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bean 豆
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The radical mame is interpreted as showing a bean 一 that is in a pot 口 (with a stand).
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頭
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| head, top, a leader or boss
atama, kashira, TŌ, ZU
豆
頁
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Left: bean 豆, right: head/forehead 頁
The bean-shaped head is really: a head! |
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短
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| short, brief
mijikai, TAN
矢
豆
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Left: arrow 矢 (An arrow ノ flies in the sky 天), right: bean 豆
An arrow as short as a bean, is really short. |
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登
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| climb, ascend
noboru, TŌ, TO
癶
豆
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Top: volcano 癶, bottom: beans 豆
The volcano spits beans: Let's climb up! |
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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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豊
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| abundant, rich, wealthy, bountiful, voluptuous
yutaka, HŌ
曲
豆
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Top: to bend 曲 (Two sprouts II protruding in the field 田 are bending [in the wind]), bottom: bean 豆
(Since all beans are bent, it's safe to say:) Bent beans are abundant. |
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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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澄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| clear, ludicity, settle, clarify
sumu/masu, CHŌ
氵
癶
豆
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Left: water 氵, right: to climb 登 (The volcano 癶 spits bean 豆, let's climb up)
(In dirty water, the dirt settles down & a clean fraction rises up:) When water is climbing, it becomes clear. (Beforehand, in the water 氵 the view 罒 of insects 虫 was only indistinct, as if wrapped up 勹, due to the impurity 濁) |
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豆
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| beans, pea
mame, TŌ, ZU
豆
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Top: one 一, below: vessel 口 on a stand
A vessel full of beans. |
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痘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| pox, smallpox
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Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: bean 豆 (one 一, pot 口 on a stand)
The disease that looks like beans is (small)pox. |
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闘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| fight, struggle, war
tatakau, TŌ
門
豆
寸
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Outside: gate 門, insid: beans 豆 (Here: 豆 as bullets) & skillful hand 寸
We are at the gate with bullets and skillful hands: Ready for the fight! |
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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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艶
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| charm, glossy, luster, polish, colorful
tsuya, EN
曲
豆
色
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Left: abundant 豊 (Bent 曲 beans 豆 are abundant.) [bend/melody 曲 = Sprouts II protruding from the field 田 are bending (in the wind)], right: colour 色
With an abundance of color it is glossy and charming. |
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