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JLPT 4Joyo 1

JI
Top: roof 宀, bottom: child 子 (Image of a child with an oversized head 乛, a body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一 seeking help)
Under the roof a child is sitting to study the letters / characters.

	家
JLPT 4Joyo 2

ie, ya, KA, KE
Top: roof 宀, bottom: pig 豕 (cf. 豚)
Under a roof (together) with the pigs: Our house.

	室
JLPT 4Joyo 2

muro, SHITSU
Top: roof 宀, below: reach-a-target 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow ム comes to ground 土: falling back.)
When I reach the roof (= return home) I go to my room.

	安
JLPT 5Joyo 3

yasui, AN
Top: a roof 宀, bottom: woman 女
With a woman under our roof everything will be peaceful (.. and cheaper??)

	院
JLPT 4Joyo 3

IN
Left: hill 阝, right: perfect 完 (The roof 宀 as the origin 元 [of the house] should be perfect [against rain?])
This hill is perfect for: an institute.

	寒
JLPT 4Joyo 3

samui, KAN
From top: a roof 宀, a well 井, variant of six 六, variant of ice 冫
A roof over the well and six blocks of ice: That is cold!

	館
JLPT 4Joyo 3

KAN
Left: eating 食 (cover on good 良 food), right: government 官 (= Under a roof 宀 with straightly connected rooms 呂)
The food from the government is served in a large building.

	客
JLPT 3Joyo 3

KYAKU, KAKU
Top: roof 宀, bottom: every 各 (With crossed legs 夂 on a cushion 口 sits everybody.)
Who sits under the roof cross-legged on a cushion? - Our guest!

	宮
JLPT 3Joyo 3

miya, KYŪ, GŪ, KU
Top: roof 宀, below: two connected rooms 呂
Under a roof are several connected rooms: A palace or shrine.

	実
JLPT 3Joyo 3

mi, minoru, JITSU
A house 宀, three 三 and a person 人
Under a roof with three persons it is truthly fruitful.

	守
JLPT 3Joyo 3

mamoru, SHU, SU
Top: roof 宀, below: skillful hand 寸
The roof and the skillful hand will protect you.

	定
JLPT 3Joyo 3

sadameru, TEI, JŌ
Top: roof 宀, below: var. of correct 正 (at the line 一 to stop 止 is correct.)
Under this roof it is decided according to fixed rules.

	案
JLPT 3Joyo 4

AN
Top: cheap, peaceful 安 (Under our roof 宀 a woman 女, then everything will be peaceful (...and cheaper??), bottom: tree 木
Peace in the trees: That is my plan.

	害
JLPT 3Joyo 4

GAI
From top: roof 宀, growing plant in a pot 口 (alternative: simplification of poison 毒)
The roof has - by the growing potted plant - been damaged.

	完
JLPT 3Joyo 4

KAN
Top: roof 宀, below: origin/source 元 (Two 二 legs 儿 have the same origin.)
The roof as the origin of a building [roof =yane = 屋 根 =its root] needs to be complete and finished.

	官
JLPT 3Joyo 4

KAN
Top: roof 宀, below: typically understood as buttocks (both cheeks), but herer better: two connected rooms 呂
Under a roof with straightly connected rooms is the government.

	管
JLPT 3Joyo 4

kuda, KAN
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: government 官 (Under a roof 宀 with straightly connected rooms 呂 is the government.) - here: a cover 宀 and two tubes 呂 [in cross-section])
Made of bamboo is the cover over the two: pipes.

	察
JLPT 3Joyo 4

SATSU
Top: roof 宀, below: festival 祭 (Meat 月/肉 is put by hand on the altar 示 for the festival (of sacrifice)
The house festival has to be investigated.

	宿
JLPT 3Joyo 3

yado, yadoru, SHUKU
Top: roof 宀, below: person 亻(variation of 人) and: one hundred 百 (The number 100 read from top downwards.)
A 'roof' hosting people in hundreds is a lodge.

	演
JLPT 2Joyo 5

EN
Left: water 氵, right: roof/house 宀, one 一, field 田, eight 八
The water in the house at the one/single field is part of the eight perfomances.

	寄
JLPT 2Joyo 5

yoru, KI
Top: roof 宀, bottom: strange 奇 (There are a big 大 possibilities 可, but it looks strange.)
Under a roof, there is the big possibility to get closer.

	富
JLPT 2Joyo 5

tomi, tomu, FU, FŪ
Top: roof/house 宀, below: barrel of sake 畐 (originally pictograph of a barrel of sake as an altar offering; from there: wealth, luck 福)
A house with barrels of sake is wealthy.

	容
JLPT 2Joyo 5

ireru, YŌ
Top: roof 宀, below: valley 谷 (pictogr. of a valley opening towards the plain)
The roofs (=houses) in this valley have an outer appearance, that is acceptable.

	宇
JLPT 2Joyo 6

noki, U
Top: roof 宀, below: dry 干 (image of a drying rack)
The "roof" that is keeping dry, are the eaves.

	穴
JLPT 1Joyo 6

ana, KETSU
Top: roof 宀 as a cover, below: eight 八 (here: a narrowing path)
It is covered and a narrowing path leads into it: the hole or cavity.

	憲
JLPT 1Joyo 6

KEN
From top: roof 宀, growing plant , eye 罒, heart 心
Under this 'roof' you can grow and it has an eye on the hearts: The constitution.

	宗
JLPT 1Joyo 6

SHŪ, SŌ
Top: roof 宀, below: to show 示/礻 (image of an altar 丁 with sth. 一 on that is shown.)
The "roof" over the altar is the religion.

	縮
JLPT 1Joyo 6

chijimu/meru, SHUKU
Left: thread 糸, right: accommodation/lodge 宿 (Below a roof 宀 with persons 人 in hundreds 百)
(The laundry was washed too hot:) The threads in the lodge have been shrunk.

	宣
JLPT 1Joyo 6

SEN
Roof 宀 and 亘 (sun ray 一 and sunrise 旦 (sun 日 above horizon 一)
(At sunrise, the rays hit highest places first:) At the roof 宀, with a first sun ray 一 the sunrise 旦 is announced.

	宅
JLPT 2Joyo 6

TAKU
Top: roof 宀, below: 乇 (= plant with roots)
Under a roof with a rooted plant is my residence.

	宙
JLPT 2Joyo 6

CHŪ
Top: roof 宀, below: reason/cause 由 (Here: A rocket丨starts from a rice field 田.)
Through the roof the rocket is starting from the field into: space.

	宝
JLPT 2Joyo 6

takara, HŌ
Top: roof 宀, bottom: jewel/ball 玉 (king 王, jewel 丶)
Below a roof are the jewels: the treasure.

	密
JLPT 1Joyo 6

hisoka, MITSU
From top: roof 宀, certainly 必 (... is the heart 心 pierced by a lance ノ), montain 山
(Protecting) roofs are certainly in the mountains for hideing.

	宴
JLPT 1Joyo 7

utage, EN
From top: roof 宀, sun 日, woman 女
Below the roof, the sunny woman hosts a banquet.

	寡
JLPT 1Joyo 7

KA
From top: roof 宀, head/forehead (for person) 頁, share, divide 分 (with eight 八 swords 刀)
Under the roof according to the head(-count) [the inheritance] is divided. A little remains for the widow.

	寛
JLPT 1Joyo 7

kutsurogu, KAN
From top: house 宀, plant 艹, see/look 見 (= The eye 目 is on legs 儿 when looking around.)
(A green roof where insects and perhaps bees may settle?) A roof made of plants is seen as: tolerant and generous.

	宜
JLPT 1Joyo 7

yoroshii, GI
Top: roof 宀, below: besides/moreover 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
A roof in addition? Good! Appropriate!

	宰
JLPT 1Joyo 7

SAI
Top: roof/house 宀, below: spicy/bitter 辛 (image of a needle for tattooing)
(Always expensive repairs:) A house causes bitterness because you have to administer (= supervise) it.

	擦
JLPT 1Joyo 7

suru/reru, kosuru, SATSU
Left: hand 扌, right: investigate 察 (The house-宀 festival 祭 is investigated [festival 祭 = Meat 月/肉 is put by hand on the altar 示/礻for the festival of sacrifice.]
The hand investigates sth. by rubbing it.

	寂
JLPT 1Joyo 7

sabishii, sabi, JAKU, SEKI
Top: roof/house 宀, below: parent's younger siblings 叔 (.. harvesting pepper plants 尗 by hand 又)
(As they are out to harvest pepper by hand?) The house of my younger uncle is lonely.

	狩
JLPT 1Joyo 7

karu/ri, SHU
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on hind legs), right: protect 守 (.. by a roof 宀 or a skillful hand 寸) [cf. to catch 獲, where a basket 艹 is falling on that bird]
For wild animals use a trap 宀 and your skillful hand 寸 to hunt them.

	宵
JLPT 1Joyo 7

yoi, SHŌ
Top: roof/house 宀, below: alike 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月/肉 are alike.)
The roofs of the buildings look alike in the evening.

	寝
JLPT 2Joyo 7

neru/kasu, SHIN
Top: roof 宀, left: bed 丬 (image of a tree cut into half; cf. fragment 片,爿), right: "only one glove" (hand ヨ, only one cover 冖, further hand 又)
Under a roof with a bed and only one glove is where I sleep.

	審
JLPT 1Joyo 7

SHIN
Top: roof/house 宀, below: watch, guard 番 (The ripe rice-plants 釆 [= combination of rice plant 禾 and rice 米] on the field 田 are numbered and are guarded.)
The house is guarded during the trial.

	寧
JLPT 1Joyo 7

mushiro, NEI
From top: roof 宀, heart 心, eye 罒, city block 丁 (Here as a nail like at 'to strike' 打)
A roof for my heart and eye instead of this nail is what I rather need to be peaceful.

	賓
JLPT 1Joyo 7

HIN
From top: roof 宀, one 一, few/little 少, shell/money 貝
Under our roof, this (particular) one needs only little money: He is a VIP-guest.

	溶
JLPT 2Joyo 7

tokeru/kasu, YŌ
Left: water 氵, right: outer apperance 容 (The roofs 宀 in the valley 谷 define its appearance.)
Water comes from the roofes into the valley, because it is melting.

	寮
JLPT 1Joyo 7

RYŌ
Top: roof 宀, below: 尞 (big 大 person with fat 丷 legs, day 日 (here: two tatami mats), small 小
Under a roof, the big ones (with fat legs) lie on tatami mats with the small ones: We are in a dormitory.

	腕
JLPT 2Joyo 7

ude, WAN
Left: body 月/肉, right: address 宛 (The roof 宀 under which I fall at the evening 夕 into a slumped 㔾 position: that is my address.)
My body collapses under the roof at the (live's) evening into a slumped person, but my arms are still capable/skilled.

	宛
JLPT -Joyo 7

ateru,
Top: roof 宀, below: evening 夕, slumped Person 㔾
The roof under which I collapse at the evening into a slumped position: that is my address.

	塞
JLPT -Joyo 7

fusagu, fusagaru, SAI, SOKU
From top: roof 宀, a well 井, var. of six 六, earth 土
Despite the roof, the well was already six-times filled with earth and thus obstructed.

	踪
JLPT -Joyo 7

SŌ
Left: foot 足 (kneecap 口 and a footprint 止), right: religion 宗 (The "roof" 宀 over the altar 示/礻 is the religion)
Feet as well as religions leave footmarks.

	綻
JLPT -Joyo 7

hokorobiru, TAN
Left: thread 糸, right: fix, decide 定 (Under the roof 宀 we have correct 正 rules for our decitions.)
The thread has fixed it, but now it is ripped open.

	蜜
JLPT -Joyo 7

MITSU
From top: roof 宀, certainly 必 (... is the heart 心 pierced by a lance ノ), insect 虫
Below that roof are certainly insects with honey.