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plant, grass 艹
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Shows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸. |
Used in these Kanji:
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花
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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flower
hana, KA Top: plant, grass 艹, bottom: to change 化 (When a standing person 亻is sitting 匕 down, this is a change.)
A plant that changes (when blooming) is: a flower.
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艹
化
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草
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JLPT 3Joyo 1 |
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grass
kusa, SŌ Top: a plant 艹, bottom: early/fast 早 (When the [rising 旦] sun 日 is at the marked spot 丶 at the horizon 一, it is still early.)
The plant, that grows fast, is grass.
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艹
早
旦
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茶
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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tea
CHA, SA From top: plant 艹, person 人 and tree 木
The plant where a person picks sth. from a 'tree', is the: tea.
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艹
人
木
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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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荷
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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load, package, baggage, freight
ni, KA Top: plant 艹, bottom: "what?" 何 (Two persons 亻, 丁 carrying a load 口 with that bar 一, but "What?")
The plants are carried by the two persons with a bar on the shoulders as a load 口.
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艹
可
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苦
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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bitter, pain, worries
nigai, kurushii, KU Top: plant 艹, bottom: old 古 (image of a tomb stone)
Plants (or herbs) that are old, taste bitter.
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艹
古
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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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薬
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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medicine, drug
kusuri, YAKU Top: plant 艹, below: pleasure, joyful 楽 (white 白 splashes in a tree 木)
A plant we can enjoy is medicine.
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艹
白
木
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葉
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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leaf
ha, YŌ From top: plant 艹, world 世 and tree 木
The plant's world at a tree are: The leaves.
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艹
木
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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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英
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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excellent, England, excel
EI Top: plant 艹, below: center 央 (The yoke 冂 on the shoulders of the big 大 man is centered.)
The plant in the center is excellent, as England.
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艹
央
大
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芽
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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bud, seedling, sprout
me, GA Top: plant 艹, bottom: tusk 牙 (pictograph)
Plants and also tusks grow from a sprout.
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艹
牙
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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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共
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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together, with
tomo, KYŌ Top: plant 艹, below: table 
Put the plants on the table together.
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八
共
艹
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芸
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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art, performance, skill
GEI Top: plant 艹, bottom: fog 云 (cf. cloud 雲)
A plant in the fog? That is art!
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艹
云
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菜
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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vegetable, greens
na, SAI Top: plant 艹, below: to pluck/harvest 采 (A hand 爫 reaches down into a tree 木)
Plants that are plucked are vegetables.
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艹
采
爫
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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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護
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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saveguard, defence, protect, defend, guard
GO Left: word 言, right: (only as a radical) seize, snare  (a plant weave 艹 to lure a bird 隹 underneath and grab it by hand 又)
(A convincing argument:) Words that seize/capture can protect you.
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言
隹
艹
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備
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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equipment, prepare, possess
sonaeru/waru, BI Left: person 亻/人, right: plant 艹, cliff 广, use 用
The person picks up plants from the cliff for use as equipment.
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亻
艹
厂
用
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勤
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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work, duty, serve
tsutomeru, KIN Left: blooming plant 堇 (plant 艹 with 2 blossoms ロロ at growing plant  ), right: strength/force 力
Blooming plants give me strength for my work.
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堇
力
艹
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敬
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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respect, honor, esteem
uyamau, KEI Left: any, at all 苟 (plant 艹, sentence, phrase 句 [= sth. wrapped 勹 out the mouth 口]), right: strike/hit 攵(hand 又 with stick ノ)
A plant speaking a sentence can strike with respect.
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敬
艹
句
勹
攵
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若
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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young, inexperienced, if
wakai, moshi, JAKU Top: plant 艹, bottom: right 右 (This hand ナ/ feeds the mouth 口.) For the mnemnic think to the character "hard 固": Things 囗 (like: herbs, vegetables, meat) with age 古 get hard 固 - Here however we have the opposite:
The plant 艹 that is put by hand ナ into the mouth 口 is: young.
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若
艹
右
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蒸
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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steam, vapour, sultry
musu/reru, JŌ From top: plant 艹, child 子 and water 水, fire 灬
Like winding plants or splashing children, the water bubbles on the fire and it gets sultry from the steam.
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艹
灬
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蔵
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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warehouse, storehouse
kura, ZŌ From top: plant 艹, var. of halberd 戈, retainer 臣
At the plants a retainer with a halberd is at the warehouse.
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艹
臣
戈
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臓
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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inner organs, entrails, viscera
harawata, ZŌ Left: body part 月/肉, right: warehouse 蔵 (At the plants 艹 a retainer 臣 with a halberd 戈 guards the warehouse)
The body is the "warehouse" for the inner organs.
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肉
艹
臣
戈
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著
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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remarkable, author, renowned
ichijirushii, arawasu, CHO Top: plant 艹, below: person 者 (The old man 耂 shows in the sun 日 his whole person)
Under the plant, is a person who is a remarkable author.
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艹
者
耂
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難
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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difficult, troublesome
muzukashii, katai, NAN Left: var. of Han China 漢 (Water 氵and plants 艹 in the mouth 口 of the husband 夫 from China) [But here missing: water 氵], right: bird 隹
Han-China 漢 without water is for birds really: difficult!
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艹
夫
隹
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幕
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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curtain, act
MAKU, BAKU Top: sinking/going down 莫 (The sun 日 is sinking among plants 艹,艹=大), below: cloth 巾 [Watch out: Sunrise is: 旦 or ]
It is "sinking" (= hanging down): This cloth is a curtain.
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艹
莫
巾
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芋
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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potato
imo, Top: plant 艹, bottom: dry 干 (image of a drying rack)
A plant that grows (in contrast to rice) on the dry is the potato.
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艹
干
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華
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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splendor, flower, showy, China
hana, KA, GE Top: growing plant, grass 艹, below: plant 艹 with buds 三 at the stem 丨
The plant with many buds is a splendid flower from China.
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艹
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菓
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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sweets, confectionary, fruit
KA Top: plant 艹, below: fruit/result 果 (The 'fields' 田 of the trees 木 are their fruits.)
Vegetable (=vegetarian) fruits are used for sweets.
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艹
苗
果
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穫
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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harvest, crop
KAKU Left: rice plant 禾, right: (as a radical only) seize/lure into a trap  (a plait/bind from plants 艹 to attract/lure a bird 隹 below for catching by hand 又)
Rice is seized (captured) during harvest.
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禾
隹
艹
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乾
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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dry, to dry
kawaku, KAN Left: sunrise (sun 日 rises between plants 艹), right: horizontal person  , odd/2nd: 乙 (two 二, written quickly, without pen's lifting)
By the sunrise the two odd persons get dry.
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乙
艹
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寛
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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tolerant, generous, magnanimous, relax
kutsurogu, KAN From top: house 宀, plant 艹, see/look 見 (= The eye 目 is on legs 儿 when looking around.)
(A green roof where insects and perhaps bees may settle?) A roof made of plants is seen as: tolerant and generous.
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宀
艹
見
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菊
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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chrysanthemum
KIKU From top: plant 艹, wrap 勹, rice 米
The plant that is first wrapped and then blossoms like the kanji for rice 米 is: the chrysanthemum.
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艹
勹
米
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菌
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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bacteria, fungus, germ
KIN Top: plant 艹, bottom: 囷 (enclosure 囗, rice plant 禾)
A plant that is enclosed in a container like this rice plant, will be affected by bacteria.
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艹
囗
禾
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謹
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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respectful, humble, reverently, circumspect, discreet
tsutsushimu, KIN Left: word 言, right: blooming flower 堇 (plant 艹 with 2 blossoms ロロ at growing plant )
Words should be like blooming plants: respectful!
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言
堇
艹
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薫
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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fragrance, aroma, odour
kaori, KUN From top: plant 艹, heavy 重, fire 灬 Or: A heavy 重 pot 里 over the fire 灬 has its bottom black 黒
When the plants in the heavy pot on the fire dye black, they spread a fragnance.
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艹
重
黒
灬
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茎
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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stalk, stem
kuki, KEI Top: plant 艹, below: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
The plant's vertical part is the stem.
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艹
圣
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繭
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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cocoon (of the silkworm)
mayu, KEN Top: plant 艹, below: cocoon 冂 with two chambers, inside: thread 糸 and insect 虫
Under a plant, the thread of an insect forms: A cocoon.
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艹
糸
虫
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荒
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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violent, wild, lay waste, rough
arai, areru/rasu, KŌ From top: plant 艹, dead 亡 (coffin in cross section), river 川
Plants are dying because the river is so violent.
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艹
亡
川
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慌
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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be confused, be flustered
awateru/tadashii, KŌ Left: feeling 忄, right: wild/rough/violent 荒 (Plants 艹 are dying 亡 when the river 川 is so violent.)
My feeling when the plants are floating dead in the river is confusion. (Or: My feelings are that wild, that I am confused.)
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忄
艹
亡
川
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芝
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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turf, grass, lawn
shiba, Top: plant 艹, below: a zigzag path
Plants grow aside of a path in the lawn.
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艹
乙
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薪
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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firewood, fagot
takigi, maki, SHIN Top: plant 艹, below: new 新 (Out of a standing 立 tree 木, the axe makes something new.)
Plants and standing trees are made by the axe into: firewood.
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艹
斤
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薦
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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recommend, advise, encourage
susumeru, komo, SEN From top: plant 艹, var. of deer 鹿 (originally a pictograph, but not discernible), variation of bird 鳥
(These animals are clever and do not eat anything poisonous:) Plants eaten by deers and birds can be recommended.
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艹
鹿
鳥
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荘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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villa, majestic, solemn
SŌ, SHŌ Top: plant 艹, bottom: robust 壮 (The bed 丬 of the samurai 士 is robust.)
The plants look very robust in that villa.
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艹
壮
丬
士
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曹
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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official, government service, companion, fellow
SŌ, ZŌ From top: one 一 (here: ground), bend 曲 (here: two sprouting plants || in a field 田), sun 日
Such that the ground is broken up by 2 sprouts, the sun is needed: and a caring companion who serves like the 'government'.
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一
曲
艹
曹
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葬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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bury, funeral, interment
hōmuru, SŌ Top & bottom: plant 艹, middle: death 死 (Below the earth 一 are the bare bones 歹 of a sitting person 匕)
Between the plants the dead are buried. (Or: Like a sunset 莫 of the dead 死 is the: funeral.)
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艹
歹
莫
匕
廾
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遭
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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encounter, meet, associate, join
au, SŌ Left: movement 辶, right: companion 曹 (Such that ground 一 is broken up by 2 sprouts 曲 in the field 田, the sun 日 is needed: and a caring companion.)
Companions need to move, if they want to encounter.
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辶
曹
艹
曲
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槽
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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tub, vat, container, tank
SŌ Left: tree 木, right: companion 曹 (Such that the ground 一 is broken up by 2 sprouts 曲 in the field 田, the sun 日 is needed: and a caring companion.)
It is wooden and for your companion: It's a tub or vat.
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木
曹
艹
曲
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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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諾
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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consent, agree, assent
DAKU Left: word 言, right: young 若 (The plant 艹 that is taken by hand into the mouth 口 is young) [.. because old 古 things 囗 are too hard 固 for me]
(The youth is our future:) To the words of the youth can be agreed.
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言
若
艹
右
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嘆
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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lament, sigh, grieve, admire
nageku/kawashii, TAN Left: mouth 口, right: var. of China 漢 (Water 氵and plants 艹 in the mouth 口 of the husband 夫 from China) [But water 氵is missing]
Mouths in a waterless China are lamenting.
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口
艹
夫
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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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艹
玄
田
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塔
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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tower, monument, pagoda
TŌ Left: earth 土, right: plant 艹 and: to fit 合 (lid  fits on pot 口)
(fiber-reinforced composite FRC) Earth must be reinforced with plant fiber in a fitting way, when you build a pagoda.
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土
艹
合
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搭
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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bording (air passenger), to load, get into
TŌ 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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扌
艹
合
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匿
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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conceal, hide, shelter
TOKU Outside: box 匚, inside: young 若 (The plant 艹 that is taken by hand into the mouth 口 is young) [.. because old 古 things 囗 are too hard 固 for me]
In the box a 'young' is concealing.
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匚
若
艹
右
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薄
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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diluted, thin/weak (taste), shallow, light, faint
usui/maru/meru, HAKU Top: plant 艹, below: water 氵and: var. of wholly/exclusive 専 (The soil 一 is penetrated by a (sole) sprout 丨 in the rice field 田, cared for by a skillful hand 寸, which is exclusive.)
(i.e. tomatoes taste often watery) Plants with water can be wholly diluted, or weak in taste.
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艹
専
由
寸
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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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藩
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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feudal domain, fief, clan
HAN Top: plant 艹, bottom: water 氵, number, watch, guard 番 (The ripe rice plants (= rice plant 禾+ rice grain 米) on the field 田 is numbered and needs to be guarded.)
Plants are watered and guarded in the fief (= domain of the clain).
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艹
番
釆
米
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苗
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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seedling, young plant, sapling
nae, nawa, BYŌ, MYŌ Top: plant, grass 艹, below: field 田
The plants (still as small as grass) on the field are seedlings.
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艹
苗
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描
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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depict, draw, sketch
egaku, BYŌ Left: hand 扌, right: seedling 苗 (= This 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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扌
苗
艹
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猫
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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cat
neko, BYŌ, MYŌ Left: wild animal 犭(dog on hind legs), right: seedling 苗 (= The plant [that is still as small] as grass 艹 on the field 田)
The animal in the seedlings is a cat.
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犭
苗
艹
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噴
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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eruption, emit, spout, flush out
fuku, FUN Left: mouth, opening 口, right: 卉 (ten 十, plant 艹), shell/money 貝
Out of the opening, ten plants and money were flushed out at the eruption.
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口
責
卉
艹
貝
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墳
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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(burial-)mound, grave, tomb
FUN Left: earth 土, right: 卉 (ten 十, plant 艹), shell/money 貝
Earth, ten plants and money are needed for: a burial mound.
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土
責
卉
艹
貝
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憤
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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rage, aroused, indignant, anger
ikidōru, FUN Left: feeling 忄, right: 卉 (ten 十, plant 艹), shell/money 貝
He has feelings about the 10 plants costing that (much) money: He is in rage.
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忄
責
卉
艹
貝
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募
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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recruit (employees), enlistings, raise (funds)
tsunoru, BO Top: sinking, going down 莫 (The sun 日 is sinking among plants 艹,艹=大), below: strength/effort 力 [Watch out: Sunrise is: 旦 or ]
With sinking strength we need (more) recruiting.
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莫
艹
力
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慕
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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yearn for, adore, pine, love dearly
shitau, BO Top: sinking/going down 莫 (The sun 日 is sinking among plants 艹,艹), below: heart 心 [Watch out: Sunrise is: 旦 or ]
Like a sinking heart: That's yearning.
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心
艹
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暮
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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live, sunset, end, life circumstances
kureru/rasu, BO Top: sinking/going down 莫 (The sun 日 is sinking among plants 艹,艹=大), bottom: sun 日 [Notice: means sunrise such as in 'morning 朝']
The sinking sun means sunset. [OR: The plants 艹 needed from one sun 日 to the next big 大 sun 日 are the life circumstances.]
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莫
日
艹
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芳
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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fragrance, pleasant-smell, perfume
kanbashii, HŌ Top: plant, grass 艹, below: side 方
Plants (spread it) to the sides: Fragrance.
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艹
方
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奔
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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rush, run quickly, bustle, gush
HON Top: big 大, below 卉 (ten 十, plant 艹)
The big person is thirty-fold quick when: rushing away.
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卉
艹
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膜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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membrane
MAKU Left: part of body 月/肉, right: sink, go down 莫 (Here: 艹 =2x10, 日 = image of a membrane and 大 = big part)
The body's part, that separates 20 parts by a membrane from the big part is a: membrane.
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肉
莫
艹
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夢
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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dream, vision
yume, MU From top: plant 艹, eye 罒, cover 冖, evening 夕
With plants the eyes are covered in the evening: then come the dreams.
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罒
夕
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茂
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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grow thickly, thicket, overgrown
shigeru, MO Top: plant 艹, below: halberd 戈 with additions
Plants need to be cut with halberds, if they grew too thickly.
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戈
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萎
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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wither, weaken, wilt, droop
naeru, I Top: plant 艹, bottom: to entrust 委 (Rice plant 禾 can women 女 be entrusted.)
The plants I entrusted you, are all withered.
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禾
女
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茨
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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thorn, spine
ibara, Top: plant 艹, below: next 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?)
If a plant has those, I (or better the goats) go to the next: Those are the thorns.
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艹
次
欠
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苛
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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torment, severe, brutal, to bully, to tease, cruel
KA Top: grass/plant 艹, bottom: possibility 可 (The nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible.)
(Is this related to weed or cannabis) "Grass" can be brutal.
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可
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蓋
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cover, lid, cap
futa, GAI From top: grass/plant 艹, leave 去 (Below the earth 土 is the nose ム, that left), plate 皿
The grass must leave the plate and then cover it with a lid/cap.
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艹
去
皿
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葛
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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kudzu (Pueraria montana), arrowroot
kuzu, katsu Top: plant 艹, below: Variant of 'good' 易 (sun 日 with rays 勿, with: person 人, angle ∟
The plant which the person planted in a sunny corner is this climbing vines: kudzu.
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曷
∟
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僅
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only, just, merely, a few, a tiny bit
wazuka, KIN Left: person 人, right: blooming flower 堇 (plant 艹 with 2 blossoms ロロ at growing plant )
A person (watches) a blowing flower: How can this be only a tiny bit?
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堇
艹
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芯
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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wick (of a candle), core, center
SHIN Top: plant 艹, bottom: heart 心
Plants have a "heart" (=inner fibers), that is used as a wick.
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心
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藤
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wisteria (bot.)
fuji, TŌ From top: plant 艹, imperial WE 朕 (A body 月 out of 丷 the heaven 天: that is Us), water 水
The plant that is imperial and appears like flowing water: the wisteria.
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朕
龹
水
天
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蔽
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cover, overlay
HEI Top: grass/plant 艹, bottom: shabby 敝 (.. when the cloth 巾 broke into four small pieces due to strikes 攵) [攵 = hand 又 with stick ノ]
On the lawn, four bits of cloth are (spread) with the stick in the hand: As a cover.
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敝
巾
攵
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蔑
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neglect, ignore, disprize, disesteem
sagesumu, BETSU From top: grass/plant 艹, eye 罒 (With the pupil ロ in the center), garrison 戍 (= The persons 人 (= ノ & 一) at the halberds 戈)
(When crossing the border illegally, you need to crawl lying flat.) If your eyes are below the grass, the garrison will neglect you, but also might despise you.
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罒
戈
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indigo
RAN, ai Top: plant 艹, bottom: to watch, supervise 監 (The retainer 臣 and a lying person are mirrored 一 in the plate 皿 they supervise / observe.)
(It's used for dyeing:) The plant that "supervises" is the: indigo blue.
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監
臣
皿
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