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海
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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sea, ocean
umi, KAI Left: water 氵, right: every 毎 (Persons 人 =  have mothers 母, namely: everybody!) [mother 母 = woman 女 with swollen breasts : of pregnancy]
Water is in every sea.
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毎
母
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汽
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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steam, vapor
KI Left: water 氵, right: steam 气
Water steam is just steam.
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氵
气
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池
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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lake, pond
ike, CHI Left: water 氵, right: a placeholder for change 也 (image of a snake that molts [=shedding the skin])
Water in a changed form is a lake or pond.
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也
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泳
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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swim
oyogu, EI Left: water 氵, right: long time/lasting 永 (The swimmer 丶 is in the water 水 for: a long time)
In the water, a person 丶 can be for a long time 永 (=above the water level 一,水) when swimming.
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氵
永
水
丶
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温
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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warm
atatakai, ON Left: water 氵, right: sun 日 and a bowl/dish 皿
The water on a sunny plate gets warm.
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氵
日
皿
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活
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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life, vigor, vitality, activty
KATSU Left: water 氵, right: a tongue 舌
Water on the tongue gives life and vigor.
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氵
舌
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決
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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decide, determine, set
kimaru, KETSU Left: water 氵, right: 夬 (a person 人 with a backpack コ)
(On a hike you should have enough water with you:) There is water in the person's backpack: that's what he has decided.
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央
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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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港
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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harbor, port
minato, KŌ Left: water 氵, right: 巷 (together 共 [=Put the plants 艹 on the table  ] and oneself 己(己 = Following the winding path I find myself.)
From the waters for reaching the "together" you yourself need to go to: the harbor.
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氵
共
己
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酒
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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alcohol, sake
sake, saka-, SHU Left: water 氵, right: wine jar 酉
The liquid in the wine jar is sake.
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氵
酉
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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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深
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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deep
fukai, SHIN Left: water 氵, right: variation of hole 穴, tree 木
The water hole at the tree is deep.
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氵
穴
木
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注
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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notes, pour
sosogu, CHŪ Left: water 氵, right: master 主 (I emphasize 丶, the king 王 is the master.)
Water for the master: note it and pour it in.
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氵
主
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湯
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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hot water, bath
yu, TŌ Left: water 氵, right: sunrise 旦 (= sun 日 above horizon 一) together with sunrays 勿) as: warming sun (cf. 易)
Water with warming sunrays changes into: hot water.
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氵
旦
勿
易
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波
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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wave
nami, HA Left: water 氵, right: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂)
The water (of the sea) has a skin and this are the waves.
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氵
皮
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油
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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oil
abura, YU Left: water 氵, right: reason 由 (field 田 with sprout 丨)
Water is with reason no oil.
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氵
由
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洋
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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ocean, western
YŌ Left: water 氵, right: sheep 羊 (here: white rippled wave with a white crest like wool of a sheep)
The water ripples like sheep's (wool) in the ocean. [over which the Western came]
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氵
羊
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落
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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fall, drop, fail, decline
ochiru, RAKU Top: plant 艹, bottom: water 氵, and each, all 各 (With crossed legs 夂 on a cushion 口 sits everybody.)
Plants (their leaves) and water(drops) all fall down.
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艹
氵
各
夂
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流
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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stream, flow, drift
nagareru, RYŪ, RU Left: water 氵, right: newborn baby  (child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first), water/amniotic fluid 川
Water as well as a newborn child's amniotic fluid are flowing.
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氵
充
川
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漢
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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Han-China
KAN Left: water 氵, right: plant 艹, mouth 口, husband/man 夫 (= big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一)
Water and plants in the mouth of the husband from China.
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氵
艹
夫
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漁
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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fishing
GYO, RYŌ Left: water 氵, right: fish 魚 (image with head ⺈, body 田 and frayed fin 灬)
Having water with fish, you (immediately) think of fishing.
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氵
魚
⺈
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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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氵
青
月
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浅
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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shallow, short, light
asai, SEN Left: water 氵, right: two 二, halberd 戈 (cf. decrease 減)
Water covering only two halberds is too shallow.
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氵
戈
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治
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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govern, rule, manage, cure, heal
osameru, naosu, CHI, JI Left: Water 氵, right: platform 台 (= nose ム over the mouth 口)
The water on the platform (i.e. high plateau) is managed by the government and can heal.
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氵
台
ム
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法
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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law, rule, regulation
HŌ, HATSU Left: water 氵, right: go away/leave 去 (Below the earth 土 is the nose ム, that has left.)
The water shall be left! That's the law!
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氵
去
ム
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満
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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fill, full
michiru, mitasu, MAN Left: water 氵, top: plant 艹, below: both 両 (image of a balance)
Water and plants: both make you (feel) filled.
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氵
艹
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浴
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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bathe
abiru, YOKU Left: water 氵, right: valley 谷 (Image of a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
The water flows into the valley, where you can have your bath.
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氵
谷
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液
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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liquid, fluid, juice
EKI Left: water 氵, right: night 夜 (With a cover/beret 亠 is a person 人 observing the moon 月 in the night.)
Water is also at night a liquid.
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氵
亠
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演
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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performance, act, play, stage
EN Left: water 氵, right: roof/house 宀, one 一, field 田, eight 八
The water in the house at the one/single field is part of the eight perfomances.
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氵
宀
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河
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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river
kawa, KA Left: water 氵, right: possible 可 (The nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible)
The water that gives possibilities (i.e. for transports) is the river.
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氵
可
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潔
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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clean, clear, pure
isagiyoi, KETSU Left: water 氵, right: tally stick  , (pairwise marked sticks were distributed at the conclusion and joined again after implementation of an agreement), sword 刀, thread 糸 (here: a cloth)
With water, a tally stick, a sword and cloth it can be cleaned.
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氵
糸
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減
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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decrease, decline, reduce, shrink, dwindle
heru, GEN Left: water 氵, right: (Chinese only:) salty 咸 [gǎn] (The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such: salty.)
(Salt is dissolved in water over time and then no longer visible:) In water, the salt will decrease and decline.
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氵
咸
戈
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混
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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mix, stir, confusion, include
majiru, KON Left: water 氵, right: insect 昆 (image originally carapace 日 and legs 比; from this by misreading: sun 日, compare 比)
(In the past there was no clean water?) Water and insects are mixed.
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氵
比
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準
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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Level, conform, semi-, quasi-
JUN Top: water 氵 and bird 隹, bottom: twig 十 (cf. 支)
(to be closer to the water:) The waterbirds are sitting on a twig/branch on a semi-level.
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氵
隹
十
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測
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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measure, fathom
hakaru, SOKU Left: water 氵, right: rule 則 (Money 貝 [= the capital] and knifes刂 [= violence] determine the rules.)
(fair share for irrigation) Water needs rules for measuring.
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氵
則
貝
刂
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沿
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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run alongside, run beside
sou, EN Left: water 氵, right: var. of valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
The water in the valley runs alongside.
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氵
谷
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泣
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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cry, weep, moan
naku, KYŪ Left: water 氵, right: to stand 立
Standing in the water and crying.
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氵
立
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源
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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source, origin, beginning
minamoto, GEN Left: water 氵, right: origin/plain 原 (Under the cliff 厂 the white 白 small 小 spring 泉 has its origin in the plain)
The water in the plain comes from a source.
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氵
厂
泉
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済
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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finish, end, settle (i.e. a dispute)
sumu/masu, SAI, SEI Left: water 氵, right: equal 斉 (For writing a text you need a sheet 亅丨 with lines 二 to make it equal/uniform.)
With water or the like you can bring things to an end. (just rinse it away)
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氵
斉
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洗
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JLPT 4Joyo 6 |
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to wash, laundry
arau, SEN Left: water 氵, right: precede, previous 先 (The cow 牛 uses the front legs 儿 to preceed.)
(In Japan you have to shower BEFORE you go into the ofuro [= hot bath], thus:) The water should be used 'before' for: washing.
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氵
先
牛
儿
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染
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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dye, color, stain, paint, soak
somaru/meru, shimiru, SEN Top: water 氵, nine 九, bottom: tree 木
You need water (= liquid) in 9 (colors, namely the 7 colors of the rainbow + black/white), obtained from trees, to dye with it.
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九
木
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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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氵
朝
古
月
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派
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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faction, group, sect, party
HA Left: water 氵, right: affluents (branches of water 水)
Branched like the water of affluents are the factions and sects.
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川
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汚
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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dirty, polluted, foul, dishonor
kegareru, yogoreru, kitanai, O Left: water 氵, right: var. of seaweed 丂
Water with double seaweed is dirty.
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丂
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渦
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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eddy, whirlpool
uzu, KA Left: water 氵, right: vertebrae (image of bones 骨 = skeleton), Here: visible swirls of water
The water has swirls and eddies: The eddy!
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氵
骨
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涯
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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limits, boundary, shore, horizon
hate, GAI From left: water 氵, right: precipice 厓 (cliff 厂 of piled/cumulated earth 圭 [= 2x earth 土])
Water, a cliff, or piles of earth can (each) be a limit.
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氵
厂
圭
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潟
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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lagoon, beach, inlet
kata, SEKI Left: water 氵, right: mortar 臼, which looks like the inlet to a bay, wrap 勹 and four legs 灬 (cf. bird 鳥, horse 馬
Behind the water is the bay, wherein protected (= wrapped) four legs 灬 (= animals) are: in the lagoon.
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氵
臼
勹
灬
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渇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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thirst
kawaku, KATSU Left: water 氵, right: 曷 var. of easy 易 (sun 日, rays勿, where the inner rays are subsituted by a sitting person 匕)
Water is needed by the person sitting in the sunshine, because he is thirsty.
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氵
曷
易
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滑
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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slip, slide, glide, soft, smooth
suberu, nameraka, KATSU Left: water 氵, right: bone 骨 (bone [pictograph of a vertebra], cover 冖 and body/flesh 月)
(bursa in the joints) Water on the bones makes them smooth and slippery.
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氵
骨
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汗
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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sweat
ase, asebamu, KAN Left: water 氵, right: dry 干
Water dries like sweat.
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氵
干
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況
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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situation, condition, context
mashite, KYŌ Left: water 氵, right: elder brother 兄 [A big mouth 口 on legs 儿]
In the water is my elder brother, that's the situation.
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氵
兄
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渓
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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mountain stream, gorge, ravine
KEI Left: water 氵, right top: hand reaching down 爫, below: husband 夫 (= big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一)
Into the raging water, a hand grabs the husband and saves him out of the mountain stream at the gorge.
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爫
夫
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激
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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violent, intense, vehement, ardent
hageshii, GEKI Left: water 氵, middle top: white 白, below + right: let go/release 放 (In his side 方 he was striked 攵 to release.)
(During a storm at sea:) When the water is white (= has white foam crests) at all sides/directions 方 and is striking 攵, it becomes violent.
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白
放
方
攵
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江
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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river mouth, inlet, bay, Yangtse
e, KŌ Left: water 氵, right: craftsman 工
At the waters you can build best: at the river's mouth, as during Edo ( 江戸).
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工
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洪
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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flood, vast, deluge
KŌ Left: water 氵, right: together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together.)
All waters together make a flood.
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共
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溝
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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ditch, drain, gutter, channel
mizo, dobu, KŌ Left: water 氵, right: pile up/accumulate  (two baskets 再 on top of each other, the lower one upside down)
If you want to pile up (= collect) water, you need a ditch.
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氵
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漸
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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gradually, little by little
yōyaku, ZEN Left: water 氵, right kill by slicing 斬 ([An accident] with a car 車 or an axe 斤can kill by slicing.)
(due to rust:) Water (damages) vehicles and axes: Gradually and little by little.
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氵
斬
車
斤
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滋
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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nourishing, nutritious, strengthen, nutrient-rich
JI Left: water 氵, right: 兹 2x mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds 玄 hanging stones 石 that behave mysteriously.)
Water is doubly mysterious, if it is nourishing and nutritious.
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氵
兹
玄
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湿
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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damp, moist, humid, wet
shimeru/su, SHITSU Left: water 氵, right: sun 日, hollow 业 (= extinct volcanic vent)
The water makes the sunny hole damp and humid.
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氵
日
业
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漆
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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(Japan-)lacquer, varnish
urushi, SHITSU Left: water 氵, right: tree 木, person 人, drip (variation of water 水 with 5 strokes)
From the water/sap of this tree the person makes five drops of: lacquer.
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氵
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汁
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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juice, soup
shiru, JŪ Left: water 氵 right: ten 十 (Here 十 as simplification of 录, which is the right portion of green: 緑 = squeezing hand ヨ makes liquid 水 to drop.)
The 'water' dropping down, when squeezing by hand is a juice (or soup).
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氵
录
十
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渋
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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bitter, astringent (=bitter taste), hesitate
shibui/ru, JŪ Left: water 氵, right: stop 止 and ripple, drops of water
Even the water stops and ripples as it is too bitter.
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氵
止
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淑
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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graceful, pure, modest
SHUKU Left: water 氵, right: uncle 叔 (He harvests pepper plants 尗 by hand 又.)
The water and the younger uncle are pure and graceful.
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氵
叔
尗
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潤
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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wet, profit, enrich, moisten
uruou/su, JUN Left: water 氵, right: gate 門 & king 王
(A drinking water pipe to his palace?) If the water is at the gate, the king can get wet, and thereby: profit.
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氵
門
王
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沼
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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swamp, marsh, pond, bog
numa, SHŌ Left: water 氵, right: call s.o./summon 召 (.. with sword 刀 and mouth 口)
The water (for cleaning) the sword and mouth comes from the swamp.
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氵
召
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渉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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ford (=shallow part of a river), transit
SHŌ Left: water 氵, right: walk 歩 (You should stop 止 a little 少 when: walking.)
You walk through the water: at the ford.
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氵
歩
止
少
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浄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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pure, clean
JŌ Left: water 氵, right: conflict/fight 争 (bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand ナ/ヨ looks for a dispute.)
If 'water' is what you are fighting for, then only for the clean and pure.
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⺈
尹
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津
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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harbor, port
tsu, SHIN Left: water 氵, right: var. of write 書 (A hand ナ/ヨ with a pen 丨 writes two lines 二)
(Because of documentation of ship traffic by the harbor master:) It is at the water and there is written: the harbor.
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氵
聿
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浸
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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soak, immerse, dip, dunk
hitasu/ru, SHIN Left: water 氵, right: "only one glove"  (hand ヨ, only one cover 冖, further hand 又)
In the water with only one glove, you get wet.
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氵
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瀬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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rapids, current, torrent, shallows
se, Left: water 氵, right: rely, request 頼 (bundle 束 [= things 木,禾 are strapped with a ribbon 口 to a bundle 束], head/forehead 頁)
The water, in which bundles float like heads, are the rapids!
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氵
束
頁
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潜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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submerge, dive, hide, lurk, conceal, lower(voice)
hisomu, moguru, SEN Left: water 氵, right: exchange, substitute 替 (The two husbands 夫 are during sunshine 日 [=good times] exchangeable.)
[If you can't see] in the water the two husbands despite the sun, they are submerged or hiding.
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氵
夫
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濁
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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impure, muddy/cloudy liquid, uncleanness
nigoru/su, DAKU Left: water 氵, right: eye 罒, wrap 勹, insect 虫
If in the water the visibility is poor, such that insects appear as wrapped up it is impure/muddy. (But it clears 澄 up, because the (clean) water 氵rises 登)
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氵
罒
勹
虫
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濫
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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flood, overflow, inundate
RAN Left: water 氵, right: supervise, observe 監 (The retainer 臣 and a lying person are mirrored 一 in a plate 皿 they supervise / observe.)
The water has to be supervised to avoid floodings.
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氵
監
臣
皿
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藻
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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waterweed, seaweed
mo, SŌ Top: plant 艹, below: to wash 澡 (water 氵 and bird's chirping 喿 [also: to gather] assemble (3 beaks 口 of birds in a tree 木)
A plant in the water that is accumulating is: the seaweed.
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艹
氵
喿
品
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滞
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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stay, sojourn, stagnate, stop, be delayed, slack
todokōru, TAI Left: water 氵, right: belt 帯 (A belt 一 with mountain-like applications 山 covering 冖 the cloth 巾 is a belt.)
(Build a dike at the river banks:) The water within the 'belt' is staying / sojourning.
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氵
冖
巾
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滝
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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waterfall, cascade, rapids
taki, Left: water 氵, right: dragon 竜 (It stands 立 in the field 田 with a huge tail 乚: a dragon.)
The "waterdragon" is the waterfall.
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氵
竜
立
乚
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沢
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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marsh, swamp, brilliance, grace
sawa, TAKU Left: water 氵, right: measure of length 尺 (from the body 口 one foot 八 forward = 1 Shaku = 30.3 cm)
(Because you would sink in too easily if you took long steps:) In this "water", you 口 carefully place step by step: in the marsh or swampy terrain.
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氵
尺
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濯
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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wash, rinse
TAKU Left: water 氵, right: (Chinese only: to wash) 翟 (wings 羽, bird 隹)
With water it (becomes as clean) as the wings of a bird, when we are: washing.
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氵
翟
羽
隹
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淡
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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pale, faint, light colors
awai, TAN Left: water 氵, right: flames 炎 (2x fire 火)
Water makes flames: pale & faint.
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氵
炎
火
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沖
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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open sea, offshore
oki, CHŪ Left: water 氵, right: middle 中
Where the water has its middle, is the open sea.
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氵
中
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澄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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clear, ludicity, settle, clarify
sumu/masu, CHŌ Left: water 氵, right: to climb 登 (The volcano 癶 spits bean 豆, let's climb up)
(In dirty water, the dirt settles down & a clean fraction rises up:) When water is climbing, it becomes clear. (Beforehand, in the water 氵 the view 罒 of insects 虫 was only indistinct, as if wrapped up 勹, due to the impurity 濁)
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氵
癶
豆
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沈
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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sink, go down, fall
shizumu/meru, CHIN Left: water 氵, right: 冘 (big 大 person with broken arms 冖 and a broken leg 儿)
In the water is sb. with broken arms and leg: Now he is sinking.
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氵
儿
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漬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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to pickle (food), soak
tsukaru/keru, SHI Left: water 氵, right: liability/blame 責 (for growing plants and money 貝)
Water is necessary (= has a liability), when the pickles get soaked.
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氵
責
貝
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泥
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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mud, dirt, mire, adhere to
doro, nazumu, DEI Left: water 氵, right: nun 尼 (On her buttocks 尸 is sitting 匕 the nun.)
The water, in which the nun is sitting, is muddy.
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氵
尸
匕
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滴
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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drop, drip
shizuku, shitataru, TEKI Left: water 氵, right: old emperor (mix of emperor 帝 and old 古)
(Due to problems with the prostate gland?) Passing 'water', can be done by old emperor only drop by drop.
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氵
帝
古
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添
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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add, append, attach, annexed, accompany, garnish
sou/eru, TEN Top: fertility 沃 (.. by the water 氵from the sky 天), bottom right: heart 心
(New babies are born?) With fertility in the heart we will add some.
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氵
天
心
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渡
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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cross, hand over, go across
wataru/su, TO Left: water 氵, right: degree/extent 度 (In this building 广 is an object 廿, I take in my hand 又 to measure the degrees various times.)
Water of this degree (temperature or depth) can be crossed.
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氵
广
廿
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塗
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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painting, plaster, coat
nuru, TO Top: 涂 (water 氵, in excess, remain 余 (A heap  is still on an altar 示 [= to show], thus in excess.), bottom: earth/ground 土
The water remains on the ground look like a painting.
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氵
余
土
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洞
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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cave, penetrate
hora, DŌ Left: water 氵, right: same 同.(Here: see 同 as view into a mining tunnel ロ with beams 一 supporting its walls 冂 and ceiling.)
A wet mining tunnel is a cave.
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氵
同
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濃
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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concentrated, rich (flavor, color, smell,), thick, dense
koi, NŌ Left: water 水, right: agriculture 農 (fructuous fields 曲 [=field 田 with sprouts ||] and: to plow 辰 (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农 [农=Chinese for farmer])
Water in agriculture makes everything grow more concentrated and thicker.
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氵
曲
辰
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婆
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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old woman
baba, BA Top: wave 波 (= the water's 氵skin 皮) [skin 皮 = A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂], bottom: woman 女
With waves (= with wrinkled skin) is this woman: an old woman.
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氵
皮
女
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泊
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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overnight stay, lodge
tomaru/meru, HAKU Left: water 氵, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white)
Where they have water and white (bed sheets), we are going to stay.
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氵
白
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漠
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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desert, vague, vast, wide
BAKU Left: water 氵, right: sink, go down 莫 (The sun 日 is sinking among plants 艹,艹) [Watch-out: sunrise is: 旦 or  ]
Where the water has 'sunk', it is now a desert.
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氵
莫
艹
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泌
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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secrete, lactation =milk-production, urin, seep out
HITSU, HI Left: water 氵(here: liquid), right: certainly 必 (... is the heart 心 pierced by a lance ノ)
Liquid will certainly from the pierced heart: secrete out.
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氵
必
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漂
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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float (on the water), drift, waft
tadayou, HYŌ Left: water 氵, right: vote 票 (In the west 西 you show 示 at a vote.)
Water 'voted' to let things float.
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氵
票
西
礻
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浜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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beach, seacoast, sands
hama, HIN Left: water 氵, right: soldier 兵 (... on the hill 丘 are eight 八)
Over the water, soldiers came to the beach.
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氵
丘
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浮
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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float, fleet, surface
uku/kabu/kaberu/kareru, FU Left: water 氵, right: nourish 孚 (hand reaching down 爫 to a child 子)
Into the water a hand is reaching down for a child that is floating.
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氵
爫
子
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沸
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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boil, grow hot, gush
waku/kasu, FUTSU Left: water 氵, right: dollar 弗 (but here: flow heater with boiler coil 弓 and pipes || streamed through)
The water in the flow heater is boiling.
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氵
弓
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浦
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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coast, inlet, bay, seashore
ura, HO Left: water 氵, right: to begin 甫 (The hand  takes the tool 丶 to use 用, when beginning sth.)
Water begins at the coast.
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氵
甫
用
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泡
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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foam, bubble, froth
awa, HŌ Left: water 氵, right: to wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
When water is wrapping: it is foam.
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氵
包
勹
己
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没
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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sink, collapse, fall, drown, vanish, ruin
BOTSU Left: water 氵, right: weapon 几 (battle axe) in a hand 又
In the water, sb. with a weapon in the hand is sinking.
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氵
殳
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漫
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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cartoon (Manga), random, diffuse, boundless
sozoro, MAN Left: water 氵, right: beautiful 曼 (.. when the sun 日 shines on the eyes 罒 with long eyelashes 又)
With water-(colors it shows: ) the sun and (big) eyes (with eyelashes): The Manga.
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氵
冒
罒
又
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滅
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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destroy, ruin, crumble
horobiru/bosu, METSU From left: water 氵, variation of person 人 (= ノ+一), halberd 戈, fire 火
Water, persons, fire and halberds can be: destructive.
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氵
火
戈
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溶
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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melt, dissolve
tokeru/kasu, YŌ Left: water 氵, right: outer apperance 容 (The roofs 宀 in the valley 谷 define its appearance.)
Water comes from the roofes into the valley, because it is melting.
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氵
宀
谷
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涼
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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cool, refreshing
suzumu/shii, RYŌ Left: water 氵, right: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern)
The water in the capital is cool and refreshing.
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氵
京
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涙
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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tear, teardrop, sympathy
namida, RUI Left: water 氵, right: to return 戻 (From a distance the door still appears small, but: The door 戸 gets bigger 大 and bigger [the closer you get] when you return.)
(Risk of flooding) If the water returns to your door, you will get (big) tears.
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氵
戸
大
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浪
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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wave, drift, billows, unrestrained, reckless
nami, RŌ Left: water 氵, right: good 良
(When surfing) Water is good, if it is a wave.
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氵
良
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漏
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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leak, escape
moru/reru/rasu, RŌ Left: water 氵, right: buttock from the side 尸, rain 雨
The water on the buttock is rain, but is leaking down.
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氵
尸
雨
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湾
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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bay, gulf
WAN Left: water 氵, right: var. of red 赤 (When earth/clay 土 is burned in fire 灬, the pottery gets: red.), and bow 弓
The water is reddish in the bow-shaped bay.
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氵
赤
弓
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淫
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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licentiousness, lewdness, dirty
midara, IN Left: water 氵, right: hand reaching down 爫; 壬 (Samurai 士 with hat)
To (splash) water and grab the samurai's hat from above is licentiousness.
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氵
爫
壬
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潰
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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devastation, break, crush, smash
tsubu-su, tsubu-reru, KAI Left: water 氵, right: precious, valuable 貴 (In the middle 中 is one 一 with money 貝: He is valuable!)
By water, even precious things can be devasted.
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氵
貴
中
貝
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沙
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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sand
suna, SA Left: water 氵, right: few, little 少
(In the past, water was never pure) In water was always a little sand.
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氵
少
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汰
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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separate, segregate, lunacy, extreme
TA Left: water 氵, right: fat 太 (When you are big 大, a little 丶 more makes you thick and fat)
(Lack of dissolubility) Water and fat are separating.
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氵
太
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溺
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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drown, indulge
oboreru, DEKI Left: water 氵, right: weak 弱 (= Iced 冫bows 弓 are weak.)
If you are in the water and feel weak, you will: drown.
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氵
弓
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氾
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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spread out, wide, flood, inundation
HAN Left: water 氵, right: slumped person 㔾
In the water sits a slumped person, because it [=the water] spreat out to a flood.
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氵
㔾
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汎
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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universal, pan-, general purpose
HAN Left: water 氵, right: common 凡 (tables 机/几 with scratches 丶 are common.)
Water is commonly for universal (use).
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氵
凡
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湧
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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uproar, gushing out, bubble up, emergence
waku, YŪ Left: water 氵, right: brave/valiant 勇 (a bent マ man 男, but brave)
The water develops its 'braveness' when it uproars.
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氵
マ
男
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沃
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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fertility
YOKU Left: water 氵, right: early-death 夭 (here understood as: heaven 天)
The water from heaven (= the rain) brings fertility.
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氵
天
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