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box 匚
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Radical: hakogamae
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医
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| medical treatment, heal, the healing art
iyasu, I
匚
矢
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Outside: box 匚, inside: arrow 矢 (An arrow ノ flies in the sky 天)
(Acupuncture:) In the box are the arrows (= needles) for the medical treatment.
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区
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| section, district, ward
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Enclosure 匚 with a marking: 㐅
An enclosure with an 㐅 stands for an urban district [with a street crossing]
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欧
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| Europe, EU-..
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Left: district/ward 区, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open of the yawning ⺈ person 人 is lacking sth.)
Consider the map: Europe 㐅 has a determining coastal line 匚 in all directions, which however lacks 欠 in the east. This defines: Europe.
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匠
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| craftsman, carpenter, artisan, master
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Outside: box 匚 (or variant of: to work/build 工), inside: axe 斤
In the box is the axe of the craftsman.
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枢
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| pivot, hinge, door
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Left: tree 木, right: district/ward 区 (Here: image of a bearing seat 匚 with a pivot point 㐅 cut into a stone)
A tree (rotatable) in a bearing mount results in a pivot bearing.
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匿
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| conceal, hide, shelter
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Outside: box 匚, inside: young 若 (The plant 艹 that is taken by hand  into the mouth 口 is young) [.. because old 古 things 囗 become hard 固]
In the box a 'young' is concealing.
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匹
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| match, counter for animals, common, equal with
hiki, HITSU
匹
匚
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Originally a box 匚 with two identical 儿 bales or rolls of a fabric
The two bales in the box are matching.
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