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cow 牛
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Shows the head キ of a cow with only one horn ノ.
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先
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| precede, previous
saki, SEN
先
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儿
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Top: variant of cow 牛, bottom: legs 儿
A cow with only two legs walks preceding.
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牛
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| cow, bull
ushi, GYŪ
牛
ノ
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It shows the head of a cow with only one horn ノ.
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物
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| thing, matter
mono, BUTSU, MOTSU
牛
勿
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Left: cow 牛, right: rays 勿
A cow sending out rays is a particular thing. (Thus, it is as sacrificial animal 牛 at the temple 寺 special 特.)
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告
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| announce, proclaim, tell, inform, confess
tsugeru, KOKU
告
牛
口
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Top: cow 牛 bottom: mouth 口
The cow opens the mouth to announce sth.
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牧
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| pasture, meadow, breed
maki, BOKU
牛
攵
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Left: cow 牛, right: to beat/strike 攵 (hand 又 with a stick ノ)
The cow is driven with strikes to the pasture.
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解
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| explanation, untie, unravel, solution
toku, KAI, GE
角
刀
牛
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Left: corner, horn 角, right: sword 刀 and cow 牛
A horn was cut by a sword from the cow: Do you have an explanation?
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件
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| affair, matter, item, subject
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Left: person 亻/人, right: cow 牛
A person came with a cow: What an affair!
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制
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| organization, system, control, structure
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Left top: cow 牛, below: cloth 巾, right: knife 刂
A cow wrapped in cloth with a knife: what an organization!
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製
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| manufacture
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Top: system 制 (A cow 牛 wrapped in cloth 巾 with a knife刂: what an organization!), below: clothes 衣
A system for clothes' manufacturing.
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造
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| manufacture, make, build, create
tsukuru, ZŌ
辶
告
牛
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Left: movement 辶, right: proclaim, tell, announce 告 (The cow 牛 opens the mouth 口 to announce sth.)
Announcing with a movement that something shall be manufactured.
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特
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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| special
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Left: cow 牛, right: temple 寺 (.. from earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
(Typically smaller animals like sheep or chicken were sacrificed 犠. Thus:) A cow at the temple is special.
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洗
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JLPT 4Joyo 6 |
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| to wash, laundry
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Left: water 氵, right: precede, previous 先 (The cow 牛 uses the front legs 儿 to precede.)
(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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犠
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| sacrifice, scapegoat
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Left: cow 牛, right: morality, justice 義 (The sacrifice of a sheep 羊 by me (I,me = 我) with the hand 扌 at the halberd 戈, is justice.)
Cows 牛 and sheep 羊 turn by me 我 (= the hand 手 at a halberd 戈) into: sacrifices.
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酷
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| cruel, severe, dreadful
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Left: wine mug 酉, right: proclaim, announce 告 (The cow 牛 opens the mouth 口 to announce sth.)
After a mug of wine, he proclaimed about the cruelties. (Or: Another mug of wine is announced: How dreadful!)
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牲
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| animal sacrifice, offering
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Left: cow 牛, right: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  /丰 stands for life.)
A cow as a living animal sacrifice.
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