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encover 冂
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Used in these characters:
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円
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| circle, round, Yen
marui, EN
冂
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Within an enclosure 冂 two persons are symbolized by their mouths 口. From this came the meaning “round” and its usage for money.
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同
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| same
onaji, DŌ
同
冂
口
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A container upside down: 冂, one 一 and an opening 口
All containers only have one opening, and that is the same.
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南
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| south
minami, NAN
十
冂
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At the camping ground it is preferred (and therefore more expensive) to have the entrance of the tent directed towards the south.
It costs 十 Yen ¥ to have the entrance 冂 towards the south.
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風
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| wind, manner, style
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A sail 冂 and an insect 虫 (The additional stroke is the horizontal sail boom ノ)
The insect is blown into the sail by: the wind.
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向
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| opposite side, yonder, turn one's head, situation
muku, mukeru, KŌ
口
冂
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A house 冂 with a window 口
In this house, the window is on the opposite side, you just have to turn around.
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内
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| inside, within
uchi, NAI, DAI
内
冂
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Enclosure 冂 with: person 人
The person within a frame is inside.
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肉
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| meat, flesh
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As radical 肉 it is typically simplified to: 月 which looks identical to the radical for month/moon 月
Image of marbled meat.
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周
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| surrounding, around, circumference
mawari, SHŪ
吉
冂
周
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Outside: partly enclosed 冂, inside: luck 吉 (A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy 吉)
Even limited luck affects the surrounding.
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再
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| again, twice, re-
futatabi, SAI, SA
冂
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Top: one 一, below: upturned basket
One upturned basket again!
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鋼
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| steel
hagane, KŌ
金
岡
冂
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Left: metal 金, right: hill 岡 (Here as a bloomery hearth for steel smelting, in which iron ore and charcoal were stacked alternately as a hill.) Or: Steel is [compared to cast iron] elastic like a rope: 綱
Metal from this hill (=oven) is steel.
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冊
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| book, volume
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Pictograph: bundle of bamboo writing tablets = volume of a book.
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尚
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| furthermore, besides, esteem, respect
nao, tattobu, SHŌ
尚
小
冂
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Top: small 小, bottom: house 冂 with a window 口
A small house with a window is furthermore also esteemed.
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網
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| net, network, dragnet
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Left: thread 糸, right: image of a trawl/dragnet 岡 (net 罒 with a pull lines 冂), inside: death 亡 (= coffin in cross section)
Using threads a dragnet for 'dead fishing' is made, which stands in general for: a net.
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麗
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| beautiful, lovely, graceful, charming
uruwashii, REI
冂
丶
鹿
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Top: Two eyebrows 一, eyes 冂 with pupils 丶, bottom: deer 鹿
The two eyes of a dear are beautiful.
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岡
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| hill
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Outside: trawl/dragnet 罒 with drag ropes 冂, inside: mountain 山 (cf. rope 綱 or net 網)
Caught in a net, a mount shrinks to a hill.
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