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month 月
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The radical tsuki stands for moon or month when used at the right side of a character. However t1he radical niku 肉 that stands for body or body-part is in many cases simplified to 月 and thus looks equal as "moon". |
Used in these Kanji:
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月
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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moon, month
tsuki, GETSU, GATSU The radical 月 means moon or month. (The kanji for meat/flesh 肉 as a radical is typically simplified to this: 月)
Image of an ascending moon.
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月
肉
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青
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JLPT 4Joyo 1 |
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blue, young
aoi, SEI, SHŌ Top: growing plant  (Variation of live 生), below: moon 月 (not mismatch with 責)
Growing plants appear in the light of the moon as blue and young.
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青
月
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夕
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JLPT 4Joyo 1 |
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Evening
yū, SEKI Image of a crescent moon 夕, similar to moon 月
When the moon is not full (one stroke is missing) it's only evening.
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月
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晴
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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sunny, bright, clear up
hareru, SEI Left: day/sun 日, right: young, blue 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.)
Sunny and blue (sky) - It's sunny and the weather's cleared up.
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日
青
月
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朝
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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morning
asa, CHŌ Left: sunrise  (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹), right: moon 月
At sunrise, the moon is still there: It is morning.
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朝
月
艹
旦
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明
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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bright, lightful, clear
akarui, akeru, MEI, MYŌ
Sun 日 and moon 月: Both shine bright and clear.
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日
月
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期
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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period, term
KI, GO Left: 其 (The image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing), that is used for throwing up the grain rhythmically in certain periods to separate the grain from the husk.), right: moon 月
Grain scoops (at work) and the moon are only seen periodically.
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月
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湖
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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lake
mizuumi, KO From left: Water 氵, old 古 (=tomb-stone), moon 月
Water and the old moon can be seen in the lake.
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氵
古
月
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消
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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extinguish, erase
kesu, kieru, SHŌ Left: water 氵, right: alike/resemble sb.肖 (Small 小 bodies 月/肉 are alike.)
With water or sth. alike you can extinguish.
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氵
肖
月
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肉
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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meat, flesh
NIKU Top: inside 内, person 人 - Or: twice 人[=rips], around 冂 which the meat is. (As a radical simplfied to: 月, which looks equal as the radical for month/moon)
The inside of a person is flesh. (Or easier: Image of marbled meat.)
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肉
月
内
冂
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散
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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scatter, disperse, squander
chiru, SAN Left: together 共 and moon 月, right: strike 攵 (stick ノ in a hand  )
Together in the moonshine, we want to strike and then scatter.
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共
月
攵
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清
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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clean, pure, platonic
kiyoi, SEI, SHŌ Left: water 氵, right: blue, young 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.)
Water that is blue is also clean and pure.
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青
月
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静
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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silent, quiet, calm
shizuka, SEI, JŌ Left: blue/young 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.), right: dispute 争 (bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand ナ/ヨ looks for a dispute)
A "young" dispute is still silent and quiet.
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青
⺈
尹
月
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情
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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passion, sympathy, feeling, emotion, fact
nasake, JŌ, SEI Left: feeling 忄, right: young, blue 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.)
The feeling of the youth is passion.
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青
月
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精
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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spirit, refine, soul, energy
SEI, SHŌ Left: rice 米, right: blue 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.)
Rice that has been grown under the moon is full of spirit.
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米
青
月
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能
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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ability, capacity, competence
atau, NŌ Left: nose ム and body 月, right: claws 匕/匕
(i.e. at masks at Nō-theater or at dog breeding) Nose, body and claws prove ability.
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ム
月
匕
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潮
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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seawater, tide
shio, CHŌ Left: water 氵, right: morning 朝 - BETTER: lake 湖, having the part: "old 古" both normal and upside-down to show changing directions of the tides.
The lake with changing directions stands for: seawater & tides.
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古
月
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盟
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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alliance, vow, oath
MEI Top: bright/clear 明 (sun 日 and moon 月), bottom: plate 皿 (Alternatively: On a bright plate, the alliance is served)
When "sun" and "moon" eat from the same plate, they have formed an alliance.
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皿
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朗
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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cheerful, melodious, merry
hogaraka, RŌ Left: vari. of good 良, right: moon 月
The good old moon is cheerful.
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月
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肖
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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alike, resemblance, imitate, emulation
ayakaru, SHŌ Top: var. of small 小, bottom: body or body-part 月/肉
Small bodies are alike.
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月
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塑
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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model, make (of clay)
SO Top: new moon [さく] (= 1. day of lunar month) 朔 (disobedient or reverse 屰 [chinese only], var. of reverse/opposite 逆 [out 丷 to the 一 mountain 山 and downwards ノ movements are reversed] & moon 月, bottom: earth 土
For forming a counterpart of the moon you can use earth/clay and modelize it
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月
土
丷
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棚
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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shelf, rack
tana, Left: tree 木, right: friend, comrade 朋 (two moons/months) 月
The tree will be within two months: a shelf.
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月
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覇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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hegemony, domination, leadership, supremac, champion
HA Top: west 西 (Sunset under the horizon 一 of the sun 日 in the west), bottom: leather 革 (The horned 廿 animal has a skin 囗 of leather), month 月
In the west, they make (as much) leather within a month to get leadership as hegemon.
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革
月
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崩
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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collapse, crumble, demolish, destroy, break
kuzureru/su, HŌ Top: mountain 山, below: friend, comrade 朋 (twice month 月/肉)
Under the mountain-like weight, the two bodies will collapse.
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月
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臆
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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fear, timidity, cowardice, to be afraid
OKU Left: moon/ body 月, right: intention, thought 意 (= the sounds 音 of my heart 心)
In the moonlight, my thoughts are haunted by fear and timidity.
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月
意
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嘲
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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ridicule, scoff, sneer
azakeru, CHŪ Left: mouth 口, right: morning 朝 (= sunrise [= sun 日 rises between plants 艹] and the moon 月 is still there.)
This mouth early in the morning cannot but ridicule sneer.
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月
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