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person 亻
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This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. |
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休
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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rest, absence, break
yasumu, KYŪ Left: person 亻 or 人, right: tree 木
The person at the tree has a rest.
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亻
木
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人
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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people, humans
hito, JIN, NIN
A standing person with spread legs. (Usage as radical: 亻)
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亻
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何
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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what?
nan, nani, KA Outside two persons: 亻,亅 carrying a load 口 (hanging at a bar 一) (alternatively: The person 亻 can 可 do what?)
Two persons with open mouths ask: What?
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可
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作
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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to make
tsukuru, SAKU, SA Left: a person 亻/人, right: while, during 乍 (image of a saw)
The person has a saw to make something.
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亻
乍
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体
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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body
karada, TAI, TEI Left: person 亻/人, right: root, origin 本
A person has his origin in his body.
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亻
本
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化
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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chemistry, change, bewitched
bakeru, KA, KE Left: a standing person 亻, right: a sitting person 匕
If a standing person is sitting down, it is a change.
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化
亻
匕
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係
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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charge, duty, involvement
kakari, KEI Left: person 亻(=人), right: system or family line 系 (a stroke ノ as the thread 糸 of the lineage)
(Inheritance of profession from father to son) A person in this family line comes into charge and duty.
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系
ノ
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仕
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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serve, work under
tsukaeru, SHI, JI Left: person 亻/人, right: samurai 士
A person who is a samurai is mainly a servant.
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亻
士
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使
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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use, employ, handle
tsukau, SHI Left: person 亻(=人), right: civil servant 吏 (Only a measure of length 丈 and a mouth 口 is needed by a civil servant.) [丈 = big person 大 with a long step]
If the person is a civil servant he can be useful.
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丈
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住
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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live, inhabit
sumu, JŪ Left: person 亻/人, right: master 主 (I emphasize 丶, the king 王 is the master.)
A person is master where he lives.
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亻
主
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他
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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somebody else, other
hoka, TA Left: person 亻, right: a placeholder for a change 也 (image of a snake that molts [=shedding the skin])
A person who changes becomes somebody else.
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也
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代
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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change, replace, generation, age
kawaru, yo, DAI, TAI Left: person 亻/人, right: sabre 弋
The person gives the sabre (it's a heir) to the (next) generation.
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代
亻
弋
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位
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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grade, rank, position
kurai, I Left: person 亻/人, right: to stand 立
People are standing according to their rank.
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亻
立
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億
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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hundred million
OKU Left: person 亻/人, right: thought 意 (= the sounds 音 of my heart 心)
A (normal) person can only think about having 100 million dollar.
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亻
意
音
立
日
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健
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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health, fitness
sukoyaka, KEN Left: person 亻/人, right: building, construction 建 (The brush 聿 needs to move 廴 at the construction.) [The brush 聿 is a part of: to write 書]
A person who wants to build must be healthy.
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亻
廴
聿
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候
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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weather, climate, serve
sōrō, KŌ In the middle vertically: stick 丨, left and right: marquis 侯 (The person 亻where you bow ⺈ and who has arrows 矢 is the marquis.) [arrow 矢 = An arrow ノ flies in the sky 天]
A marquis with a stick presents the weather.
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矢
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昨
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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yesterday, last, ago
SAKU Left: Sun/day 日, right: while, during 乍 (image of a saw 乍; cf. 作 where a person 亻used it 乍 to make sth.)
(At midnight:) The (present) day is cut by the saw into: yesterday.
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亻
乍
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借
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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borrow, loan, liability, rent
kariru, SHAKU Left: person 亻/人, right: past, old days 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 thinking of old days.)
The person has in the past borrowed sth. and now has an obligation.
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昔
共
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信
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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trust, believe, convince
SHIN Left: person 亻/人, right: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口)
This person and his words can be trusted.
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亻
言
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側
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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side, vicinty
kawa, gawa, soba, SOKU Left: person 亻/人, right: rule 則 (Money 貝 [= the capital] and knifes刂 [= violence] determine the rules.)
The person with the rules (= the referee) is at the side. (of the play ground)
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則
貝
刂
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低
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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low
hikui, TEI Left: person 亻/人, right: floor/bottom 氐 (= the family 氏 is sitting on the floor 一)
The person on the floor is in a low position.
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亻
氏
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停
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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stop, halt, stay
TEI Left: person 亻/人, right: pavilion, inn 亭 (In the high 高 city block 丁 is an inn)
The person needs an inn for a stop.
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亻
高
丁
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伝
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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transmit, tell, report, conduct
tsutaeru, DEN Left: person 亻/人, right: fog/mist 云 (cf. cloud 雲)
The person in the fog wants to transmit or tell sth.
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亻
云
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働
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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work, serve
hataraku, DŌ Left: person 亻/人, right: to move 動 (For sth. heavy 重 you need strength 力 for moving.)
The person moves (= sth. heavy with force) at work.
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亻
動
重
力
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倍
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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twice, double, -fold
BAI Left: person 亻/人, right: to spit 咅 (stand 立 with open mouth 口 and spit)
The person spits twice.
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咅
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付
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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attach, fix, adhere, apply
tsuku, FU Left: person 亻/人, right: skillful hand 寸
A person with a skillful hand attaches sth.
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付
亻
寸
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便
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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convenience, service, mail/letter
tayori, BEN, BIN Left: person 亻/人, right: renew/again 更 (The length 丈 or size 大 of the sun 日 shows renewedly.)
People will renew again, if it is convenient like the mail.
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更
丈
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例
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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example, precedent, usage
tatoeru, REI Left: Person 亻/人, right: line/row 列 (bones 歹 separated with a knife刂 and lined up.)
People who line up in a row set an example.
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亻
列
歹
刂
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仮
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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temporary, false, interim, sham
kari, KA, KE Left: person 亻/人, right: against 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
The person is against it, but only temporarily.
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亻
反
厂
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価
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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value, price
atai, KA Left: person 人, right: west 西 (sunset under the horizon 一 of the sun 日 in the west)
The person from the west knows his value.
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亻
西
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件
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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affair, matter, item, subject
KEN Left: person 亻/人, right: cow 牛
A person came with a cow: What an affair!
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亻
牛
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個
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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individual, private person
KO Left: person 亻/人, right: hard 固 (Some things 囗 with age 古 become hard.)
A person who acts such hard (= tough) is actually an isolated individual.
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亻
固
囗
古
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似
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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resemble, become, imitate, couterfeit
niru, JI Left: person 亻/人, right: starting point 以 (The scratch-plow レ and the handling person 人 are at the starting point 丶)
The people at the starting point resemble each other.
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修
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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study, practice, discipline, obtain
osameru, SHŪ, SHU Left: person 人, center: stick 丨, right: to strike 攵, hair 彡
A person with a stick is striking (desperately) the hair during Kanji's study.
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亻
丨
攵
彡
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像
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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impression, image, figure
ZŌ Left: person 亻/人, right: elephant 象 (A trunk ⺈ and two big ears 罒 give the pig 豕/ 豚 an elephant's shape)
A person like an elephant makes an impression.
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亻
⺈
豕
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任
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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responsibility, entrust, duty
makaseru, NIN Left: person 亻/人, right: burden 壬 (spindle on which a thread is wound up)
A person with such a burden has a great responsibilitiy.
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壬
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備
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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equipment, prepare, possess
sonaeru/waru, BI Left: person 亻/人, right: plant 艹, cliff 广, use 用
The person picks up plants from the cliff for use as equipment.
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亻
艹
厂
用
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俵
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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bag, sack
tawara, HYŌ Left: person 亻/人, right: surface, list 表 (Growing plants  and clothes 衣 show at the surface.)
This person appears at his surface to be a sack.
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亻
衣
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仏
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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Buddha, France
hotoke, BUTSU, FUTSU Left: person 亻/人, right: nose ム (in side view)
The person with the nose is a Buddha from France.
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ム
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保
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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protect, preserve, maintain, guarantee
tamotsu, HO, HŌ Left: person 人, right: astonished 呆 (mouth 囗 (Here: fencing), tree 木) (cf: distressed 困)
The person wants a fence around the tree to protect it. (However a fenced 囗 tree 木 causes distress 困.)
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亻
囗
木
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供
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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offer, submit, attendant
tomo, sonaeru, KYŌ, KU Left: person 亻/人, right: together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table  together.)
The persons altogether offer themselves as attendants.
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亻
共
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傷
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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wound, injury, hurt, pain
kizu, itami/mu/meru, SHŌ Left: person 亻, right: horizontal person, sunrise 旦/ 易 (sun 日 above horizon 一 with sunrays 勿)
The upright 亻 turns into a lying  person at the sunrise because he wounded painfully.
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易
旦
勿
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仁
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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humanity, virtue, benevolent
JIN, NI Left: person 亻/人, right: two 二
A person cares for two when having humanity.
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亻
二
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俗
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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vulgar, custom, common
ZOKU Left: person 人, right: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
The people in this valley are commonly vulgar.
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亻
谷
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値
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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value, price, worth
atai, ne, CHI Left: person 人, right: direct, repair 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the corner ∟ : Repair it immediately!)
This person understands directly the value.
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亻
直
目
∟
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仲
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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friendship, go-between, personal relationship
naka, CHŪ Left: a person 亻/人, right: middle/center 中
The persons form "a middle" by their friendship.
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亻
中
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俳
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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actor, Haiku-poem
HAI Left: person 亻/人, right: not 非 (two opposite wings 羽)
The person is "not himself" when acting. (And this: 非 might indicate the three lines of a haiku.)
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亻
非
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優
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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gentle, superior, tender, graceful
yasashii, sugureru, YŪ Left: person 亻, right: grief, sorrow 憂 (If you have (a variation of) love 愛 in your head 頁, then you have sorrow and perhaps grief.) [愛 = A hand reaching down 爫 to cover 冖 the heart 心 of the person sitting cross-legged 夂: That is love.]
A person who wants your forehead to be covered and is cordial at your upturned foot, is simply gentle.
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亻
頁
愛
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依
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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depend on, rely on, reliant
yoru, I, E Left: Person 亻, right: clothes 衣
(Dress for success) For persons it is the clothes what it is depending on.
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亻
衣
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偉
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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admirable, great, superior, remarkable
erai, I Left: person 人, right: averted from the center 韋 (var. of 5 五, center 口, 5 五 (upside down)= twice five averted from center
The person who is fivefold turning away from the center (= main stream) is admirable.
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亻
韋
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佳
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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excellent, beautiful, good, nice
KA Left: person 人, right: heaped earth 圭 (2 x earth 土 as piled earth path cf. street 街)
The person strutting on the mounds of earth (= a street) is of excellent beauty.
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亻
圭
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偽
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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counterfeit, false, imitation, fake, forged
nise, itsuwaru, GI Left: person 人, right: to make/perform 為 (Teach the bird 鳥 in your hand  to perform sth.)
The person has sth. like a bird in his hand, but it is a counterfeit.
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亻
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儀
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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ceremony, case, affair
GI Left: person 人, right: morality, justice 義 (Ìf the sheep 羊 is killed by a hand 手 with a halberd 戈, is that justice?) [I, me 我 = with my hand 手 at the halberd 戈]
A person with morality respects the ceremonies.
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義
我
羊
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仰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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to respect, to look up to sb., to revere
aogu, ōse, ossharu, GYŌ, KŌ Left: person 人, right: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right])
A person who is first odd and then bows deeply is: respectful.
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亻
卬
卩
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偶
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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accidentally, pair (like wife&husband)
GŪ Left: person 人, right: scorpion 禺 (pictograph of a scorpion: carapace 田, insect 虫, long legs 冂)
(At first they met 遇 with movements 辶) And then the person and the scorpion became accidentially a pair.
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禺
虫
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傾
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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inclined, lean, slope, tilt
katamuku/keru, KEI Left: change, chemistry 化 (When a standing person 亻is sitting 匕 down, it is a change.), right: head/forehead 頁
Change your head by inclining it.
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亻
化
頁
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傑
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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outstanding, excel, greatness
KETSU Left: person 人, right: 舛 (two feet 夕/止 as at: to dance 舞), tree 木
How the person with two unequal feet made it up the tree is outstanding.
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亻
舛
木
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倹
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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thrifty, frugal, economical
KEN Left: person 人, right: check carefully  (originally two people 兄 discussing under a roof. Better in respect to 'examine' 験: a person 人 examining the horse's 馬 mouth 口. [ are the mane and eyes 一 ])
A person checking carefully is thrifty.
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亻
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侯
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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marquis, lord
KŌ Left: person 人, right: var. of bent person ⺈, arrow 矢 (An arrow ノ flies in the sky 天)
The person where you bow and who has arrows is the marquis.
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亻
⺈
矢
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佐
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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assist, help
SA Left: person 人, right: left 左 (The hand that assists, (= supports with the carpenter's square 工) is the left.)
(Normally persons are right-handed and the left 左 hand is supporting.) Persons have the left (hand) for assisting.
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亻
左
工
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債
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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debt, loan, credit
SAI Left: person 人, right: liability, blame 責 (... for growing plants and money 貝)
A person bears the liability for his debt.
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亻
責
貝
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催
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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event, organize, festivities, social gathering
moyōsu, SAI Left: person 人, right: mountain 山 and bird 隹
When a person climbs the mountain, he can (together with the birds) organize an event.
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亻
山
隹
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伺
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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pay respects, inquire, question, visit
ukagau, SHI Left: person 亻, right: civil servant, administration 司 (... where sb. is sitting in a corner⌝ throwing a sheet 一 of paper in the wastebasket 口.)
A person visiting a civil servant shall pay respects.
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亻
司
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儒
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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confucianism
JU Left: person 人, right: need 需 (Rain 雨 on the beard 而, who needs that?)
The person in the rain with a (long) beard is Confucius.
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亻
雨
而
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囚
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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prisoner, be caught, be captured
SHŪ Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: person 人
The person in the enclosure is a prisoner.
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亻
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俊
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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genius, excellent, smart, bright
SHUN Left: person 人, right: 夋 (nose ム, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
A person with such a nose, legs and contorted feet must be a genius.
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亻
夋
ム
夂
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升
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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liquid measure (1.8 l), to increase
masu, SHŌ Left: var. of person 亻, right: ten 十
A person feels like ten after a SHŌ of sake.
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亻
十
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償
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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compensate, redeem
tsugunau, SHŌ Left: person 人, right: prize/reward 賞 (The crown  is given to the member 員 as reward.)
The person gets a reward as compensation.
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亻
員
貝
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伸
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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stretch, lengthen, extend
nobiru/basu, SHIN Left: person 人, right: say/tell 申 (here: two hands E 彐 pulling at sth. |
The person pulls with both hands on sth. to stretch/expand it.
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invade, encroach, infringe, violate, trespass
okasu, SHIN Left: person 人, right: "only one glove"  (hand ヨ, only one cover 冖, further hand 又)
A person (burglar) with only one covered hand (=glove) has been invaded.
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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hermit, unworldly
SEN Left: person 人, right: mountain 山
The person on the mountain is a hermit.
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山
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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servant, Samurai, man in attendance, waiter
samurai, haberu, JI Left: person 人, right: temple 寺 (.. from earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
The person in the temple is a servant or samurai.
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寺
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僧
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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Buddhist priest, monk
SŌ Left: person 人, right: former/before 曽 (At rain 丷 on the field 田 and under the sun 日, that's how we worked formerly.)
The person, who refers to the "formerly" is a priest.
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曽
丷
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促
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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stimulate, urge, press
unagasu, SOKU Left: person 人, right: foot 足 (kneecap 口 and a footprint 止)
A person uses the foot to stimulate and to urge.
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足
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但
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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but, however
tadashi, TAN Left: person 人, right: sunrise 旦 (sun 日 over the horizon 一)
A person watches the sunrise, but ...
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旦
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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spy, investigate, search
TEI Left: person 人, right: virtue 貞 (cf. chastity belt 貞 操 帯 [ていそうたい] - With a key 卜 for the lock 目 above the legs 八 for: the chastity/virtue)
A person who appears with such virtuous is probably a spy.
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卜
貝
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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fall, collapse, overthrow
taoreru/su, TŌ From left: person 亻, reach-a-target 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow ム comes to ground 土: falling back), knife 刂
The person reaches the knife and falls into it.
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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earl, chief, oncle (a parent`s big brother or sister)
HAKU Left: person 人, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.)
The person in white (= the hair) is my oncle, the earl.
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白
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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attack, to strike sth. to fall, cut down (i.e. wood), fell
BATSU, HATSU Left: person 人, right: halberd 戈
A person with a halberd attacks.
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戈
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accompany, consort, to go with, companion
tomonau, HAN, BAN Left: person 人, right: half 半 (A cake 二 with candles 丷 is cut by knife丨into half)
A person is only a half without an accompany.
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半
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despise, scorn, disdain
anadoru, BU Left: person 亻/人 (= standing persion), right: every, each 毎 (A [lying] person has a mother 母, namely: every!)
A standing person will do it with every-毎-thing, like a lying person or a [untidy written] mother 母. He will: despise it.
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毎
母
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subdue, crouch, prostrated, bend down, bow
fusu/seru, FUKU Left: person 人, right: dog 犬 (The big 大 man is holding his dog 丶)
A person is like a dog, when he subdues.
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犬
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unite, join, merge
awaseru, HEI Left: person 人, right: unite 并 (When coming out 丷 of a the gate 开 (=toori) of a shinto-shrine you shall be united)
Persons who are united are united/merged.
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并
丷
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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bias, unilateral, partial, incline, left-side radical
katayoru, HEN Left: person 人, right: door plate 扁 (= a door 戸 with a writing tablet 冊)
People with such a door plate show their bias.
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扁
戸
冊
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salary, pay
HŌ Left: person 人, right: offer-tasks, observance 奉 (Three 三 persons 人 offer their hands 扌 in observance.)
People offer themselves in observance for the salary.
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奉
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copy, imitate, emulate, follow
narau, HŌ Left: person 人, right: let go 放 (In his side 方 he was hit 攵 to release.)
(A golfer's trick:) The person has a sideways shot and that is copied.
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放
方
攵
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bystander, side, besides, vicinity, third person
katawara, BŌ Left: person 人, right: var.of emperor 帝, below: side 方
The person at the emperor's side is a bystander.
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帝
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I, me, (informal, male speech), servant
shimobe, BOKU Left: person 人, right: hollow 业 (= hollow vent of an extinct vulcano), var. of beauty 美 [cf. to strike 撲]
The person with a "hollow imperfect beauty", that is me, the servant.
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业
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colleague, official
RYŌ Left: person 人, right: 尞 (big 大 person with fat 丷 legs, day 日, small 小)
The person who is at big and fat and is daily next to me (sb. small) is my colleague.
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尞
大
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ethics, principles
RIN Left: person 人, right: (Chinese only) line up 侖 (lid and bundle of bamboo writing tablets 冊)
(About the question) how persons can be below a lid next to each others: That's ethics.
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I (male language), we
ore, Left: person 人, right: big 大, lower part of dragon 竜 (It stands 立 in the field 田 with huge tail 乚: the dragon.)
The person who is as (boastful as) a big dragon: that's me. (with my toxic masculinity)
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大
竜
乚
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performance, talent
KI Left: person 人, right: twig 支 - cf: skilled 技 (= A hand that balances a twig in the hand is skilled.)
A person that balances a twig in the hand has talent to do a performance.
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支
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only, just, merely, a few, a tiny bit
wazuka, KIN Left: person 人, right: blooming flower 堇 (plant 艹 with 2 blossoms ロロ at growing plant )
A person (watches) a blowing flower: How can this be only a tiny bit?
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堇
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be proud, pride, haughtiness
GŌ Left: person 人, center top: earth 土, below + right: release, let go 放 (In his side 方 he was hit 攵 to release.)
(No respect for the environment of our planet) When persons of this earth are released, they act with pride and haughtiness.
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companion, mate, comrade
RYO Left: person 人, right: lower tones of the octave 呂 (here: two connected rooms like at: palace 宮)
The persons in the two rooms are my companions.
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