altar 示 is: forbidden.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
show
shimesu, JI, SHI
Image of an altar scene: sacrifice on an altar , with supports
The sacrifice on the altar is shown.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
celebrate, congratulate
iwau, SHUKU, SHŪ
Left: to show, altar 示/, right: elder brother [A big mouth on legs ]
At the altar with my elder brother for celebrating.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
ancestor
SO
Left: altar, to show 示/, right: besides/moreover (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.) - Here as three coffins piled over each others seen from the end.
At the altar the coffins are piled: of our ancestors.  
JLPT 1Joyo 6
see, look at, watch, observe
miru, SHI
Left: show/altar 示 (Sacrifice on an altar , with supports ), right: see (= The eye is on legs when looking around.)
Things on the altar are seen: they are looked at / watched.  
JLPT 1Joyo 6
religion, sect
SHŪ, SŌ
Top: roof , below: to show 示/ (image of an altar with sth. on that is shown.)
The "roof" over the altar is the religion.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
military officer
I
From left: buttock seen from the side , show 示, skillful hand
A 'buttocks' shows his skillful hand: that's the military officer.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
disaster, calamity, misfortune
wazawai, KA
Left: to show, altar 示/, right: vertebrae ( =backbone, skeleton)
At the altar only a vertebrae was donated, which caused the disaster.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
goodwill, friendship, article of agreement
KAN
Left: samurai , to show 示; right: lack (= The mouth wide open of the yawning person is lacking [i.e. manners])
The samurai show his lack of goodwill to an agreement.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
pray, wish, hope
inoru, KI
Left: altar, to show 示/ (image of an altar with sth. on, that is shown), right: axe
At the altar with the axe we will pray.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
collar, lapel, neck
eri, KIN
Left: clothes 衤/, right: forbid/prohibit 禁 (= Only putting twice wood on the altar 示 [as a sacrifice] is forbidden.)
Clothes that are forbidden are with collars and lapels.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
purification, abstain, exorcise
SAI
Top: text (A folding table for writing a text.), below center: to show, altar 示, outside: limitation
A text on the altar explains the limits of (inner) purification.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
year, year of age
SAI, SEI
From top: stop , var. of halberd , var. of show/altar 示
I stop at the altar with the halberd (as a gift). I do that every year.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
rub, grind, grate, scrape, scrub, chafe, scour
suru/reru, kosuru, SATSU
Left: hand , right: investigate 察 (The house- festival is investigated [festival = Meat / is put by hand on the altar 示/for the festival of sacrifice.]
The hand investigates sth. by rubbing it.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
welfare, well, blessing, happiness
SHI
Left: to show/altar 示/(image of an altar with sth. on, that is shown), right: stop (= Footprint of the right foot rotated 90° to the left.)
At the altar you should stop for welfare and blessings.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
good omen, lucky sign, good fortune, auspicious
SHŌ
Left: to show, altar 示/, right: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding (by thick wool 三) is the: sheep)
An altar with a (sacrificed) sheep is a good omen. - (However: To sacrifice only woods on the altar 示 is forbidden 禁)  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
revere, lofty, respect
agameru,
Top: mountain , bottom: religion (The "roof" over the altar 示/ is the religion.)
(In Shintō:) In the mountains is the religion we revere.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
Zen meditation
ZEN
Left: to show altar 示/, right: merely, simply (It shines the sun in the group of ten [= with the 9 planets] as the mere single.)
You are at the altar simply/merely (yourself) during: Zen meditation.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
float (on the water), drift, waft
tadayou, HYŌ
西
Left: water , right: vote (In the west 西 you show 示 at a vote.)
Water 'voted' to let things float.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
servant, obey
REI
Left: samurai and to show 示/, right: (hand ナ/ヨ and an animal [i.e. cat] with a tail extremities/limbs spreading away from the body) (cf. to catch 逮)
A samurai shows how to catch a cat by hand at the tail to the servant.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
footmark, track, remains

Left: foot (kneecap and a footprint ), right: religion (The "roof" over the altar 示/ is the religion)
Feet as well as religions leave footmarks.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
Nara, what?
NA
Top: big , below: to show/altar 示 (image of an altar with sth. on, that is shown)
A big altar? What? - In Nara?  

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