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rice field 田
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男
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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man, male
otoko, DAN, NAN Top: rice paddy 田, bottom: power 力 (hand or arm  with biceps ノ)
In the rice paddy you need the power of a man.
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田
男
力
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町
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JLPT 4Joyo 1 |
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town, block
machi, CHŌ Left: rice paddy 田, right: block of houses 丁
At the rice paddy is a block of houses: This is the beginning of the: town.
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田
丁
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田
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JLPT 4Joyo 1 |
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rice field
ta, DEN A field 囗 with four fragments 十
A big field divided into four paddies.
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田
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画
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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picture, painting
KAKU, GA Rice paddy 田 and a frame 凵/一
With a frame around the rice field it becomes: a picture or painting.
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田
凵
一
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魚
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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fish
sakana, uo, GYO
Image of a fish with a head ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬 that is swimming upwards.
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魚
⺈
田
灬
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思
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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to think
omou, SHI Top: rice field 田 (here: image of the brain), bottom: heart 心
Use your brain and your heart: for thinking.
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田
心
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番
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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number, guard, order, watch
BAN Top: ripe rice-plant 釆 (combination of rice plant 禾 and rice 米), bottom: rice field 田
The ripe rice plants on the field are numbered and need to be guarded.
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番
田
釆
米
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界
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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world, border, limitation, area
KAI Top: field 田, bottom: intermediate, shell 介 (A person in an armament)
Around the field are shells from all of the world as a limitation.
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田
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細
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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narrow, thin, fine
hosoi, komakai, SAI Left: thread 糸, right: rice field 田
Like a thread is this field: such narrow.
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糸
田
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申
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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to say (humble vs. superior), report
mōsu, SHIN Variant of: to speak 曰 [いわ-く], which shows a mouth 口 with a tongue 一. But better a mouth 口 with a big "plus" + indicating a surplus out of that mouth.
A mouth with an outgoing surplus when: speaking.
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申
田
丨
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畑
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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dry field
hata, hatake, Left: fire 火, right: rice field 田
With fire the rice field turns into: a dry field.
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火
田
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鼻
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JLPT 2Joyo 3 |
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nose, snout
hana, BI From top: self 自 (The emphasized ノ eye 目 as the "self"), rice field 田, plant 艹
(Because of hay fever:) I myself in a field with plants and it itches at my nose.
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自
艹
田
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由
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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reason, cause, effect, way
yoshi, YU, YŌ A rice field 田 with a sprouting plant 丨
A field with a sprouting plant: there must be a reason.
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由
田
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胃
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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stomach
I Top: Rice field 田, below: part of body 月/肉
It comes from the field and ends up in this part of the body: The stomach.
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田
肉
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果
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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fruit, result, carry out, accomplish
hate, hatasu, KA Top: field 田, below: tree 木
The 'fields' of the trees are their fruits.
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果
木
田
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略
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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abbreviation, omission, almost
hobo, RYAKU Left: field 田, right: each/every 各 (With crossed legs 夂 on a cushion 口 sits everybody.)
For fields, namely for every, there is an abbrevation. (Simply traverse it.) |
田
各
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留
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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detain, stop, remain, fasten
tomaru/meru, RYŪ, RU Top: bend  and sword 刀, field 田
The bent person with the sword, wants you from the field to be detained.
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田
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異
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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differ, dissimilar, strange, uncommon
kotonaru, I Top: rice field 田, bottom: together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together)
Put a rice paddy together (with other paddies) and you will see that they are different.
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異
田
共
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奮
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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be excited, stirred up, rouse
furuu, FUN From top: big 大, bird 隹, field 田
If something big (i.e. an eagle) is over the birds in the field, they get excited.
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大
隹
田
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甲
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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shell, armor, grade A
kōra, KŌ, KAN Seed 丨, shell/husk 田
The seedling (root shoot) cracks its shell.
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甲
田
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畳
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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tatami, mat, fold
tatami, tatamu, JŌ From top: field 田 (here: area), cover 冖, besides/moreover 且 ((A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
An 'area' can be covered and they can be piled: folded tatami mats.
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田
冖
且
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畝
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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measure of surface, 99.3sqm, furrow
une, se, Left: lid 亠, field 田, right: long lasting 久 (This bent ⺈ person 人 has been here already for a long time)
This 'lid' served in the field for a long time as a: surface measure.
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亠
田
⺈
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竜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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dragon
tatsu, RYŪ, RYŌ Top: stand 立, below: 电 (field 田 with a tail 乚)
It is standing in the field with a huge tail: A dragon.
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竜
田
乚
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畜
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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livestock, domestic fowl and animals
CHIKU Top: mysterious, occult 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds 玄/糸 hanging stones 石 that behave mysteriously), below: field 田
(The fertile fields are used to grow grain. But:) Mysterious (= barren) field can at least be used for breeding livestock.
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玄
田
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蓄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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accumulate, store, save, keep
takuwaeru, CHIKU Top: plant 艹, below: livestock 畜 (Use a mysterious 玄 [= barren] field 田 for beeding livestock) [cf. magnet 磁]
Plants for raising livestock should be accumulated as a store.
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玄
田
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畔
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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paddy-ridge (pathway between two fields), edge
aze, HAN Left: field 田, right: half 半 (A cake 二 with candles 丷 is cut by knife丨into half.)
The field is halved by the ridge.
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田
半
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翼
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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wing
tsubasa, YOKU Top: wings 羽, bottom: strange, dissimilar 異 (Put a rice paddy 田 together 共 (with other paddies) and you will see how strange they are.)
The two wings are strange but they are wings.
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羽
異
田
共
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雷
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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thunder, thunderbolt
kaminari, RAI Top: rain 雨 (view out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一, that is raining =,=), below: field 田
When it rains in the fields there is also: thunder.
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雨
田
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累
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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implication, accumulate, trouble
RUI Top: field 田, below: thread 糸
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田
糸
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塁
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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fort, baseball, base
RUI From top: field 田; four-fold; earth 土
The field is four-fold [= to all sides] piled up with earth and becomes: a fortification.
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田
土
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畏
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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fear, anxiety, horror, uneasiness, graciously
osoreru, I Top: field 田, below: variation of clothes 衣
On the fields they wear (damaged) clothes that are fearful.
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田
衣
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畿
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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area, district, capital
KI Top: variation of "several" 幾 (Two threads 幺/糸 were cut by a person 人 with a halberd 戈 into several.), below: field 田
Several fields are needed for the capital district.
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幾
田
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瑠
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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lapis lazuli, blue sky
RU Left: king 王, right: detain, keep off 留 (The bent person with the sword 刀 wants you from the field 田 to be detained.)
The king detains you from the blue sky.
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王
田
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