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hand 扌
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Several characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌, 手, ヨ |
Used in these Kanji:
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手
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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hand, means
te, SHU
Image of a hand's palm with fingers spread and a wrinkle in the palm (There are various radicals for hand: 扌, 又,爫,  ,ナ or 寸)
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扌
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才
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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talent, ability, years of age
SAI Ten 十, and a divisional stroke ノ, which looks like a shifted big 大 person.
If the big 大 person balances on one foot 丨, he is talented.
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才
扌
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指
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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finger, point at, indicate
yubi, sasu, SHI Left: hand 扌, right: order, delicious 旨 (He is sitting 匕 in the sun 日 and enjoys the tasty)
The hand of the sitting person points at the sun: with his finger.
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扌
旨
匕
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持
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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to have, hold, own
motsu, JI Left: Hand 扌, right: temple 寺 (... from earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
With a (guiding) hand, the temple gives you a hold.
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扌
寺
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拾
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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to pick up, gather, '10' in legal documents
hirou, SHŪ, JŪ Left: hand 扌, right: fit 合 (The lid  fits on the container 口) [The numbers: 1,2,3,10 are: 壱, 弐, 参, 拾]
A hand reaches the lid of the pot and picks it up.
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扌
合
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打
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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strike, hit, beat
utsu, DA Left: hand 扌, right: block of houses 丁 (here: a nail 丁)
By hand you drive the nail with strikes.
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扌
丁
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投
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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throw, pitch
nageru, TŌ Left: hand 扌, right: 殳 (battle axe 几 in a hand 又)
One hand holds the weapon, the other hand throws it.
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扌
殳
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挙
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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raise, behavior, offer, put up
ageru, kozotte, KYO From top: rays of light  , table  , hand 手
(The trick of a magician:) Light shines on the table, with a hand below, to raise it.
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扌
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折
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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break, fracture, opportunity, (to bend)
ori, oru, SETSU Left: hand 扌, right: axe 斤
A hand with an axe has the opportunity to break or fracture.
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折
扌
斤
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技
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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skill, technique, craft
waza, GI Left: hand 扌, right: twig/branch 支 (= branch 十 and hand 又)
A hand that balances a twig on the hand is skilled.
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扌
支
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採
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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to pick sth., to pluck, take on, gather
toru, SAI Left: hand 扌, right: to take, pluck 采 (a hand reaches down 爫 into a tree 木 [cf. vegetable 菜])
A hand reaches downwards into a tree for plucking sth.
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扌
采
爫
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授
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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pass on, transfer, confer, teach, award, grant
sazukeru, JU Left: hand 扌, right: receive 受 (A hand reaching down 爫 holds a cover 冖, another hand 又 receives it.)
A hand that has received will also pass on. (Or: Three hands reach out for the blanket 冖 to pass it on.)
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扌
爫
冖
又
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招
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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invite, call in, summon, beckon
maneku, SHŌ Left: hand 扌, right: call/summon 召 (with sword 刀 and mouth 口)
The hand calls sb. to invite him.
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扌
召
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承
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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be informed, receive, listen to, acquiesce
uketamawaru, SHŌ Outside: water 水, inside: child 子, two 二
In the water there are two children as we were informed.
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扌
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接
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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to touch, contact, connected, join
tsugu, SETSU Left: hand 扌, right: to stand 立, woman 女
(Shake) hands and stand up for the woman you want to touch.
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扌
立
女
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損
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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be damaged, loss, spoil, miss
sokonau, SON Left: hand 扌, right: member 員 (Who has a mouth 口 and money 貝 can become a member.) [cf. profit 得]
The hand of that member has been damaged.
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扌
員
貝
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提
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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present, offer, hold
sageru, TEI, CHŌ Left: hand 扌, right: proper/right 是 (sun 日, correct 正)
On the hand is the proper: That's what I present.
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扌
是
正
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我
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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myself, I
ware, waga, GA Halberd 戈 with variation of hand 扌/ 手
The one with the hand at the halberd, that is me - myself.
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我
扌
戈
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拡
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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spread, broaden, expand, widen
KAKU Left: hand 扌, right: wide 広 ([As a real estate agent] I find a building 广 with my (good) nose ム, that is wide and spacious.)
(i.e. when dispersing seeds on a field) By hand you can widely spread.
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扌
広
广
ム
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看
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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watch (over)
KAN Top: hand 手, below: eye 目.
The hand shades the eye while watching over.
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扌
目
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揮
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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swing, brandish, wield, shake, wave, wag, volatile
KI Left: hand 扌, right: military/troops 軍 (... with covered 冖 vehicles 車 = camouflage)
The hands of the military are swung/brandished. [when marching]
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扌
軍
冖
車
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呼
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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call, attract, summon
yobu, KO Left: mouth 口, right: 乎 (var. hand 手, hence 'open' hand)
A mouth and in front an open hand for better calling.
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口
扌
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捨
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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throw away, abandon, discard
suteru, SHA Left: hand 扌, right: accommodation 舎 (A roof above the ground 土 with an entrance 口: that's an accommodation.)
Use your hand 扌to remove the cover  and put the garbage 土 into the can 口 to throw it away.
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扌
舎
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推
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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infer, guess, recommend, suppose, conjecture
osu, SUI Left: hand 扌, right: bird 隹
His hand directly at the bird: What can be infered from this? [Does he want to catch it?]
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扌
隹
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操
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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maneuver, operate, manipulate, chastity, virginity
misao, ayatsuru, SŌ Left: hand 扌, right: bird's chirping 喿 (three beaks 口 of birds in a tree 木)
Her hand feeds the beaks in the tree and this 'maneuver' shows chastity.
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扌
喿
品
木
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担
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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carry, bear, shouldering
katsugu, ninau, TAN Left: hand 扌, right: sunrise 旦 (sun 日 above the horizon 一)
The hand should already at sunrise carry the burden.
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扌
旦
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探
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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search, look for, probe
saguru, sagasu, TAN Left: hand 扌, right: var. of hole 穴, tree 木
The hand in the hole of the tree is searching.
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扌
穴
木
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拝
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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worship, pray, respectful
ogamu, HAI Left: hand 扌, right: plants 干 with many leaves (i.e. palm leaf)
(at Palm Sunday:) In their hands they bring palm leaves to the worship.
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扌
干
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批
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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criticize
HI Left: hand 扌, right: to compare 比 (Two sitting persons 匕 who are compared.)
The hand that compares, is criticizing.
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扌
比
匕
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握
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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grasp, grip, hold
nigiru, AKU Left: hand 扌, right: building, shop 屋 (buttock seen from the side 尸 and: reach-a-target 至 [From the sky 一 an arrow ム comes to ground 土: falling back])
The hand is in the shop to grasp. (the goods). OR: When the hand reached the buttocks, it grasped.
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扌
尸
至
土
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扱
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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treat, handle, operate, management
atsukau, koku, Left: hand 扌, right: reach 及 (Person 人 with a hand reaching out for something ノ)
A hand that has a stick ノ in the hand is treating or managing sth.
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扌
及
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援
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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help, aid, support
EN Left hand 扌, right: (Chinese only) to help 爰 (a hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.)
The hand helps with support.
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扌
爰
爫
友
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押
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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push, press
osu, Ō Left: hand 扌, right: shell/armor 甲 (pictograph of a seed with a root shoot crushing the shell)
The hand crushes the shell by pushing.
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扌
甲
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餓
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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starve, being hungry
ueru, GA Left: food 食 (cover on good 良 food), right: I/myself 我 (with my hand 手 at the halbered 戈: That's me!)
Food for myself, I am starving.
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食
我
扌
戈
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拐
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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kidnap, deceive, abduct
KAI Left: hand 扌, right: mouth 口, sword 刀 (cf. invite 招)
I feel a hand on my mouth and a sword: I am being kidnapped!
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扌
口
刀
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掛
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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cost, hang, hook, be connected
kakari, kakaru/keru, From left: hand 扌, 圭 (2x earth 土), divine 卜 (crack in a turtle shell used for divination)
A hand with an earth mound can divine where it will hang and how much it will cost.
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扌
圭
卜
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括
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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bind, fasten, summarize, collect
kukuru, KATSU Left: hand 扌, right: tongue 舌 (thousand 千 mouths 口)
With your hands and tongue you can bind or summarize.
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扌
舌
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換
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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exchange, convert
kaeru, KAN Left: hand 扌, right: (only as a radical) birth 奐 (from top: head of a woman ⺈, upper part of body 内 with emphasized breasts, spread legs 大
A hand at the birth made that the babies were exchanged.
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扌
⺈
大
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擬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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imitate, mimic, model
modoki, GI Left: hand 扌, right: doubt 疑 (Both persons 匕 マ have an arrow 矢, but if it's the correct 正 one, they have their doubt.)
(Made) by hand and dubious: An imitation!
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扌
疑
矢
正
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拒
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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repel, refuse, resist, deny
kobamu, KYO Left: hand 扌, right: huge 巨 (staring eye)
The hand is huge, it can repel.
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扌
巨
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拠
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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basis, foothold, base, therefore
yoru, KYO, KO Left: hand 扌, right: deal with 処 (An upturned foot 夂 on the table? (cf. 机/凡] - It has to be dealt with!)
The hand will deal with it on the basis of ...
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扌
夂
凡
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挟
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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insert, but between
hasamaru/mu, KYŌ Left: hand 扌 right: squeezed in 夹 (husband 夫, squeezed from both sides 丷; traditionally 挾 with two persons 人)
The hand will be squeezed if I insert it in there.
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扌
夹
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掘
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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dig, excavate, delve
horu, KUTSU Left: hand 扌, right: stoop, bow, crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [=butt's crack) comes out 出 when bowing [="plumber's crack or smile"])
You use your hands and you are crouched, when: digging.
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扌
屈
尸
出
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掲
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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announcement, display, hold up, bulletin, posting
kakageru, KEI Left: hand 扌, right: var. of easy 易 (sun 日, rays 勿, with a sitting person 匕 instead of the inner rays)
The hand points like the sunshine on a sitting person for an announcement.
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扌
曷
易
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携
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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portable, carry with you (in hand), be concerned
tazusawaru/eru, KEI Left: hand 扌, right: bird 隹, pregnancy belly 乃 (cf.: to be pregant: 孕む [はら-む], where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃.)
The hand graps the bird around belly to carry it around. (i.e.: a smartphone 携 帯 電 話 = けいたい･でんわ.)
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扌
隹
乃
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撃
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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attack, strike, beat, dash
utsu, GEKI Top: vehicle 車 and weapon 几 in a hand 又, bottom: hand 手
In a vehicles, with a weapons in your hand and another hand: For the attack!
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車
殳
扌
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抗
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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oppose, resist, confront
KŌ Left: hand 扌, right: "sailor" 亢 (the sailor used in navigation 航, a big person with a broad neck)
The hand of the person with the broad neck is opposing.
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扌
亢
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拘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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arrest, seize, catch, adhere to
kakawaru, KŌ Left: hand 扌, right: sentence 句 (sth. wrapped 勹 out the mouth 口), Here: a gripping ="wrapping" 勹 hand and another wrist in cross-section 口)
The hand "enwraps" a wrist at the arrest.
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扌
句
勹
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控
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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refrain, withdraw, wait, restrain, make note
hikaeru, KŌ Left: hand 扌, right: sky 空 (When a hole 穴 is built 工 in, it opens: the sky.)
The hand that wants to build a hole (= to demolish), should be refrained and noted.
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扌
穴
工
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拷
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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torture
GŌ Left: hand 扌, right: think 考 (The old man 耂 is at the seaweed 丂 for thinking.)
The hand thinks of torture.
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扌
耂
丂
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搾
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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squeeze, press, wring
shiboru, SAKU Left: hand 扌, right: hole, cave 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), while, during 乍 (image of a saw 乍; cf. 作 where a person 亻used it 乍 to make sth.)
When a hand makes a hole with a saw, its material is 'squeezed out'.
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扌
穴
乍
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撮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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take (a photo), film, pluck
toru, tsumamu, SATSU Left: hand 扌, right: extreme 最 (The [illumination of the] sun 日 takes 取 the extreme.) [take, hold 取 = at the ear 耳 with the hand 又]
You do it with the hand and the sun(shine) is hold/preserved 取: You take a photo.
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扌
取
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擦
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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rub, grind, grate, scrape, scrub, chafe, scour
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.
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扌
宀
祭
礻
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寿
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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congratulate, long life
kotobuki, JU Left: var. of hand 手, right: skillful hand 寸
Two hands congratulate and wish a long life. (And two hands 手,寸 are needed to roll sushi 寿司)
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扌
寸
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抄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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excerpt, selection, extract, summary
SHŌ Left: hand 扌, right: few/little 少 (Such a small 小 stroke ノ is too little.)
The hand takes only a little: an exerpt.
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扌
少
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掌
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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administer, manipulate, palm (of hand)
tanagokoro, SHŌ Top: furthermore, besides, esteem 尚 (A small 小 house 宀 with window 口 is furthermore also esteemed, HERE: 尚 as the hand's palm with three fingers), below: hand 手
Furthermore, with the palm of your hand you are administering.
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尚
扌
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振
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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swing, wave, shake, wag
furi/ru/ruu, SHIN Left: hand 扌, right: plow 辰 (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农 [农 = Chinese for farmer])
With only one hand at the plow, it will: swing.
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扌
辰
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据
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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lay a foundation, set, place, fix, set, install, equip
sueru/waru, Left: hand 扌, right: reside, residence 居 (Where your buttocks 尸 gets old 古, is your residence.)
My hand lays for my residence: the foundation.
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扌
居
尸
古
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拙
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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clumsy, unskilled, bungling
tsutanai, mazui, SETSU Left: Hand 扌, right: come/go out 出 (Two mountains 山 coming out one after the other)
(Country people are unskilled and awkward?) A hand from "mountains-behind-each-other" is: clumsy.
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扌
出
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摂
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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take as proxy, vicarious, surrogate, take in (medicine)
SETSU Left: hand 扌, right: ear 耳, four marks 丶
Both hands and ears are substituted by four marks in form of a proxy.
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扌
耳
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択
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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choose, select, elect
erabu, yoru, TAKU Left: hand 扌, right: measure of length 尺 (from the body 口 one foot 八 forward = 1 Shaku = 30.3 cm)
The hand measures and then chooses.
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扌
尺
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措
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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measure, step, action, suspend, discontinue, dispose
SO Left: hand 扌, right: old days 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 thinking of old days.)
(A low level of mechanization?) By hand in the old days measures were done.
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扌
昔
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捜
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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search, look for, seek, investigation
sagasu, SŌ Left: hand 扌, right: say, talk 申 (A mouth 口 with a big "plus" + for the outgoing surplus when talking.), hand 又
One hand tells the other hand to search.
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扌
申
又
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挿
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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insert, put into
sasu, SŌ Left: hand 扌, right: not etymological: vehicle 車 with additional wheels 重 [=heavy], however two 二 are missing
By hand the missing double-wheel 二 is adding to the [heavy] vehicle by: inserting it.
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扌
重
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掃
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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sweep, brush
haku, SŌ Left: hand 扌, right: broom 帚 (hand ナ/ヨ, holding a broom 冖/巾)
The hand with the broom is sweeping.
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扌
帚
巾
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拓
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clearing (of land), develop, make accessible
TAKU Left: hand 扌, right: stone 石 (Below the cliff 厂 are stones 口)
The hand (removes) the stones when clearing the land.
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石
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抽
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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draw/pull out, extract, pluck, bring out
CHŪ Left: hand 扌, right: reason 由 (The growing seedling丨in the rice field 田 has its reason.)
The hand grips the sprout in the rice field to pull it out.
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扌
由
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挑
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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challenge, defy, contend for
idomu, CHŌ Left: hand 扌, right: sign/omen 兆 (Shows cracks in a turtle shell that were used in ancient China for divination.)
(Is he really strong?) His hand is the sign/omen if you should challenge him.
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兆
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抵
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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resist, match, defy, oppose
TEI Left: hand 扌, right: floor, bottom 氐 (The family 氏 is sitting on the floor 一)
A hand pushing against the floor gets a resistance.
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氏
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pluck, pick, pinch, extract
tsumu, tsumamu, TEKI Left: hand 扌, right: old emperor (mix of emperor 帝 and old 古)
The hand of the old emperor is plucking sth.
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帝
古
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撤
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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withdraw, remove, disengage
TETSU From left: hand 扌, raise/grow up 育 (The new born baby  [child 子, but upside down, because at birth with head first] has a body 月, that needs to be raised.), strike 攵 (hand 又 with stick ノ)
The hand is raised, strikes and withdraws.
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攵
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bording (air passenger), to load, get into
TŌ Left hand 扌, right: 荅 (plant 艹 [here: handrail], fit 合 (Here: as the image of an airplane 合 with cockpit and corpus 口)
The hand at a handrail of the airplane 合 when bording.
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扌
艹
合
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把
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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take, grasp, hold, bundle
toru, -wa, HA Left: hand 扌, right: 巴 var. of slump down 㔾 (image of a crouching person)
The hand of the crouched person grasps for a bundle. (Or at the right the image of a doorknob 巴: The hand at the knob grasps it.)
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扌
巴
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排
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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reject, repudiate, exclude, expel, push aside
HAI Left: hand 扌, right: not, to negate 非 (two wings 羽 in opposite directions)
This hand is negating: It is rejecting.
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非
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拍
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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clap, beat, handclap, applause
HAKU, HYŌ Left: hand 扌, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.)
The hand is white from clapping.
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白
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抜
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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extract, pull out (sword), pluck, select, pick out
nuku,karu,keru,kasu, BATSU Left: hand 扌, right: friend 友 (= .. who are shaking hands ナ/又)
The hand of my friend is pulling/selecting me out (from the many).
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扌
友
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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conveyor, carry, conveyor, transport
HAN Left: hand 扌, right: general 般 (Boats 舟 where they had a battle axe 几 at hand 又 were generally common.)
Hands are generally needed for conveyoring.
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扌
般
舟
殳
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披
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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expose, open, disclose, announce
HI Left: hand 扌, right: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂)
The hand peels off the skin and exposes everything.
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皮
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描
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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depict, draw, sketch
egaku, BYŌ Left: hand 扌, right: seedling 苗 (= This plant [still as small] as grass 艹 on the field 田)
(A field with seedlings planted neatly in rows looks beautiful:) If the hand arranges the plants/seedling 艹 in the field (in such rows), it looks like being depicted.
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扌
苗
艹
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help, support, aid
FU Left: hand 扌, right: husband 夫 (= the big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一)
The hand of the husband is helpful.
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扌
夫
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払
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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pay, sweep, brush off
harau, FUTSU Left: hand 扌, right: nose ム
The hand at the nose is the symbol, that I want to pay.
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ム
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捕
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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capture, seize, catch, grasp
toru/raeru, tsukamaru/maeru, HO Left: hand 扌, right: to begin 甫 (The hand takes the tool 丶 to use 用, when beginning sth.)
(No matter what you want to do) The hand begins with: grasping.
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甫
用
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抱
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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embrace, hug, cuddle
daku, idaku, kakaeru, HŌ Left: hand 扌, right: to wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
Your hands wrapped me when embracing me.
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扌
包
勹
己
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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slap, strike, beat, hit, punch
BOKU Left: hand 扌, right: hollow 业 (= hollow vent of an extinct vulcano), var. of beauty 美
With the hands to beat for a hollow beauty with slaps and strikes. (Or: The hand 扌 of me 僕 [=ボク] is: for slapping/striking.)
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业
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rub, chafe, polish, graze, scrape, wear
suru, MA Outside and top: hemp 麻 (Protected in the building 广 is a whole forest 林 of hemp.), below: hand 手 (cf. polish 磨)
Take hemp into the hand for: rubbing or polishing.
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广
林
扌
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erase, eliminate, liquidate, rub
MATSU Left: hand 扌, right: end 末 (longer top branch 一 at a tree 木 as its end)
The hand has an end (namely: the fingertips), which you use to: rub or erase.
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揚
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elevate, raise, hoist, uplift, praise, extol
ageru, YŌ Left: hand 扌, right: sunrise 旦/易(sun 日 above horizon 一, rays 勿)
The hand imitates the sunrise with its rays, when doing the upward movement of: elevating.
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旦
勿
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shake, swing, rock, pitch, flicker
yuru/reru/suru/suburu, YŌ Left: hand 扌, right: hand reaching down 爫, var. of can 缶 (lid  and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
(Due to an earthquake?) Use your hand to reach downwards to the can [without half of the lid ノ] because it is: shaking/swinging.
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凵
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protect, embrace, hug
YŌ Left: hand 扌, right: lid 亠, connection 維 (Use a thread 糸 to bind bird 隹 for making a connection.)
With a hand, a cover or a thread (for tying up) a bird can be protected.
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亠
維
隹
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repress, restrain, press down, suppress, inhibit
osaeru, YOKU Left: hand 扌, right: 卬 (an odd person 人 and deeply bowing person 卩)
When ahand makes a slightly bowing person into a deeply bowing person, this is: repressing or restraining.
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卩
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挨
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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greeting, approach, push open
AI Left: to pay 払 (The hand 扌at the nose ム signals paying.), arrow 矢 (An arrow ノ flies in the sky 天)
You still have to pay for the array, he directly said when greeting.
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ム
矢
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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fist, force
kobushi, KEN Top: border guard 龹 (= raised hands 丷, person 人, two bars 二) [cf. checkpoint 関], bottom: hand 手
The border guard has a hand, which is a fist.
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扌
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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sprain [med.], bruise
ZA Left: hand 扌, right: 坐 var. of sitting 座 (In the building 广 two persons 人 use the ground 土 for sitting.)
The hand on which he sat, is now sprained. (However: A hand 扌 on which someone stands 立 will be crushed 拉)
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拶
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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be imminent, approach
SATSU Left: hand 扌, right: var. of river 川, evening 夕
(The action of) the hand, (the flow of) the river and (the arrival of) the evening: All this is imminent.
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巛
夕
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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seriousness, earnestly, gift
SHI Top: tenacious, persistent 執 (As happiness 幸 is round 丸, you have to grasp it tenaciously.) [happy 幸 = Between two 丷 earths 土/干 is the happiness], bottom: hand 手
Happiness is round in your hands if you are serious and sincere.
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幸
丸
扌
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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to wipe off, to rub
fuku, nuguu, SHOKU Left: hand 扌, right: ceremony/function 式 (craftsman 工 makes sabre 弋 for ceremony)
By hand for the ceremony, all is wiped clean.
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扌
式
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弋
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捉
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capture, seize, grasp, comprehend
toraeru, SOKU Left: hand 扌, right: foot 足 (kneecap 口 and a footprint 止)
You need hands and feet (= to run after) to capture sb.
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足
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捗
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make progress, advance
hakadoru, CHOKU Left: Hand 扌, right: walk 歩 (.. with stopping 止 a little 少)
With your hands and by walking you can make progress.
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扌
歩
止
少
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捻
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twist, twirl
NEN Left: Hand 扌, right: thought 念 (Now 今 I have in my heart 心 a thought.)
(If you are inattentive, you will injure yourself:) It happens to your hand when you are in thoughts: you will twist it.
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扌
今
心
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拉
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crush, squash
RA Left: hand 扌, right: stand 立
A hand on which sb. is standing gets crushed. (However: A hand 扌 on sb. is sitting 座, will only be sprained 挫)
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立
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