The Japanese Radical: 音


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music    音

Explanation Stand up with the sun and listen to the sound.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 4Joyo 1
music, sound, noise
oto, ne, ON, IN
Top: stand, get up , bottom: sun/day
(My alarm clock makes music:) Get up into the day with music & sounds.
JLPT 4Joyo 3
dark, shady, gloomy, unclear
kurai, AN
Left: sun/day , right: sound, music (Stand up into the day with music [of the clock radio?])
When the sun stands between two days , it is: dark.
JLPT 4Joyo 3
intention, mind, thought
I
Top: sound, noise (Stand up into the day with sound/music [of the clock radio?]), bottom: heart
Like sounds of my heart: My intentions!
JLPT 3Joyo 4
hundred million
OKU
Left: person /, right: thought (= the sounds of my heart )
A (normal) person can only think about having 100 million dollar.
JLPT 2Joyo 5
knowledge, consciousness (in buddist sense), thinking
SHIKI
From left: Word , sound (Stand up into the day with music [of the clock radio?]) and halberd
His words on the sound of the halberd prove his knowledge.
JLPT 1Joyo 5
weave, fabric
oru, SHOKU, SHIKI
Left: thread , center: sound (Stand up into the day with music [of the clock radio?]), right: halberd
(Looms are noisy:) Threads cause sounds like halberds when being weaved.
JLPT 2Joyo 5
job, employment, work
SHOKU
Left: ear , center: sound (Stand up in the day with music [of the clock radio?]), right: halberd
The ear hears the sound of the halberds and knows there is a job to do.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
rhyme, tone
IN
Left: sound (Stand up into the day with music [of the clock radio?]), right: member (Who has a mouth and money , can become a member.)
Sounds, that are (mutually) members are the rhymes.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
remember, recollection, reminiscence, think
OKU
Left: feeling , right: thought/mind (= the sounds of my heart )
Feelings and thoughts will be remembered (= reminiscences).
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 -Joyo 7
dark, darkness
yami,
Outside: gate , inside: sound (Stand up into the day with music [of the clock radio?]), (cf. )
The gate stands in the sun and causes (behind it) darkness.

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