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movement 辶
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| Explanation |
The radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴 |
Used in these Kanji:
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遠
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| distance, far, distant
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Left: movement 辶, right: (Chinese only) long robe 袁 (... down to the ground 土 extends the sleeve 口 of these clothes 衣.)
The movement (to the land of) long robes (i.e. to Japan) is a far distance. |
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近
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| near, close
chikai, KIN
辶
斤
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Left: movement 辶, right: axe 斤
What an axe reaches with its movement is: near/close. |
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通
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| pass, commute, communicate
tōru, kayou, TSŪ
辶
マ
用
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Left: movement 辶, right: 甬 (bent person マ, and use/usage 用 (= A fence 用 can be used.)
The bent person needs movement for passing through (commuting). |
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道
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| street, way, path
michi, DŌ, TŌ
辶
首
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Left: movement 辶, right: head 首 (eye 目 with bushy eyebrow 丷)
The heads are in motion on the street. |
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運
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| transport, luck, fortune, chance
hakobu, UN
辶
軍
車
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Left: movement 辶, right: army 軍 (... with covered 冖 vehicles 車 = camouflage) [cf. accompany 連]
An army that moves needs: luck at the transport. |
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週
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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Left: movement 辶, right: around, circumference 周 (Also an enclosed 冂 luck 吉 affects the surrounding.) [吉 = A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy 吉]
The movement takes a round of a week. |
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進
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| go forward, advance
susumu, SHIN
辶
隹
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Left: movement 辶, right: bird 隹
(Birds can not fly backwards:) Birds move forward! |
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送
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| send, dispatch
okuru, SŌ
辶
丷
天
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Left: movement 辶, right: sth. coming out 丷 (e.g. steam) and sky, heaven 天
Out of heaven, this movement was sent. |
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追
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| chase, pursue, follow
ou, TSUI
辶
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Left: movement 辶, right: a pair of buttocks  (both cheeks)
(I see him from behind:) his buttocks in movement when I chase or follow him. |
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返
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| return, replace
kaesu/ru, HEN
辶
反
厂
又
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Left: movement 辶, right: against/opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing!)
A movement into the 'opposite' means to return. |
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遊
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| play, amuse, relax
asobu, YŪ, YU
辶
方
子
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From left: Movement 辶, direction 方, lying person  and a child 子
In (various) directions you can lie and be a child when moving, while: playing! |
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選
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| choice, choose, selection
erabu, yoru, SEN
辶
己
共
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Left: movement 辶, right: 2 x self/me 己, together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table  together)
(i.e. when dancing:) Both can do the movements each themselves or together: It's their choice. |
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速
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| fast, quick, speed
hayai, sumiyaka, SOKU
辶
束
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Left: movement 辶, right: bundle 束 (Plants 木,禾 like sheafs of rice (cf. 兼) are bound with a ribbon 口 to a bundle 束)
If you bundle it, the movement (= transport) is faster. |
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達
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| accomplish, gain, attain, plural suffix
-tachi, TATSU
辶
幸
羊
土
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Left: movement 辶, right: variation of luck 幸 (earth 土 (=grazing lands 土) and sheep 羊)
For (new grazing) lands the sheep need to move, for: accomplishment. (Or: With a kind of luck and movements [=activity] you can accomplish.) |
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辺
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| environs, vicinity, neighborhood
atari, be, HEN
辶
刀
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Left: movement 辶, right: sword 刀
What the movement of a sword can reach, is in the environs. |
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連
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| accompany, line up, join, group, clique
tsureru, tsuraneru, REN
辶
車
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Left: movement 辶, right: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二)
In a moving vehicle I accompany the group of my clique. |
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過
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| excessive, go beyond, overdo, exceed, error
sugiru, ayamachi, KA
辶
骨
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Left: movement 辶, right: vertebrae (pictograph cf. 骨, bone/skeleton)
When the vertebrae move, an excessive overdo can be an error. |
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逆
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| reverse, opposite, revolt
sakarau, GYAKU
辶
屰
丷
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Left: movement 辶, right: (Chinese only:) disobedient or opposing 屰 (out of 丷, one 一, var. of mountain 山 with one middle peak up- and downwards ノ
When the peaks of moving mountains are in different directions, it stands for: "reverse" |
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述
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| narrate, express, tell, mention, relate
noberu, JUTSU
辶
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Left: movement 辶, right: 术 (tree 木 with a mark 丶)
The marked tree moves and wants to narrate something. |
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造
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| manufacture, make, build, create
tsukuru, ZŌ
辶
告
牛
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Left: movement 辶, right: proclaim, tell, announce 告 (The cow 牛 opens the mouth 口 to announce sth.)
Announcing with a movement that something shall be manufactured. |
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退
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| retreat, withdraw, resign, retire
shirizoku/keru, TAI
辶
艮
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Left: movement 辶, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
The movement is 'Not good' if it means to retreat. |
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適
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| suitable, fit, agree
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Left: movement 辶, right: old emperor (combination of emperor 帝 and old 古)
The old emperor moves suitable and fitting. |
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導
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| guide, conduct, lead
michibiku, DŌ
辶
首
寸
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Top: way, street 道 (The movement 辶 of heads 首 on the street. [head 首 = eye 目 with bushy eyebrows 丷] ), below: skillful hand 寸
On this way a skillful hand will guide us. |
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迷
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| perplexed, astray, hesitate, to err, lost
mayou, MEI
辶
米
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Left: movement 辶, right: rice 米 (Here: From a central point it radiates into eight directions.)
Who moves in eight directions is astrayed and perplex. |
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遺
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| bequeath, leave behind, lose, vestiges
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Left: movement 辶, right: valuable 貴 (In the middle 中 is one 一 with money 貝, who is valuable.)
In the movement, valuables were left behind. |
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違
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| difference, differ
chigau, I
辶
韋
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Left: movement 辶, right: averted from the center 韋 (var. of 5 五, center 口, 5 五 (upside down)= twice five averted from center
The movement five-fold away from the center makes the difference (and is admirable 偉). |
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逸
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| deviate, go astray, escape, avert, idleness, miss the mark
soreru/rasu, ITSU
辶
免
⺈
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Left: movement 辶, right: escape, permit 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔=兎=[うさぎ] - long ear ⺈, two big eyes 罒, legs 儿)
The zig-zag-escape-movement of a rabbit is deviating. |
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還
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| return, restore
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Left: movement 辶, right: eye 罒, var. of sorrow 哀 (= Clothes 衣 with a big hole 口 causes sorrow.)
The eyes show sorrow (i.e. about where we are) and thus we need a movement of return. |
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遇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| meet, encounter, to handle, entertain, see, to deal with
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Left: movement 辶, right: scorpion 禺 (pictograph of a scorpion: carapace 田 of the insect 虫 with long legs 冂)
(A mating/courtship ritual?) Movements of a scorpion to meet someone. (And then they 亻,禺 became accidentially a pair 偶) |
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迎
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| greet, welcome, meet, invite
mukaeru, GEI
辶
卬
卩
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Left: movement 辶, right: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right])
The movement of an odd person bowing down deeply is a: Greeting. |
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遣
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| dispatch, send, use, donate, undertake
tsukau, yaru, KEN
辶
中
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Left: movement 辶, right: center 中, one 一, buttocks (picture!)
From our center (= group) one buttocks shall move: for the dispatching. |
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込
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| crowd, be filled, in a bulk, put in, include
komu/meru,
辶
入
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Left: movement 辶, right: to enter 入 (The person 人 retracts his head to enter.)
When entering, the movements cause a crowd. |
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遮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| intercept, obstruct, interrupt
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Left: movement 辶, right: common, various 庶 (In a building 广 the objects 廿 on the fire 灬 are various) - Here: 廿 as the horns of animals, cf.: leather 革
(No free-range livestock): We have the stable/hutch 广 for the animals (horns 廿 and 4 legs 灬) such that their movement is: intercept/ interrupted. |
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巡
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| patrol, go around, circumference
meguru, JUN
辶
巛
川
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Left: movement 辶, right: 巛 (var. of river 川, here: the badge of rank of US-army sergeants)
The movement of the US-sergeant is to tour his cycles during patrol. |
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遵
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| obedience, follow rules, abide by, obey (a law)
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Left: movement 辶, right: esteem, honor 尊 (Serving out of 丷 the wine mug 酉 with a skillful hand 寸 is honorific.)
Honorific movements show your obedience. |
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迅
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| rapid, fast, swift, intense
hayai, JIN
辶
飛
十
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Left: movement 辶, right: ten 十 and simplification of a crane (cf. to fly 飛)
Ten cranes move rapidly. |
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遂
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| achieve, accomplish, attain, realize, commit (suicide)
tsui, togeru, SUI
辶
丷
豕
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Combination of: chasing 逐 [The pig 豕 (= 豚), moves 辶, when you chase it] and: 'out of' 丷 (here 丷 as a goal marked by two poles 丷)
The chasing into the goal 丷 is: "accomplishing and achieving". |
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随
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| follow, comply, notwithstanding
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From left: hill 阝, movement 辶, have, exist 有 (I have a hand  and a body 月, thus: I'm existing!)
(It is the gravity:) At the hill exists a (downward) movement, which (everything) follows. |
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髄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| marrow (inside a bone), medulla, inner core
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From left: bone 骨 (from top: pictograph of a vertebra, body/flesh 肉/月), movement 辶, have, exist 有 (I have a hand and a body 月, thus: I'm existing!)
Within the bones it exists and it can be "moved" out: the marrow. |
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逝
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| die, death, deceased, departed
yuku, SEI
辶
折
斤
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Left: movement 辶, right: to break 折 (A hand 扌 with an axe 斤 can make things break.)
If the movement breaks, you die. |
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遷
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| transition, shift, move, transfer, change
utsuru, SEN
辶
西
己
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Left: movement 辶, right: west 西, big 大, I/myself 己
A movement in the west by the "Big Self" (= western egoism), means a real transition. |
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遭
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| encounter, meet, associate, join
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Left: movement 辶, right: companion 曹 (Such that ground 一 is broken up by 2 sprouts 曲 in the field 田, the sun 日 is needed: and a caring companion.)
Companions need to move, if they want to encounter. |
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逮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| apprehend, chase, seize, catch up
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Left: movement 辶, right: 隶 (Hand ヨ/ and an animal [e.g. cat] with a tail 丨 and four extremities/limb spreading away from the body.)
When the hand seizes the tail of the animal in one movement, it has caught it. |
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遅
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| slow, late, tardy, later
okureru, osoi, CHI
辶
尸
羊
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Left: movement 辶, right: buttock from the side 尸, sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is a sheep)
You move like the buttock of a sheep: too late and so slow. |
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逐
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| chase, pursue, one after another
ou, CHIKU
辶
豕
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Left: movement 辶, right: pig 豕 (cf. 豚)
The pigs move when you chase them. |
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逓
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| in sequence, relay, communication, gradually
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Left: movement 辶, right: shield 厂, two 二 cloth 巾
Move the shield and then two layers of cloth, that's the sequence. |
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迭
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| transfer, change, alternation, reshuffle
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Left: movement 辶, right: lose/disappear 失 (I emphasize ノ (= accent) it is the husband 夫 who will lose.) [husband 夫 = big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一]
(Think of a pendulum) There is a loss in movement (momentum) in the transfer/change. |
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途
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| route, road, way
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Left: movement 辶, right: excess, rest, remain 余 (A heap  is on an altar 示 [=to show] in excess.)
Movement in abundance on this route. |
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逃
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| escape, evade, run away
nigeru/gasu, nogareru/su, TŌ
辶
兆
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Left: movement 辶, right: sign/omen 兆 (But here as an image of radiating outwardly from a center in all directions)
Movements in all different directions is a sign of escape. |
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透
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| transparent, permeate, clear, translucent
suku/kasu/keru, TŌ
辶
秀
禾
乃
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Left: movement 辶, right: excellent 秀 (= A rice plant 禾 plump like a 'pregnancy belly' 乃 is excellent.)
(The praise because he cleaned the windows for the first time in 10 years:) Excellent, this movement, and it became transparent again. |
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迫
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| urge, oppress, force, push, imminent
semaru, HAKU
辶
白
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Left: movement 辶, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.)
(The Imperialism came from Europe:) This "white" movement has urged and oppressed. |
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避
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| evade, avoid, ward off, avert
sakeru, HI
辶
辟
辛
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Left: movement 辶, right: anal penetration/torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口 with needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture)
Movements which mean torture should be evaded. |
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遍
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| everywhere, widely used, universally
amaneku, HEN
辶
扁
戸
冊
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Left: movement 辶, right: door plate 扁 (= a door 戸 with a writing tablet 冊)
Moveable door plates are everywhere. |
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縫
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| sew, stitch, embroider
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From left: thread 糸, movement 辶, pointed, needle-shaped 夆 (When sitting cross-legged 夂 on the peak of a growing plant 丰, you feel it pointed. )
The thread gets pointed (= provided with a pointed needle) and is moved when: sewing. |
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遡
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| go upstream, reverse movement
sakanoboru, SO
辶
屰
肉
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Left: reverse, opposite 逆 [movement 辶 out 丷 to the 一 mountain 山 and downwards ノ movements are reversed], right: body part 月/肉
If you reverse your body, you go backwards: upstream. |
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遜
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| modest, humble
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From left: movement 辶, child 子, system, lineage 系 (A stroke ノ as the thread 糸 of the lineage.)
With this movement you make yourself a child and systematically show your modesty. |
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謎
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| riddle, puzzle, enigma
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Left: word 言, right: astray, illusion 迷 (Who moves 辶 [from a center] into eight 米 directions is astrayed and perplex.)
The words are astraying in a riddle. |
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