The Japanese Radical: 艮


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Meaning
not good    艮

Explanation It is similar to good: , but one stroke is missing. Therefore: not good

Used in these characters:
JLPT 4Joyo 3
silver
shirogane, GIN
Left: metal/gold (Covered in the ground are 2 gold nuggets ), right: "not good" ('good' would be , but the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
(Gold would be better!) This metal is 'not good', it is only silver.  
JLPT 3Joyo 3
root, origin, radical
ne, KON
Left: tree , right: 'not good' ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
(Not suitable as construction timber) The tree is not good at the roots.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
occasion, season, node, joint, section
fushi, SETSU, SECHI
Top: bamboo , below: immediate (Not good , he shall bend - immediately!)
For bamboo it's immediately the best occasion, due to the joints.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
good, nice, fit
yoi, RYŌ
The same character with a lid would be food
Take the lid from the food: It looks good!  
JLPT 1Joyo 5
eye, eyeball
manako, GAN
Left: eye , right: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
One eye (only) is not good, but it is still an eye.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
limit, bound, restrict
kagiru, GEN
Left: hill , right: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
A hill is not good, because it is limiting.  
退
JLPT 2Joyo 5
retreat, withdraw, resign, retire
shirizoku/keru, TAI
Left: movement , right: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
The movement is 'Not good' if it means to retreat.  
JLPT 1Joyo 6
home town, village, rural
KYŌ, GŌ
Left: var. of thread , rest: variation of husband (= The 'good' from the village , but here with "not good" )
The thread of the 'husband' connects to the hometown.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
deplore, lament, grieve, be sad, sigh
GAI
Left: feeling , right: already, before (It's 'not good' that the tusk is so crooked, but it's already happened that way.)
(He has a toothache:) The feelings at a not-good tusk are deploring.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
generally, mostly, roughly, outline
ōmune, GAI
Left: tree , right: already, before (It's 'not good' that the tusk is so crooked, but it's already happened that way.)
A tree is not-good as a modified tusk : generally.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
already, previously, before
sude, KI
Left: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good'), right: variation of tusk (The short lower stroke is towards the right.)
(Talk at the dentist?) It's not good that the tusk is so crooked, but it already happened that way.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
resound, echo, get known
hibiku, KYŌ
Top: home town (The thread of the 'husband' connects to the hometown.) [husband = the 'good' from the village], bottom: sound (Stand up into the day with music [of the clock radio?])
(There always remains a reference to the home.) From the home town is sounding an echo.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
bitterness, resentment, rancor, malice, rueful, regret
uramu, KON
Left: feeling , right: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
The feeling is not good if it is: bitterness.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
ground-breaking cultivate, open up farmland
KON
Left: var. of wild animal , right: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good'), earth
Wild animals with horns are not good on a ground that shall be cultivated.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
sociable, courtesy, polite, kind
nengoro, KON
Top left: var.of wild animal (dog on hind legs), right: not good , below: heart .
A wild animal with horns is not good but in its heart it is sociable & kind.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
namely, immediate, instant
sunawachi, SOKU
Left: variation of 'not good' ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good'), right: bent person
Not good, he shall bow, and immediately!  
JLPT -Joyo 7
traces, mark, vestige
ato, KON
Outside: illness/disease (An ice--cold building 广 makes sick.), below: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
The disease did not go well: You can still see its traces.  

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