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good luck 吉
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| Explanation |
Samurai 士, below: Mouth 口 (This radical is a simplification of 喜, where the samurai 士 has a bean 豆 in his mouth 口 and is happy).
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Used in these characters:
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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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調
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| investigate, search, adjust, tone
shiraberu, totonoeru, CHŌ
言
周
吉
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Left: word 言, right: around, circumference 周 (Also enclosed 冂 luck 吉 affects the surrounding) [吉 = A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy 吉]
The words are doing the rounds that there will be an investigation.
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喜
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| happy, joy, delight
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From top: samurai 士, beans 豆, mouth 口. (This kanji 喜 has also been simplified to: 吉)
(An army marches on its stomach!) A samurai with beans in his mouth is happy.
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結
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| tie, knot, fasten, join
musubu, yuu, KETSU
糸
吉
士
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Left: thread 糸, right: luck/joy 吉 (A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy 吉.)
Threads of joy tie us.
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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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吉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| good luck, fortune, joy
KICHI, KITSU|
吉
士
口
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Top: samurai 士, bottom: mouth 口 - (simplified from: luck 喜, where the samurai has beans 豆 in his mouth.)
A samurai with a (full) mouth has good luck.
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詰
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| pack, fill, stuff, full
tsumu/maru/meru, KITSU
言
吉
士
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Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: good luck/fortune 吉 (= A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy.)
With words of good luck he is packed.
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彫
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| carve, engrave, sculpture, chisel
horu, CHŌ
周
彡
吉
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Left: surrounding, circumference 周 (Also enclosed 冂 luck 吉 affects the surrounding) [luck 吉 = A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy.], right: three lines/hair 彡
Surroundingly three lines are engraved.
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