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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| hand, means
te, SHU
扌
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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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才
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| talent, ability, years of age
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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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指
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| finger, point at, indicate
yubi, sasu, SHI
扌
旨
匕
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Left: hand 扌, right: order, delicious 旨 (He is sitting 匕 in the sun 日 and enjoys the delicious)
The hand of the sitting person points at the sun: with his finger.
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持
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| to have, hold, own
motsu, JI
扌
寺
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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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拾
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| to pick up, gather, '10' in legal documents
hirou, SHŪ, JŪ
扌
合
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Left: hand 扌, right: fit 合 (The lid  on the container 口 fits.) [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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打
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| strike, hit, beat
utsu, DA
扌
丁
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Left: hand 扌, right: block of houses 丁 (here: a nail 丁)
By hand you drive the nail with strikes.
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投
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| throw, pitch
nageru, TŌ
扌
殳
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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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挙
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| raise, behavior, offer, put up
ageru, kozotte, KYO
扌
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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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折
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| break, fracture, opportunity, (to bend)
ori, oru, SETSU
折
扌
斤
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Left: hand 扌, right: axe 斤
A hand with an axe has the opportunity to break or fracture.
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技
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| skill, technique, craft
waza, GI
扌
支
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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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採
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| to pick sth., to pluck, take on, gather
toru, SAI
扌
采
爫
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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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授
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| pass on, transfer, confer, teach, award, grant
sazukeru, JU
扌
爫
冖
又
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Left: hand 扌, right: to 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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招
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| invite, call in, summon, beckon
maneku, SHŌ
扌
召
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Left: hand 扌, right: call/summon 召 (with sword 刀 and mouth 口)
The hand calls sb. to invite him.
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承
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| be informed, receive, listen to, acquiesce
uketamawaru, SHŌ
扌
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Outside: water 水, inside: child 子, two 二
In the water there are two children as we were informed.
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接
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| to touch, contact, connected, join
tsugu, SETSU
扌
立
女
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Left: hand 扌, right: to stand 立, woman 女
(Shake) hands and stand up for the woman you want get in contact with.
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損
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| be damaged, loss, spoil, miss
sokonau, SON
扌
員
貝
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Left: hand 扌, right: member 員 (Who has a mouth 口 and money 貝 can become a member.)
The hand of that member has been damaged.
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提
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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| present, offer, hold
sageru, TEI, CHŌ
扌
是
正
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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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我
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| myself, I
ware, waga, GA
我
扌
戈
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Halberd 戈 with variation of hand 扌/手
The one with the hand at the halberd, that is me - myself.
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拡
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| spread, broaden, expand, widen
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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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看
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| watch (over)
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Top: hand 手, below: eye 目.
The hand shades the eye while watching over.
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揮
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| swing, brandish, wield, shake, wave, wag, volatile
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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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呼
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| call, attract, summon
yobu, KO
口
扌
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Left: mouth 口, right: 乎 (Variation of the hand 手, therefore interrupted, meaning ‘open’ hand. Similar to how people form a funnel with their hands when calling out.)
A mouth with an open hand for better calling.
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捨
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| throw away, abandon, discard
suteru, SHA
扌
舎
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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 bucket 口 to throw it away.
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推
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| infer, guess, recommend, suppose, conjecture
osu, SUI
扌
隹
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Left: hand 扌, right: bird 隹
His hand directly at the bird: What can be inferred from this? [Does he want to catch it?]
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操
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| maneuver, operate, manipulate, chastity, virginity
misao, ayatsuru, SŌ
扌
喿
品
木
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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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担
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| carry, bear, shouldering
katsugu, ninau, TAN
扌
旦
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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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探
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| search, look for, probe
saguru, sagasu, TAN
扌
穴
木
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Left: hand 扌, right: var. of hole 穴, tree 木
The hand in the hole of the tree is searching.
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拝
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| worship, pray, respectful
ogamu, HAI
扌
干
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Left: hand 扌, right: plants 干 with many leaves 丰 (i.e. palm leaf)
(at Palm Sunday:) In their hands they bring palm leaves to the worship.
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批
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| criticize
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Left: hand 扌, right: to compare 比 (Two sitting persons 匕 who are compared.)
The hand that compares, is criticizing.
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握
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| grasp, grip, hold
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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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扱
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| treat, handle, operate, management
atsukau, koku,
扌
及
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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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援
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| help, aid, support
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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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押
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| push, press
osu, Ō
扌
甲
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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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餓
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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Left: food 食 (cover on good 良 food), right: I/myself 我 (with my hand 手 at the halberd 戈: That's me!)
Food for myself - I am starving.
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拐
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| kidnap, deceive, abduct
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Left: hand 扌, right: mouth 口, power 力 (cf. invite 招)
I feel a hand on my mouth and a power/force: I am being kidnapped!
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掛
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| cost, hang, hook, be connected
kakari, kakaru/keru,
扌
圭
卜
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From left: hand 扌, 圭 (2x piled earth 土, as in street 街), fortune telling 卜 (here: a wall with a hook for hanging, e.g. a wardrobe)
When the hand piles up earth such that you can hang something on it like at a wardrobe, this causes costs.
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括
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| bind, fasten, summarize, collect
kukuru, KATSU
扌
舌
束
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Left: hand 扌, right: tongue 舌 (thousand 千 mouths 口) Here: 口 as a strap, as used in bundle 束)
With your hand and a thousand straps, you can bundle or summarize.
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換
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| exchange, convert
kaeru, KAN
扌
⺈
大
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Left: hand 扌, right: (only as radical) birth 奐 (from top: head of a woman ⺈, upper part of body 内 with emphasized breasts, spread legs 大 (cf.: to cry/shout 喚)
A hand at the birth made that the babies were exchanged.
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擬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| imitate, mimic, model
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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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拒
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| repel, refuse, resist, deny
kobamu, KYO
扌
巨
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Left: hand 扌, right: huge 巨 (staring eye)
The hand is huge, it can repel.
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拠
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| basis, foothold, base, therefore
yoru, KYO, KO
扌
夂
凡
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Left: hand 扌, right: to 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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挟
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| insert, but between
hasamaru/mu, KYŌ
扌
夹
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Left: hand 扌 right: squeezed in 夹 (husband 夫, squeezed from both sides 丷; traditionally 挾 with two persons 人) [For the pronunciation hasamu, think of scissors はさみ (= 鋏), which also involves squeezing].
My hand gets squeezed when I insert it there.
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掘
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| dig, excavate, delve
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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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掲
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| announcement, display, hold up, bulletin, posting
kakageru, KEI
扌
曷
易
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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 to a person sitting in sunshine for an announcement.
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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
扌
隹
乃
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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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撃
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| attack, strike, beat, dash
utsu, GEKI
車
殳
扌
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Top: vehicle 車 and weapon 几 in a hand 又, bottom: hand 手
A vehicles, a weapon in a hand, or the mere hand can cause a beat or been used for an attack.
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抗
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| oppose, resist, confront
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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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拘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| arrest, seize, catch, adhere to
kakawaru, KŌ
扌
句
勹
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Left: hand 扌, right: sentence 句 (sth. wrapped 勹 out the mouth 口), Here: a gripping = "wrapping" 勹 hand and wrist 口 in cross-section)
The hand "enwraps" a wrist at the arrest.
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控
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| refrain, withdraw, wait, restrain, make note
hikaeru, KŌ
扌
穴
工
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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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拷
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| torture
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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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搾
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| squeeze, press, wring
shiboru, SAKU
扌
穴
乍
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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uses it 乍 to make sth.)
When a hand makes a hole with a saw, its material is 'squeezed out'.
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撮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| take (a photo), film, pluck
toru, tsumamu, SATSU
扌
取
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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) 日 is hold/preserved 取: You take a photo.
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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
扌
宀
祭
礻
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Left: hand 扌, right: investigate 察 (Due to the cover 宀 over the sacrifice 月, we want to know what is sacrificed and that is investigated.) [festival = sacrifice = 祭 = The body 月/肉 is put by hand /又 on the altar 示 to sacrifice.]
The hand investigates by rubbing.
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寿
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| congratulate, long life
kotobuki, JU
扌
寸
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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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抄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| excerpt, selection, extract, summary
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Left: hand 扌, right: few/little 少 (Such a small 小 stroke ノ is too little.)
The hand takes only a little: an excerpt.
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掌
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| administer, manipulate, palm (of hand)
tanagokoro, SHŌ
尚
扌
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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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振
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| swing, wave, shake, wag
furi/ru/ruu, SHIN
扌
辰
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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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据
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| lay a foundation, set, place, fix, install, equip
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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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拙
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| clumsy, unskilled, bungling
tsutanai, mazui, SETSU
扌
出
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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 "behind-the-mountains" is: clumsy.
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摂
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| take as proxy, vicarious, surrogate, take in (medicine)
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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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択
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| choose, select, elect
erabu, yoru, TAKU
扌
尺
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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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措
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| measure, step, action, suspend, discontinue, dispose
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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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捜
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| search, look for, seek, investigation
sagasu, SŌ
扌
申
又
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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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挿
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| insert, put into
sasu, SŌ
扌
重
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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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掃
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| sweep, brush
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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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拓
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| clearing (of land), develop, make accessible
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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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抽
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| draw/pull out, extract, pluck, bring out
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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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挑
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| challenge, defy, contend for
idomu, CHŌ
扌
兆
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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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抵
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| resist, match, defy, oppose
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Left: hand 扌, right: (Chinese only) floor, bottom 氐 (The family 氏 is sitting on the floor 一) [氏 = A distorted person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with a "plus +" as a multiplier results in a family.]
A hand pushing against the floor gets a resistance.
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摘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| pluck, pick, pinch, extract
tsumu, tsumamu, TEKI
扌
帝
古
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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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撤
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| withdraw, remove, disengage
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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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搭
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| bording (air passenger), to load, get into
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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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把
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| take, grasp, hold, bundle
toru, -wa, HA
扌
巴
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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 the right as the image of a doorknob 巴: The hand at the knob grasps it.)
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排
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| reject, repudiate, exclude, expel, push aside
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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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拍
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| clap, beat, handclap, applause
HAKU, HYŌ|
扌
白
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Left: hand 扌, right: white 白 (The dazzling bright rays ノ of the sun 日 make it white.)
(Bloodless:) The hand turned white from clapping.
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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
扌
友
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Left: hand 扌, right: friend 友 (= .. they are shaking hands ナ/又)
The hand of my friend is pulling/selecting me out (from the many).
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搬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| convey, carry, transport
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Left: hand 扌, right: general 般 (Boats 舟 on which battle axes 几 were held in hands 又 were generally common.)
Hands are generally needed for conveying.
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披
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| expose, open, disclose, announce
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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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描
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| depict, draw, sketch
egaku, BYŌ
扌
苗
艹
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Left: hand 扌, right: seedling 苗 (= A 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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扶
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| help, support, aid
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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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払
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| pay, sweep, brush off
harau, FUTSU
扌
ム
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Left: hand 扌, right: nose ム (a nose in side view)
The hand at my nose is the symbol, that I want to pay.
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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
扌
甫
用
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Left: hand 扌, right: to begin 甫 (Image of the upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨 and an object 丶)
You need your hand and upper body when: capturing or catching.
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抱
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| embrace, hug, cuddle
daku, idaku, kakaeru, HŌ
扌
包
勹
己
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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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撲
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| slap, strike, beat, hit, punch
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Left: hand 扌, right: hollow 业 (= hollow vent of an extinct volcano), 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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摩
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| rub, chafe, polish, graze, scrape, wear
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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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抹
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| erase, eliminate, liquidate, rub
MATSU|
扌
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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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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| elevate, raise, hoist, uplift, praise, extol
ageru, YŌ
扌
旦
勿
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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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揺
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| shake, swing, rock, pitch, flicker
yuru/reru/suru/suburu, YŌ
扌
爫
缶
凵
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Left: hand 扌, right: hand reaching down 爫, variation 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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擁
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| protect, embrace, hug
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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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抑
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| repress, restrain, press down, suppress, inhibit
osaeru, YOKU
扌
卬
卩
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Left: hand 扌, right: 卬 (at the left an odd person 人 who bows down 卩 deeply at the right)
When a hand pushes a slightly bowing person down into a deeply bowing person, this is: repressing or restraining.
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挨
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| greeting, approach, push open
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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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拳
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| fist, force
kobushi, KEN
龹
扌
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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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挫
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| sprain [med.], bruise
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Left: hand 扌, right: 坐 = variation of: to sit 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
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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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摯
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| seriousness, earnestly, gift
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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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拭
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| to wipe off, to rub
fuku, nuguu, SHOKU
扌
式
工
弋
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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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捉
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| capture, seize, grasp, comprehend
toraeru, SOKU
扌
足
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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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捗
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| make progress, advance
hakadoru, CHOKU
扌
歩
止
少
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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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捻
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| twist, twirl
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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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拉
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| crush, squash
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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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