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hill 阝
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The radical kozato shows a hill. 阝 and is always on the left side of a kanji. (Please note that rather similar radical oozato ⻏ is always on the right sight of the kanji and means village.) |
Used in these Kanji:
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院
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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institute
IN Left: hill 阝, right: perfect 完 (The roof 宀 as the origin 元 [of the house] should be perfect [against rain?])
This hill is perfect for: an institute.
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阝
宀
元
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階
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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floor, story/storey, grade
KAI Left: a hill 阝, right: every 皆 (I compare 比 [= two sitting persons 匕匕], but the rays ノ of the sun 日 make it white 白: all & everything!)
(If buildings are built on a steep slope, they have e.g. 1 floor on the hillside and 2 floors on the downhill side) At a hill they all have floors.
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阝
皆
比
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陽
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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sunlight, positive, male = yang
hi, YŌ Left: hill 阝, right: sunrise 旦/易 (sun 日 over horizon 一), rays 勿
At the hill the rising sun shows its rays: Sunlight is positive.
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阝
旦
勿
易
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隊
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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troop, unit, corps, group
TAI Left: hill 阝, right: out of 丷, pig 豕
Out of the hills like pigs rushes the troops.
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阝
豕
丷
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陸
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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land, shore, continent
RIKU Left: hill 阝, right: 坴 (twice earth/land 土 and legs 儿)
A "hill" where you go from land to land is a continent.
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阝
土
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険
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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steep, precipitous, severe, steeply sloping
kewashii, KEN Left: hill 阝, right: examine carefully  (originally two people 兄 discussing under a roof. Better in respect to 'examine' 験: a person 人 examining the horse's 馬 mouth 口. [ are the mane and eyes 一 ])
(To avoid rockfalls:) The hill has to be examined carefully because it is steep and precipitous.
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阝
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限
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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limit, bound, restrict
kagiru, GEN Left: hill 阝, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
A hill is not good, because it is limiting.
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阝
艮
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際
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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edge, brink, occasion, verge
kiwa, SAI Left: hill 阝, right: festival 祭 (Meat 月/肉 is put by hand  on the altar 示 for the feastival of sacrifice.)
(The party is too loud, so you don't do it in the center?) The hill for the party gives us the opportunity at the edge.
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阝
祭
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除
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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exclude, remove, cancel
nozoku, JO, JI Left: hill 阝, right: excess, remain 余 (A heap  is still (on a variant) of altar 示 [= to show], thus there in excess.)
A hill is in excess: let's remove it.
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阝
余
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防
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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protect, prevent, guard against, mole, dike
fusegu, BŌ Left: hill 阝, right: side, direction 方
A hill along a direction is: a dam (dike), that protects you.
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阝
方
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降
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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fall (rain), descend
oriru/rosu, furu, KŌ Left: hill 阝, right: upturned foot, sitting cross-legged 夂 (But here perhaps: image of dripping rain?), variant of stop 止
From the hill comes the falling rain and will stop at the bottom because it has fallen down.
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阝
夂
舛
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障
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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hinder, hurt, block
sawaru, SHŌ Left: hill 阝, right: medal, chapter 章 (Stand 立 up early 早 and you'll get a medal.) [early 早 = When the rising 旦 sun 日 is at the marked spot 丶 at the horizon 一 it is still early]
On the hill you will get a medal for your hindrance.
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阝
章
立
早
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陛
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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highness, majesty, throne
HEI Left: hill 阝, right: compare 比 (Two sitting persons 匕, who are compared) and: earth 土
Like a hill compared to the earth is his highness on the throne.
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阝
比
土
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陰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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shadow, negative = Yin(female)
kage, IN Left: hill 阝, right: now 今 (lid and corner フ) and: fog/mist 云 (cf. cloud 雲)
The hill is now in the fog, thus in the shadow.
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阝
今
云
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隠
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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hide, conceal, suppress
kakureru, IN Left: hill 阝, right: a hand reaches down 爫, hand ナ/ヨ, heart 心
Behind a hill or two hands, the heart can hide.
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阝
爫
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隔
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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separate, isolate, part, distance
hedataru/teru, KAKU Left: hill 阝 (here: wall), right: pictograph of a cooking pot 鬲 on a frame 冂 with support
The wall and the pot on the stove should be separated by a distance.
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阝
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陥
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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fall into, entrap, pitfall, subsidence
ochiiru, KAN Left: hill 阝, right: crooked person, past times 旧 (One 丨 day 日 has passed) - developped from 陷, which comprises a pitfall 臼 zeigt
By the hill is a tumbling ⺈ person falling into the mortar-臼-like pitfall.
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阝
⺈
旧
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隅
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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corner, nook
sumi, GŪ Left: hill 阝, right: scorpion 禺 (pictograph of a scorpion: combination of 田 for carapace, insect 虫, long legs 冂)
On the hill, there are scorpions in every corner.
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阝
禺
虫
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陣
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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(military) position, camp
JIN Left: hill 阝, right: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二)
(Protected by) a hill the vehicles are in: a military camp.
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阝
車
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随
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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follow, comply, notwithstanding
ZUI From left: hill 阝, movement 辶, have, exist 有 (I have a hand and a body 月, thus: I'm existing!)
(It is the gravity:) At the hill exists a (downward) movement, which (everything) follows.
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阝
辶
有
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堕
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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degenerate, deteriorate, descend to
DA Left: hill 阝, right: be/have/exist 有 (I have a hand and a body 月, thus: I'm existing!), below: earth 土
A hill that exists but turns into (flat) earth/ground, is: degenerating.
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有
土
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陳
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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exhibition, state, to express, show, old, remarkable
CHIN Left: hill 阝, right: east 東 (...where the sun 日 rises behind a tree 木)
"The Hills in the East" is an exhibition, that it remarkable.
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阝
東
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墜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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crash, fall, crumble
TSUI Top: unit/party/corps 隊 (Out of 丷 the hills 阝like pigs 豕 rushes the troops.), below: earth 土
The unit/corps is on the ground: It has fallen / crashed.
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阝
豕
土
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陶
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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pottery, porcelain, ceramic
TŌ Left: hill 阝, right: wrapping 勹 a can 缶 (lid  and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
Take it from the hill (as clay), and make a "wrapping" such as a can: It is pottery.
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阝
勹
缶
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陪
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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obeisance, attend, accompany, follow
BAI Left: hill 阝, right: to spit 咅 (stand 立 with open mouth 口 and spit)
At the hill, he stood with open mouth: in obeisance.
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阝
咅
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附
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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attached, be affixed, stick
FU Left: hill 阝, right: attach 付 (Person 亻 with skillful hand 寸 attaches sth.)
At the hill, sth. is attached.
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阝
付
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阻
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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obstruct, thwart, block, retard
habamu, SO Left: hill 阝, right: besides/moreover 且 (a pile of stones with more stones added)
If a hills is piled like a stone pile, it is an obstruction.
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阝
且
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隆
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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prosper, high, peak
RYŪ Left: hill 阝, right: upturned foot 夂, life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  stands for life.)
Sitting on a hill with cross-legged feet and life looks: prosperous.
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阝
夂
生
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陵
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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imperial tomb, mausoleum, mound
misasagi, RYŌ Left: hill 阝, right: 夌 (earth 土, two legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
The hill where under the earth (at least) two legs and a upturned foot are, is an imperial tomb.
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夂
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隣
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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neighbor, the next door
tonari, RIN Left: hill 阝, right: rice 米, 舛 (two var. of foot 夕/止, as used at: to dance 舞)
At the hill they have their rice but different feet: The neighbors.
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阝
米
舛
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隙
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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fissure, gap, free space, free time
suki, GEKI Left: hill 阝, right: vari. of sunset 莫 (small 小, day/sun 日, small 小 [= the sun becomes smaller and smaller = sunset]
Let's go to the hill at sunset, we have space and time.
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阝
莫
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阪
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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hill, heights, slope, incline
HAN Left: hill 阝, right: opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing!) (cf. 坂)
The hill has opposition, because it is a hill.
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反
厂
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