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Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: アン
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: き
Radical
plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, worry, table, bench
Mnemonics
My plan is to turn this
cheap
wood
into benches.
Written by: gillianfaith
Show all mnemonics (20)
To
relax
under a
tree
is a
cheap
plan for a lazy afternoon
Written by: Seraseth
Man's PLAN for life: build a
HOUSE
, find a
WOMAN
, plant a
TREE
.
Written by: Abnormalise
I have a suggestion: let's put a
woman
with a
crown
on top of a
tree
!
Written by: Nicolas2
I suggest you hide. It's
safe
behind that
tree
.
Written by: チェイスです
A
cheap
PLAN is to live ON {アン} a
tree
.
Written by: Abunai
A plan for a
peaceful
/アン resolution is in the works. The draft has been submitted and is currently on the
wooden
table awaiting a ruling from the bench.
Isaac Newton had an idea while
resting
under a
tree
. Buddha was enlightened while
resting
under a
tree
. / People
rest
on
wooden
benches and ponder.
Written by: ききな
The best way to come up with great plan is to be
relaxed
hanging out on your favorite
tree
pondering the universe at first and then letting things all come into place naturally
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Newton's idea came when
relaxing
under an apple
tree
.
Written by: アルゼン
A
lady relaxing peacefully
AN/under a
tree
, planning/pondering her idea/plan to build a desk/TSUKUE out of that tree.
Written by: レイん|レナ
A hurricane just made landfall! Worried that she would be swept away in a flood, the
woman
named Anne {アン} made a plan to climb up a
tree
wearing a
rain hat
to wait out the storm!
Written by: gurabu
The
woman
rested
her
crown
on the
wooden
desk つくえ as she devised a plan
Written by: Jules.33
It's a good plan to build awnings アン with
cheap
wood
.
Written by: かわうそ
A
peace
treaty "
tree
-ty" served on a leader's desk 「つくえ」 is an 「アン」idea of a plan to put people's worries to rest.
Written by: シロガミ
I suggest we
relax
{→ アン} on this
wooden
bench; at least that's my plan.
Written by: マリナ ❊
Ann アン plans アン to make an.other アン desk つくえ from this
cheap
wood
Written by: ケンパチ
The government plan to save the Earth,
cheaper
trees
.
Written by: Klobster
Her
plan is to make a
roof
out of
wood
.
Written by:
The
crowned
woman
is sitting at the top of a
tree
. Who suggested this idea to her??
Written by: Menhit
My plan is to release Pinedroid! It's a
cheap
ANDROID アン phone made of
wood
.
Related vocabulary
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/ ていあん - (noun/する verb) proposal, proposition, suggestion
/ とうあん - (noun) examination paper, examination script, answer sheet; answer (to an exam question)
/ あんがい - (Adjective/-な) unexpectedly, surprisingly; {adj-na} unexpected, unanticipated, unforeseen, surprising
/ ほうあん - (noun) bill (law), measure
/ ぎあん - (noun) legislative bill, measure; agenda item
Kunyomi: さかずき
Onyomi: ハイ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: きへん
Radical
counter for cupfuls, wine glass, glass, toast
Mnemonics
A glass is
not
made out of
wood
.
Written by: SirEdgar
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In the past, glasses and cups were made from
woods
, more specifically the root.
is a
that have its stem cut, used to mean no. Use it to refer to the original meaning of
roots
.
Written by: non0230
Yes {ハイ}, that wine we made from a sack a zucchinis {さかずき}, is best served in a glass,
not
wood
. After we toast, I'll pour you another cupful.
Written by: Anonymous123
A
tree
and a plant
root
/フ← /pi̯uət̚/ ← *pɯ … *plɯː → /puɑ̆i/ →ハイ, which looks like an upside down tree, represent a drinking cup when combined. Bottoms up! /カンパイ!
I would like to raise a glass and toast this
tree
for all of the shade it has provided over the years.
Bottoms up
!
Written by: Jules.33
let’s ハイ five and have a glass beneath that
tree
wait,
not
that one, the other
Written by: りたさん
Presenter: "What's
NOT
made of
wood
?"
Canditate Sakazuki さかずき: "Hai ハイ hai ハイ hai! ハイ Shitteriru, I know the answer!"
Presenter: "Yes?"
Sakazuki gets up too quickly, his glass falls on the floor: " Mou ippai onegashimasu! One more please!"
Written by: ケンパチ
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“ハイ” also might be semantic via “to block” assumedly liquids. Semantic
“wood”.

Cups are meant to
not
allow liquids to pour out, they are usually made of
wood
Written by: フバフバ
Related vocabulary
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/ さかずき - (noun) sake cup, cup for alcoholic beverages
をする / さかずきをする - (する verb) to share a cup of sake (in commemoration of something)
/ しはい - (noun) Emperor's cup, trophy given by the Emperor
/ ゆうしょうはい - (noun) championship cup
/ かんぱい - (noun/する verb) cheers, bottoms-up, prosit; {n} {vs} {vi} toast, drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); {n} {vs} {vi} drinking one's glass dry
Kunyomi: ひざ
Onyomi: (none)
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: にくづき
Radical
knee, lap
Mnemonics
You kneel on your knees under a
tree
in front of the lake full of
water
and look up at the
moon
, for some reason it has a
roof
𠆢
on it!?
Written by: Luka_ルカ
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My dog has bad knees. He's a{ひざ} Shih Tzu{シツ} so he's a lap dog. For the last
month
he's only able to walk to the
tree
, and then walk back under the
roof
for more
water
.
Written by: Anonymous123
Knees are made of
flesh
, but pinnochio has
wooden
knees but he wanted to be a real
person
with knees composed of
water
. After he gets his wish, then he can finally say hes ひざ real boy
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
A knee is a
body
part that
people
use for climbing
trees
or swimming in
water
.
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
This
human’s
body part
is as hard as
a tree/wood
but can bend like
water
. It’s the knees.
Written by: スーン (UNQSPM)
The
body part
the KNEE is a
hinge
joint made up of bones that are hard like
wood
and the synovial
fluid
in the joint capsule.
Written by: Jules.33
The knee is the
body
part where
sap
/シツ runs.(Knee effusion, informally known as water on the knee, occurs when excess synovial fluid accumulates in or around the knee joint.)
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/ ひざ - (noun) knee; lap, knee and thigh (while sitting)
/ りょうひざ - (noun) both knees
/ こひざ - (noun) knee
/ おひざもと - (noun) beside a nobleman, close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides, one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.), Imperial capital, Imperial court, (shogun's) headquarters; place under one's direct control, one's own turf, one's own backyard
/ おひざもと - (noun) beside a nobleman, close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides, one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.), Imperial capital, Imperial court, (shogun's) headquarters; place under one's direct control, one's own turf, one's own backyard
Kunyomi: たも.つ
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: にんべん
Radical
protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support
Mnemonics
Etymology: Left
person
used to be a hand holding a
baby
with it's cute giant head. Therefore it means protecting.
Written by: ナイナイ
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That
person
is too
amazed
to look out for himself and needs protection.
Written by: gillianfaith
The
tree
opened
mouth
to protect the
person
from karma.
Written by: バハル
The giving
tree
talked
to the boy as a child and PROTECTED him as a
man
Written by: WildAtelier
I
guarantee you that ta mow {たも} around that
tree
, I'm going to need a
mouth
guard to protect my teeth. I may also need to uses some hoes {ホ,ホウ} too.
Written by: Anonymous123
The
talking
tree
protected the
boy
from harm
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
A
person
pleads
on twitter to protect the
trees
Written by: BaldingEagle
In the oracle script, this character was an ideogrammic compound
“person”
and
“child”
, a person carrying a child on their back; to carry a child → to protect. See also .
In early bronze inscriptions,
“hand”
was added to the person to emphasize that the person was carrying the child. This was later simplified into one or two strokes. The current form has two.

(*puːʔ)
ホ←ホウ← /pɑuᵡ/ ← *puː?
The
SHOCKED
PERSON
after a traumatic event especially needs
CARE & PROTECTION. But only if they have
けん INSURANCE.

ぞん - preservation, saving to comp
しょう - warranty
Written by: Abnormalise
The
tree
with a
mouth
on it has a
person
to protect it
Written by: ロニー88
Person
protecting and PRESERVING the
Entrance
cave of big
Tree
Written by: ハンゾウ
Dr. Seuss’s Lorax standing on the
tree
with a big open
mouth
protecting the tree from
people
.
Written by: Uggyboots
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い / たもちあい - (noun) steadiness (of market price), holding, no change
ける / たもちつづける - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)) to maintain, to continue to have
/ ほぞん - (noun/する verb) preservation, conservation, storage, maintenance; {comp} saving (e.g. to disk)
/ ほしょう - (noun/する verb) guarantee (e.g. on goods), security, assurance, pledge, warranty
/ ほけん - (noun) preservation of health, hygiene, sanitation; health education (school subject)
Kunyomi: く.る
Onyomi: (none)
Stroke count: 19
Radical name: いとへん
Radical
winding, reel, spin, turn (pages), look up, refer to
Mnemonics
Use a
rope
winch to reel all those
boxes
up onto the
tree
.
Written by: Karlla
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Look up at the top of that
tree
. There are
boxes
of cookies {くkies} up there. It looks like someone used this
thread
to reel them up the tree. So {ソウ} what's up with that?
When a winch is winding
rope
onto the reel, it squeaks like a
tree full of birds
/ソウ. Using your hands to spin the wheel is a tedious exercise, requiring many turns くり of the crank. Also used for other repetitive tasks, such as turning pages or looking up words in a dictionary.
He is winding
thread
and needs the
goods
we sell - spools made out of
wood
.
Written by: chancetenacity
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す / くりかえす - (す verb/transitive,intransitive) to repeat, to do over again
る / ひっくりかえる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to be overturned, to be reversed, to turn over, to capsize; to fall down, to tumble down, to topple over, to lie on one's back
げ / くりあげ - (noun) upward move, advance
げる / くりあげる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to move up, to advance
れ / くりいれ - (noun) inward transfer (of money), carry over (money from previous period)
Kunyomi: あやつ.る, みさお
Onyomi: ソウ
Stroke count: 16
Radical name: てへん
Radical
maneuver, manipulate, operate, steer, chastity, virginity, fidelity
Mnemonics
With his
hands
he can steer these
crates
on top of the
tree
.
Written by: Karlla
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they carefully manipulate the fragile
wood
en
boxes
by
hand
Written by: sand_eto
Managing
a
noisy
/ソウ operation, which could be birds calling in a tree , or goods on a wooden pallet, or even the care of innocent children, calls for deft maneuvering, firm manipulation, and steadfast fidelity.
So {ソウ}... I asked you {あやつ}, are you going to give me a
hand
in maneuvering these
boxes
onto that
tree
? You will miss out {みさお} on an opportunity to show fidelity, if you don't.
Written by: quickMaffs44
Etymology: Maybe not really helping, but kind of cute: The left
hand
carries the meaning of controlling; but the right phonetic component means noisy, represented by 3 loudly chirping
mouths
in the
treetops
.
Written by: ナイナイ
Soo.. {ソウ} you're gonna maneuver that
ladder
while I put the
goods
on top of that
tree
?
Written by: Anonymous123
If you are pro GYMNAST then you can MANEUVER Ikea
FURNITURE
with your
FINGERS
.
Written by: Abnormalise
In a sliding tile puzzle there is a three by three {サン} matrix of
wooden
square tiles
with one empty slot. Originally the tiles are jumbled, SO {ソウ} the objective is to maneuver the tiles with your
hand
,
by sliding one tile at a time into the empty slot until the puzzle is solved. When this one is solved it shows an image of A YACHT'S {あやつ} silhouette. And this other one shows a picture of ME SOW. {みさお}.
Use the
handtruck
to MANEUVER those heavy
wooden
boxes
. It’s so ソウ easy to OPERATE and STEER.
Written by: Jules.33
To maneuver
crates
SO |ソウ| high on top of a
tree
, you need to operate a
forklift
.
Written by: ギョルギ
*I actually* あやつり really like this very simple play where the puppeteer uses her
hands
to maneuver / operate
three birds chirping
in a
tree
. So ソウcute!
Written by: Spirit_kokoro
You need to use
FINGERS
to get
GOODS
out of the
TREE
without damage, a delicate MANEUVER.
Written by: elbit
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/ あやつりにんぎょう - (noun) puppet, marionette
/ みさお - (noun) fidelity, honour, honor, constancy; chastity (of a woman), faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
/ そうさ - (noun/する verb) operation, management, handling; manipulating (to one's benefit), manipulation, influencing
/ たいそう - (noun/する verb) gymnastics, physical exercises; {abbr} artistic gymnastics, gymnastics competition; {obs} physical education (class), PE
/ そうじゅう - (noun/する verb) steering, piloting, flying, control, operation, handling; management (of people), handling, manipulation, maneuvering
Kunyomi: そ.まる, そ.める, し.み, し.みる
Onyomi: セン
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: き
Radical
dye, color, paint, stain, print
Mnemonics
The secret recipe for our family dye is 3
drops of water
and bark from
9
types of
tree
s
.
Written by: hyperbolic_knight
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When
water
dries up in
September
, the leaves on a
tree
are dyed many colors.
Written by: lightmotif
If you wanna make a hippie tie DYE T-shirt, soak it in
WATER
and cover with
NINE
different PAINT COLOURS, then dry it Over a
TREE
.
Written by: Abnormalise
Because it was
wet
out, the coach sent {セン} all
nine
members of the baseball team to a
tree
to take shelter from the rain. But their uniforms got wet anyway, and the dye ran. Now it's time to shimmy {し.み} out of those wet clothes.
In the old days, dyes were made from
plants
. To dye the cloth, you wash it
multiple times
with the dye mixed with
water
.
Written by: non0230
With just
nine
drops
of this dye, you can stain over a thousand{セン} pieces of
wood
, or so{そ} she{し} says.
Written by: Anonymous123
Dye cloth by soaking it in a
water
solution, and hang it up to dry on a
hook
on a
tree
.
Possibly phonetic
hang from tree
/タ← /tuɑᵡ/ ← *toːlʔ … *njomʔ → /ȵʑi̯ɛmᵡ/ →ぜん→セン.
It took
nine
coats of PAINT to cover the
water
STAIN in the center セン of the
wooden
table.
Written by: Jules.33
This dye is made from the
sap
of
nine
trees
native to Somalia そまり
Written by: Spirit_kokoro
On the last night before
September, nine
little dwarves, every one of them armed with a can of paint and dressed in an outfit with the fitting color, emerge from the
water
and run eagerly around to paint all the leaves on the
trees
and thus create the autumn colors.
Written by: danbu
Related vocabulary
まればくなる / すみにそまればくろくなる - (noun) {proverb} people are formed by their surroundings, walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble, that which is dyed with ink becomes black
まり / そまりぐあい - (noun) effect of dyeing
みをける / しみをつける - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)) to blot, to stain, to smudge
く / しみつく - (Godan verb - く/intransitive) to be indelibly stained or ingrained, to be dyed in deeply
/ おせん - (noun/する verb) pollution, contamination
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ザツ, ゾウ
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: ふるとり
Radical
miscellaneous
Mnemonics
there are
nine
miscellaneous
birds
in the
tree
Written by: ちゃん
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{
Nine
,
tree
,
bird
)} is a miscellaneous list.
Written by: Nicolas2
A mage {まじ} summoned
nine
miscellaneous
birds
onto that
tree
because they saw {ゾウ} them in a nature magazine {ざっ(し)}.
Written by: quickMaffs44
Via : a miscellaneous collection of colored
clothing
/ソツ→ザツ hanging in a
tree
like
birds
/シュ→ゾウ.
Ma, she まし saw a
strange
man watching
nine
miscellaneous
birds
in a
tree
. That's who ザツ she saw, so ゾウ she says.
Written by: Wolfenspace
This character shows a simplified
robe
and a
bird
in a
tree
. The bird in the tree was its own character and serves as the phonetic component of this kanji, but it also means a "collection", so I like to imagine this character as "the collection of things in my robe", that is, "the miscellaneous things I carry"
Written by: NickKnackSnack
There are ROUGHLY
NINE
MISCELANOUS items hanging on this
TREE
, the biggest one is a huge
TURKEY
, then there is a MAGAZINE, a DUST CLOTH, some WEED), and other, it's a very [CROWDED and MESSY
TREE
.

*Primitive: Turkey from RTK*
Written by: Abnormalise
Picture a tropical forest with
many
different
birds
and
trees
. This could give you a pretty good idea of how miscellaneous things come together.
Written by: non0230
There are
nine
tree's
in the background of the painting. They are miscellaneous details, same as the
birds
.
Written by: チェイスです
There were
nine
miscellaneous
birds
sitting in a
tree
, all singing a very pleasant tune!
Written by: くん
Hermione’s magic bag contained lots of miscellaneous stuff, including
nine
trees
and an
old bird
. THAT’S {ザツ} impressive!
I made the
fence
out of the miscellaneous wood from a variety of
nine
trees
ざつぼく. Is that so? ザツ ゾウ Yes, that’s why it looks so sloppy ざつ.
Written by: Jules.33
nine
birds
in a
tree
is a pretty misc group
Written by: Astarlia
Nine
miscellaneous
birds
sitting in a
tree
.
Written by: ルイス
You count
nine
of them in the
tree
, each
turkey
holding something random or miscellaneous. There are nine turkeys in the tree and they’re all holding random, miscellaneous things. How odd.
Written by: しまうま
baseball bats
, and
turkeys
are two of the items in this miscellaneous group
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Who
is to say that those
nine
trees
aren’t of a miscellaneous variety?
Written by:
In my back yard I have a
BASEBALL
field, next to some
TREES
and a
TURKEY
barn. A MISCELLANEOUS set of things.

*Baseball and Turkey Primitives from RTK
Written by: elbit
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/ ふくざつ - (Adjective/-な) complex, complicated, intricate, mixed (feelings)
/ こんざつ - (noun/する verb) congestion, crush, crowding, jam; confusion, disorder
/ ぞうきん - (noun) house-cloth, dust cloth
/ ぞうに - (noun) soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
/ ざっし - (noun) journal, magazine, periodical
Kunyomi: いね
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: のぎ
Radical
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
Mnemonics
No!
丿
Don't break the two-branch
tree
!
Written by: Ringotoki
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From the appearance of an ear of rice, this part is for the
ear
丿
and this part is for its
stem and roots
. It eventually took on the meaning of crops in general.
Written by: non0230
A heavy sheaf of grain, represented by
かたかなの
丿
weighs down the grain
stalk
, causing it to bend. いね is the name of the Asian rice plant, Oryza sativa. のぎ is , “arista, awn, beard,” as well as a description of the construction, ノ + →の + き→のぎ.

Cognate with Tibetan གྲོ /gro, “wheat” → *ɡoːl → /ɣuɑ/ →くわ→カ. To remember the reading, start with KI from and add a stroke / to get KA, or remember གྲོ /gro from GROW or くわ from /くわ “hoe.”
I got "in a"「INE いね」"car"「KA カ」and drove to the middle of the *crop* where there was a
tree
with an extra
branch
丿
. It was a *two-branch tree*.
Many
persons
break
thousands
of {two branch} trees every day.
Written by: ルイス
Related vocabulary
/ かほんか - (noun) {obs} Poaceae (family of flowering plants), Gramineae
/ かこくるい - (noun) cereal crops
/ じょ - (noun) 10^24
/ のぎへん - (noun) grain stalk radical at left (radical 115), two-branch tree radical at left
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: のぎへん
Radical
immature, young
Mnemonics
No
丿
tree
, while immature, can hold an
old bird
.
Written by: lightmotif
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When I was young, I used to sit in a
two-branch tree
and pretend I was a
bird
, saying "CHIp/cheep".
Written by: chancetenacity
When the
old bird
feeds
grain
to her young, the immature birds go cheep cheep{チ}.
Written by: Anonymous123
Immature
birds
stay in the nest sitting between
two branch of a tree
Written by: sand_eto
My よう
IMMATURE
TURKEY
has been eating my
WHEAT
, so I've sent him to the .
Written by: Abnormalise
Sprouted plant
and newly hatched
chick
, these two are examples of young, innocent, and immature things.
Written by: non0230
The youngest of
birds
stay high up, in the highest branches of the highest
tree
, hence you need to add the second branch.
Written by: トアフコップ
Wheat
is too tough to be digested by young
birds
.
Written by: そら♡
Only feed
grain
to a
turkey
if it's immature. Older turkeys can have CHIese tho
Written by: Seraseth
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/ ようち - (Adjective/-な) infancy; {adj-na} {n} childish, infantile, immature, primitive
/ ようちえん - (noun) kindergarten, nursery school, preschool
/ ちぎょ - (noun) fry, juvenile fish, fingerling
バス / ようちえんバス - (noun) school bus (for kindergarten children), kindergarten bus
/ ようちえんじ - (noun) kindergartener, preschooler
Kunyomi: なご.む, なご.やか, やわ.らぐ, やわ.らげる
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: くち
Radical
harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
Mnemonics
When everyone has
grain
in their
mouth
, you will have peace. That is the Japanese Style of doing things
Written by: Darkchan
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Peace will come when all
mouths
are fed with
grains
.
Written by: Karlla
Waaah, a
cherry tree
and a
bento box
. That's so Japan!
Written by: CyberIndy
On the phone:
"Are you in the Japanese style room?'
"Ya, where are {やわ.ら} you?"
"Oh {オ}, me? I'm in Japan under the
two-branched tree
."
"Well, I have to go to choir practice and sing harmoniously with my
mouth
. Peace out."
The Japanese style
garden
in Japan was so harmonious and peaceful that you opened your
mouth
in awe.
Written by: カペリマルコ
I know someone named WA
O
KA who ate a
two-branch tree
using his bare
mouth
.
Place - 🌲😐
Place, Japan -
🌲
😲

With Japan being represented as
here, one can say the mouth here can refer to the trees speaking in harmony
, the serene state of trees
, or the caring, soft nature
which so very much so represents Japan, so Japanese style be it.
Written by: Sevengifts
If you "want"「WA ワ」*peace* and *harmony* in your life, then "you want"「YAWA やわ」to place a *Japanese style*
two-branch tree
in a
square pot
in your home.
Japan is a nice peaceful and harmonious place with
talking
two branch trees
.
Written by: こガエル
No
丿
t every traditional Japanese style room is constructed from
wood
, with a floor covered in
Tatami mats
. But many are.
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/ やわ - (Adjective/-な) soft, weak, fragile, poorly built, insubstantial
/ わふく - (noun) Japanese clothes
ばかりではできぬ / ころもばかりでおしょうはできぬ - (expression) {proverb} the clothes do not make the man, the cowl does not make the monk
/ わえい - (noun) Japanese-English; {abbr} Japanese-English dictionary
/ かんわ - (noun) China and Japan; Chinese and Japanese (languages); {abbr} dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds, kanji dictionary
Kunyomi: ひ.める
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: のぎへん
Radical
secret, conceal
Mnemonics
He {ヒ} made
certain
to conceal some
grain
in secret.
Written by: Anonymous123
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Birds
invariably
conceal their nests at the very
heart
of a
tree
.
Written by: sand_eto
He {ヒ/ひ} told me a secret: the radical on the left is
no
丿
tree
and the radical on the right is
no
heart
. So the secret is that we know what this kanji isn't, but it conceals what it really is.
Concealing my feelings made
me
looked
cold-hearted
.
Written by: P1ng23n5
I will confess her my secret feelings I kept concealed in my
heart
under that big
tree
. This time I am
certain
!
Written by: MuMe
The secret of
grain
is
certain
/ヒツ→ヒ to get out eventually, no matter how you try to conceal it.
This
two-branch tree
is
certain
to keep secrets.
Written by: BPM
A symbol that looks like an
X
with
3 dots
marked on a
tree
secretly.
Written by: Aroshima
Related vocabulary
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/ ひみつ - (Noun/な-adjective) secret, secrecy, confidentiality, privacy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); {Buddh} esoteric teachings
/ ひしょ - (noun) (private) secretary; treasured book, secret book
/ ごくひ - (Adjective/-な) absolute secrecy
/ ひけつ - (noun) secret (method, trick, etc.), key (e.g. to success), mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.), recipe, trick
/ ひけつ - (noun) secret (method, trick, etc.), key (e.g. to success), mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.), recipe, trick
Kunyomi: わたくし, わたし
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: のぎへん
Radical
private, I, me
Mnemonics
I wanted some private time to
myself
, so I went to my favourite
two-branched tree
.
Written by: espiacent
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I have a
slide
丿
on the
tree
. It's
private
so it's just for me.
Written by: サマヒラ
This
grain
is private. It belongs to
me
/シ.(It is thought that the concept of private property first emerged when people began to plant and harvest grain.)
Under the
two-branch tree
by the "water"「WATA わた」, *I* spend time in *private* with only
myself
because "she"「SHI シ」doesn't like *me*.
I
put a
cap
on top a
tree
. It gives me a private tree.
Written by: Pharmacia
SHE {し} wanted a
two-branched tree
, so
I
gave her one!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
I have a
two-branch tree
for
myself
.
Written by: P1ng23n4
わたし said "
I
love climbing
trees
."
Written by: チェイスです
I have a new
fancy tree
swing
Written by: eekrotkaye owo
Don't wa-tch-me わたし when
I'm
trying to privately relax by the
tree
Written by: Wolfenspace
I
identify myself as a
tree
. Weird,
no?
丿
Written by: kuroda
I will eat my
grains
for
myself
in private.
Written by: Chris551
I wanted to be by
myself
for some private time alone by the
tree
, but she シ did not like that and said
no
丿
you’re staying with me.
Written by: Jules.33
i
climbed the
tree
Written by: weirdkeichan
What a cushy private spot I k
no
w
丿
right of the
tree
for
me
.
Written by: moolsu
I
destroyed a two branch tree
using my katakana
Written by: Abdoalbagy_SeiZei
i/SHE used a
wooden sword
to kill
my cow
in the
woods
Written by: Suoira
Related vocabulary
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/ わたくし - (noun) I, me; {adj-no} {n} personal (affairs, etc.), private; {n} selfishness, partiality; {n} secrecy, confidentiality
/ わたし - (noun) I, me (slightly formal or feminine)
/ してつ - (noun) private railway
/ しりつ - (noun/する verb) private (establishment)
/ しゆう - (noun/する verb) private ownership
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ビョウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: のぎへん
Radical
second (1/60 minute)
Mnemonics
If you only have a
few
grain
s
on your plate, it only takes a second to eat them.
Written by: Seraseth
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How many
grains
of sand will pass through an hourglass in one second? Only a
few
/ショウ→ミョウ→ビョウ.
Original meaning awn, arista, burr that sticks to clothing, something insignificant. By extension, the very tip, the smallest degree, the shortest unit of time.
/のぎ arista, awn, ear of grain
This came from the picture of
tiny
shoots of
rice grains
. Because the grains are very small, people later use this character to represent the smallest unit of time, second.
Written by: non0230
Wheat
a
few
seconds.
Written by: TBGM
I can
cut
丿
down a
small
tree
in seconds
Written by: Menhit
A second is as
narrow
as the awn
of a
grain
.
Written by: Karlla
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/ びょう - (noun) second (unit of time); arc second
み / びょうよみ - (noun) countdown
/ びょうそく - (noun) speed per second, velocity per second; instant, moment, a few seconds
/ ふんびょう - (noun) moment
/ かいへんまいびょう - (noun) {physics} {obs} decays per second, disintegrations per second, dps
Kunyomi: うつ.す, うつ.る
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: のぎへん
Radical
shift, move, change, drift, catch (cold, fire), pass into
Mnemonics
I can't move with this
many
trees
in my way!
Written by: タンゴ
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In autumn
many
plants
change colour.
Written by: Karlla
If you sue {うつ} the
grain
producers , just because you caught a cold, I {イ} know that
many
of them will move out of state. Then you'll change your tune.
Written by: Anonymous123
Grain
led to
many
/タ← /tɑ/ ← *ʔl'aːl … *lal → /*laj/ →イ changes in society, as populations shifted from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to settled farming communities.
Many
trees
shift and move in the wind. There used to うつ not be as many, now you just hear them all cr-ee-k イ in the wind all the time.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Without machinery it would take
many
people to move a
big tree
.
Written by: MuMe
If you stack too
many
grains
the pile will shift and move and attract 'I'gles
Written by: Seraseth
In the old times, people moved to a place with a
lot
of
grain
Written by:
Many
trees
fell during the quake when the plates SHIFTed and 2 branches CAUGHT fire.
Written by: Jules.33
{I} shoot/{うつ} fire-catching
wheat
at the
many
moving drifters changed by cold sickness.
Written by: Haribunner
With
many
trees
in the way, you must shift and move around them.
Written by: ロニー88
Many
two-branch tree
is moving.After that, I just realise it just a dream.
Written by: チェンヤン
When you move
many
trees
pass quickly by.
Written by: Day_dreamer
Many
trees
MOVE in the breeze
Written by: Jules.33
Related vocabulary
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わり / うつりかわり - (noun) change (e.g. season)
える / うつしかえる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to transpose, to exchange, to displace
/ いどう - (noun/する verb) movement, transfer, migration, removal, travel; {adj-f} mobile, moving, traveling, travelling, roving
る / うつる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to move (house), to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected, to be contagious, to spread (as in fire)
り / こころうつり - (noun) change of heart, fickleness
Kunyomi: き.く
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: りっとう
Radical
profit, advantage, benefit
Mnemonics
You can make a nice profit by harvesting
grain
with a
knife
.
Written by: gillianfaith
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REAP→リ the benefit of the
grain
by harvesting it with your
knife
for your advantage and profit. is the man’yōgana for hiragana り and katakana リ.

The knife is effective く/きく.

(*rids)
リ← /liᴴ/ ← *rids
Reap {リ} the benefit of the
grain
by harvesting it with your
knife
for your advantage and profit. But kick {きく} out any weeds, of course.
Written by: quickMaffs44
swords
are convenient for cutting
tree branches
Written by: チェイスです
You can make some profit by cutting off your
grains
with a sharp
blade
.
Written by: Karlla
I could kick {きく} myself for reaping {りping} my
grain
with a
knife
when a combine harvester would benefit me more by offering me all the advantages of mechanization. It would cost more at first, but I would profit in the end.
Cutting
trees
is a profitable business
Written by: Veerdb
You have the advantage of cutting down a
tree
when you have a
blade
and can profit when you sell what you've cut.
Written by: あいりー
リch people with huge profit can build whole houses out of
trees
and use the most expensive Japanese
knives
!
Written by: mumei_
Robin hood
climbed ontop of a
tree
and jumped down waving his
knife
infront of rich people. This did result in some profit.
Written by: Xilmi
Think of all the
chopsticks
you can make from 1
tree
now that's real {リ} profit
Written by: Plum Blossom
You rake in more short term profits by cutting
trees
down with a
knife
than with a chainsaw
Written by: BaldingEagle
Related vocabulary
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/ ききめ - (noun) effect, virtue, efficacy, impression; one's dominant eye
ドスのいた / どすのきいたこえ - (noun) deep, threatening voice, menacing tone
便 / べんり - (Adjective/-な) convenient, handy, useful
/ りよう - (noun/する verb) use, utilization, utilisation, application
/ ふり - (Adjective/-な) disadvantage, handicap, unfavorable position
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: こ
Radical
seasons
Mnemonics
A
kid
sleeping under a
tree
in spring season.
Written by: P1ng23n5
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Children
harvest the
grain
in the KI season
Written by: Seraseth
is supposed to be an ideogrammic compound, but we can try to force a phono-semantic interpretation for mnemonic purposes.
Grain
/カ←クヮ← /ɣuɑ/ … /kwiᴴ/ →キ must be planted and harvested in the correct seasons.
Child
is the radical because it is the first sign of the Chinese zodiac, representing the seasons.

/すえ end, season-end

(*kʷids)
キ← /kwiᴴ/ ← *kʷids
What season is it? It is
two-branched tree
hat season. Every
child
wore one.
Written by: espiacent
During the fall season, we harvest the mature
grain
. During the spring season, we plant the
juvenile
grain, the seeds.
The
Wheat
Child
loved the changing seasons.
Written by: チェイスです
and
children
both change during the seasons
Written by: Seanyくんです
The
child
carries harvested
wheat
on his head during harvesting season
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
The
trees
produce
different things in the different seasons.
Written by: Hexador
Even in the winter season, when there are
no
丿
leaves, the
children
still climb the
trees
{キ}
Written by: Ginnythesquid
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/ きせつ - (noun) season, time of year
/ しき - (noun) the four seasons
/ きかん - (noun) quarterly publication
/ かんき - (noun) dry season
/ こんき - (noun) this season
Kunyomi: ゆだ.ねる
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: おんな
Radical
committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
Mnemonics
The committee entrusted the
women
to take care of the
trees
Written by: Xerosse
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I {イ} entrusted the
grain
to a committee of
women
, and they said "You da {ゆだ} man".
Written by: Anonymous123
The
tree
over the
women
held a committee of <
eagles>.
Written by: alex2069
That
woman
couldn't discard the
tree
.
Written by: P1ng23n4
The
Women's
grain
committee gather together to talk about the 'I'gle problem
Written by: Seraseth
Female WHEAT farmers decide to create a COMMITTEE, which they fittingly name “The
WHEAT
WOMEN
COMMITTEE.”.
いん
Written by: Abnormalise
The committee asked that the
the two-branched tree
is taken care of by the youngest
female
in the village.
Written by:
The
woman
was entrusted with the task of placing
a branch
-- on top of the
tree
Written by:
In Amstelveen, the Netherlands, a committee of Japanese
woman
donated 400 cherry blossom
trees
to the local park.
Written by: MuMe
A
two-branch tree
was made by a
woman
and she is a committe’s member.
Written by: チェンヤン
Women
are welcome to the Itty bitty
tree
commitee
Written by: Menhit
A committee of
women
decide how to split the
wheat
amongst the townspeople
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
The committee of
women
said, "YOU DA {ゆだ} boss. We entrust this EAgle {イ} emblem to you, that was carved out of the
two-branched tree
. It will symbolize your authority.
Related vocabulary
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/ いいん - (noun) committee member
/ いたく - (noun/する verb) entrusting (something to a person), consignment (of goods), putting in someone's charge, trust, commission
/ こうあんいいんかい - (noun) public safety commission
/ しっこういいん - (noun) executive committee
/ いにん - (noun/する verb) entrusting, charge, delegation, authorization
Kunyomi: , かお.り, かお.る
Onyomi: コウ, キョウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: か,かおり
Radical
incense, smell, perfume
Mnemonics
The
sun
makes the
two-branched tree
give off a sweet smell
Written by: Nicolas2
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Are you sure that's Co co {コウ} chanel perfume that you are putting on you face {かお} ? It smells like
grain
drying in the
sun
.
Written by: Anonymous123
Burning
grain
in the
sun
is how incense was invented.
Written by: gillianfaith
Originally representing the
sweet
scent of fresh
grains
, the
later corrupted to
Written by: non0230
The
grain
is
sweet
/カン← /kɑm/ ← *kaːm … *qʰaŋ → /xi̯aŋ/ →カウ→コウ—originally millet in the mouth /コウ→—and baking bread made from it gives off a mouth-watering aroma. They used to say, if you could capture that smell and bottle it, you could become rich selling perfume, but nowadays bakeries actually do have that smell canned, and most people prefer the smell of incense in their home.
Do not confuse with /トウ!
is radical 186, the “fragrant radical.”
Kaori wore her favorite perfume as she sat under the
two-branched tree
on a sunny
day
.
Written by: アルゼン
That
two-branched tree
would smell great by
day.
Written by: Chris551
On the
sunny days
the
wheat
has a sweet
かお
smell of incense.
こう
すい PERFUME
Written by: Abnormalise
My forehead
wrinkles
, I
squeeze my eyes
and
clutch my teeth
, but this smell us not going away.
Written by: Gjfj
Is that perfume or cologne コウ I smell?
No
丿
, it’s just the scent of
tree
blossoms on a spring
day
.
Written by: Jules.33
Due to being
sun
dried, these
grains
keep a rich aromatic smell .
Written by: つの
Related vocabulary
/ いろか - (noun) loveliness, charm, allure, beauty; colour and scent, color and scent
い / かおりたかい - (Adjective/-い) fragrant, aromatic
/ かおりまい - (noun) aromatic rice, fragrant rice
/ こうすい - (noun) perfume, scent
/ きょうす - (noun) {shogi} lance
Kunyomi: あき
Onyomi: シュウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: のぎへん
Radical
autumn
Mnemonics
Autumn is the time when the
trees
turn
flaming
red.
Written by: Karlla
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No
丿
tree
catches
fire
in autumn—it only looks that way.
Written by: lightmotif
My friend "Aki"「AKI あき」visits every *autumn*, when the leaves on our
trees
turn the colors of
flames
. If he sees a
squirrel
collecting nuts in the big tree, he'll "shoo"「SHŪ シュウ」it away.
I KEEp {あき} saying you SHOUld {シュウ} visit in autumn when the
trees
turn
red
but you always have TO KEEp {とき} putting it off.
See : In autumn, after the
grain
is harvested, the fields are
burned
to destroy locust eggs ≪u24485≫=⿱ jiāo ← /t͡si̯ɛu/ ← *ʔsew … *sʰɯw → /t͡sʰi̯ə̯u/ →しゆ→シュウ and larvae /シャ→シュウ.
In autumn, the leftover
wheat
gets set on
fire
Written by: Samurai_Ash
Ideogram: In the autumn
grain
is
burnt
to prevent locusts from appearing. Some variants have insects or turtles instead of fire , however the idea is not turtle but locust eggs this confusion is due to the similarity between the original locust and turtle oracle bone inscriptions.
Written by: フバフバ
In Autumn people sit under
trees
, roasting muSHROOms {しゅう} over a
fire
, but I don’t have the knACK {あき}.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
During Autumn the
trees
leaves look like they are on
fire
Written by:
Automn: originally a pictogram of a locust, later changed to
“grain”
+
“fire”
; after harvesting the grain, the fields are burned to kill locusts and their eggs.
Written by: Biev
The red color is obtained by
burning
a kilo あき of leaves fallen from the
top
丿
of the
trees
during the autumn season
Written by: ケンパチ
I love fall its my favorite season of the year. Its when the
trees
look like
fire
and its the perfect time to camp out and have picnics.
I like Autumn because of the
{two-branch} trees'
leaves'
fire
colour, red and orange!
Written by: ルイス
Autumn is when the
trees
turn red, orange, and yellow like a
fire
Written by: WildAtelier
Autumn is when we harvest the
grain
and the leaves turn red and orange like a
fire
Written by: WildAtelier
In autumn,
trees
look like they're on
fire
Written by: オキシ
Related vocabulary
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/ あき - (noun/adverb) autumn, fall
/ あきぐち - (noun) beginning of autumn, beginning of fall
/ こんしゅう - (noun) this autumn, this fall, autumn of this year
/ しゅんかしゅうとう - (noun) {yoji} spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter, the four seasons
/ あきかぜ - (noun) autumn breeze, fall breeze
Kunyomi: うれ.い, うれ.える
Onyomi: シュウ
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: こころ
Radical
distress, grieve, lament, be anxious
Mnemonics
When
autumn
comes, and the weather gets colder, it brings a lot of distress to my
heart
Written by: Vague
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The
autumnal
/シュウ years of the
mind
may be beset with dementia, often to the great distress of friends and family, who are anxious and grieve for the person who once was known to them, and who lament their decline.
The end of summer causes distress to
fall
*on* my
heart
.
Written by: lightmotif
Related vocabulary
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/ うれいがお - (noun) sad face, sorrowful face, anxious look, sad countenance
/ きょうしゅう - (noun) nostalgia, homesickness
/ あいしゅう - (noun) pathos, sorrow, grief
/ ふていしゅうそ - (noun) general malaise, unidentified complaint, all-round poor physical condition
う / あいしゅうただよう - (noun) sorrowful (e.g. person, scene, etc.), melancholic
Kunyomi: すえ
Onyomi: マツ, バツ
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: き
Radical
end, close, tip, powder, posterity
Mnemonics
The tip end of a
tree
is close to its top
branch
.
Written by: ドみにく
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Sue {すえ} hung out her mats {マツ} to dry on the
top branch
of the
tree
at the end of every week i.e. the weekend
Written by: Anonymous123
The
top branch
of a fully grown
tree
at the end of its life sway-s すえ in the wind.
Written by: Wolfenspace
This line
highlights the top of a
tree
. It can also represent the tip, the end, etc.

Take a look at its counterpart
which uses a line to highlight the root.
Written by: non0230
Prune the
tree
by slicing off it's tip/ end with the
big axe
.
Written by: Mystery4869
The
tree
has not yet
leaves grown at the ends
of all branches.
One
is mising.
Written by: Babun
Depicts a
tree
with its top end highlighted with an extra
stroke
, implying the meaning of “apex” or tip. Also used for すえ, a twig or shoot from close to one end or the other of the tree. The meaning of powder is from grinding a root as finely as possible; the meaning of posterity is by extension. Do not confuse with : the shorter stroke in is a branch that is not yet finished growing; the longer stroke in indicates the ultimate extent of growth.

(*maːd)
マツ← /muɑt̚/ ← *maːd
(バツ from マツ by emphasizing the initial consonant. Compare .)
This old
TREE
its Overgrown to the EXTREMITY
with its
TOP END branches
Longer than the rest.
Written by: Abnormalise
Distinguish {
} and
:
When you only see the ground {
}, the
tree
has {not yet} grown. But in some years,
samurais
will sit on the branch tips.
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
Oh no! I SWEAR the
tree
is stabbed by a
sword
, that is the end.
Written by: エイドアン
Indicative ideogram: A
tree
with its tip/end/apex indicated with a
line


Base of the phonetic series, phonetically is: マツ、バツ.

As a semantic component can mean: treetop/tip, late, effect, final, inferior
Written by: フバフバ
The
chemtrails
come out at the end of the
airplane
.
Written by: Xilmi
Related vocabulary
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/ すえ - (noun/adverb) end, tip, top; end (of the year, month, etc.), close; youngest child; descendants, offspring, posterity; future; {adv} {n} (finally) after, (at last) after, at the end of; trifles, trivialities; degenerate age
/ しゅうまつ - (noun/adverb) weekend
/ ばつりょう - (noun) low-ranking official
/ そまつ - (Adjective/-な) crude, rough, plain, humble, shabby, poor-quality, low-quality
/ げつまつ - (noun/adverb) end of the month
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: き
Radical
un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
Mnemonics
The longest
line
on this
tree
has not yet made it to the top.
Written by: gillianfaith
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The Kanji shows a young
TREE
with
thinner branches
on the Top
, that is NOT YET full blown adult
TREE
.
Written by: Abnormalise
I am not yet old enough to reach the
highest branch
on this
tree
, it's too tall for me み.
Written by: Wolfenspace
The topmost
branches
of a
tree
are still growing and are not yet mature. means un- in the sense of immature, unfinished, incomplete.

In the development of the Chinese zodiac, was used to represent the last phase of the waxing moon 🌖 before the full moon . This made it the eighth terrestrial branch at 7:00 🕖 on the twelve-point compass, corresponding to 1400 hours or 1-3PM. Its shape is similar to so it was called the sign of the ram. can also be seen as an eight-pointed star ⁜.
Distinguish
and {
}:
When you only see the
ground
, the
tree
has not yet grown. But in some years, samurais {} will sit on the branch {tips}.
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
Don't wory about this
tree
Milly {ミ}... We will not cut this
branch
yet until it gets bigger.
During the *sign of the ram*, my friend took "me"「 MI ミ」to an *un-*finished
platform
up in a
tree
. *Even now*, "he *still* = まだ"「 IMADA いまだ」has *not yet* finished it.
I would like to un-do the
extra horizontal line
at the top this kanji so it’s still a
tree
Written by: Jules.33
That
"one" kanji
is still stuck in the
tree
; I have not yet removed it, it's too tall for me {ミ} to reach. Well, at least it's not a 'ten' kanji {+=}, that would be even more difficult.

Alternatively: It makes me uneasy to see that there's still
one
tree
branch I have not yet trimmed.
Written by: マリナ ❊
I've started building a
tree house
in the
tree
but it's
not yet
done
Written by: ケンパチ
The ram went on top of the
tree
and hasn’t come down yet
Written by: Baharley
Related vocabulary
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/ みらい - (noun) (distant) future; {Buddh} future existence, world beyond the grave, the world to come; {gramm} future (tense)
/ みまん - (suffix) less than, under, below
/ みこん - (noun) unmarried, not yet married
/ みてい - (Adjective/-な) not yet fixed, undecided, pending, TBD
/ みじゅく - (Adjective/-な) unripe, green; inexperienced, immature, unskilled
Kunyomi: いもうと
Onyomi: マイ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: おんなへん
Radical
younger sister
Mnemonics
Your little sister isn't a
woman
yet
.
Written by: Jessica_Ilha
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No wonder MY {まい} little sister is
not yet
a
woman
, she uses too many EMOTEs {いもうと} in her messages!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Because I am the youngest
girl
I'M OTOmatically last and I hate that! MAI siblings left me behind the
tree
for hours once, during hide and seek.😓
Written by: ジェン~1984
"My"「MAI マイ」*younger sister* can't wait to become a
woman
, but her "emotions"「IMŌTO いもうと」are still as immature as a sapling
tree
.
"My {マイ} younger sister has
not yet
become a
woman
".
Written by: げつ
When you are young, your younger sister is
not yet
a
woman
Written by:
Younger sister: a
woman
who is
not yet grown
.
Written by: Biev
Your little sister is a
woman
who can
not yet
reach the
top branch
of the
tree
.
Written by: モニくん
"Dad, where did my younger sister come from?"
"Well, you see son, the
woman
of my life and I had a picnic under
one tree
->
and..."
Written by: Envisioner
Related vocabulary
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/ いもうと - (noun) younger sister
さん / いもうとさん - (noun) (someone else's) younger sister
/ しまい - (noun) sisters
/ じゅうしまい - (noun) cousin (female)
/ ぼうまい - (noun) one's deceased younger sister
Kunyomi: あじ, あじ.わう
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: くちへん
Radical
flavor, taste
Mnemonics
Until the food is in your
mouth
, you have
not yet
tasted it!
Written by: タイムルート
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"Until the food is in your
mouth
, you have
not yet
tasted it!" /credits: タイムルート. Don't get agitated {あじ}. The waiter told me {ミ} the food will be here soon.
Written by: quickMaffs44
After
licking
this
tree
, I can confirm that it doesn't taste very good.
Written by: カミCamooh
"AJI-no-moto"「AJI あじ」is a brand of *flavor* enhancing MSG. Some say it tastes like
dirt
or
wood
in their
mouth
, but to "me"「MI ミ」, it *tastes* good!
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“ミ” Semantic
“mouth”.

When the flavor in your
mouth
is nice you might not want to swallow;
not yet
.
Written by: フバフバ
Taste is
still
in your
mouth
after you eat the food.
Written by: Gabusan
Use mesquite
wood
when cooking BBQ to taste that smokey flavor in you
mouth
.
Written by: Jules.33
Ozzy あじ is such a good cook, he has
not yet
made me ミ a single dish that hasn't tasted amazing.
Written by: Wolfenspace
I have
not yet
tasted the flavors in my
mouth
Written by: Quixotic
When something has entered your
mouth
but has
not yet
gone further, you are able to fully taste the flavor.
Written by:
AJI nigiri is a sushi with horse mackarel and a MIx of grated ginger and onions. Made first in the Edomae period.* It sounds
un-
apetizing to me and I would not put it in my
mouth
. Despite of what the other mnemonics here say.
Written by: ジェン~1984
Food is tasteful if you can
still
feel it in your
mouth
after a while. The taste of it is
not yet
gone.
Written by: ききな
When you still
まだ
don't put the food in your
くち
mouth.
You'll not feel the taste of the food
Written by: トラくん
A chef uses their
mouth
to taste
a meal, but
not yet
serve it until it is fully cooked.
Written by: MiT_Epona
I have a lot of apple
trees
in my garden. Could you try
one
of their fruits and describe the taste in your
mouth
?
Written by: FOXYPIRATEN
Chopsticks bringing noodles
to a
mouth
. They are full of flavor.
Written by: SaltyCogs
Taste the rainbow!
Un
less
you're too scared to put it in your
mouth
What is the
jet
of your
mouth?
It's flavor. It's what shoots your mouth off, which explains why it hurts so much when you eat something awesome. And what has more flavor than a big slab of meat {み}?
Written by: しまうま
Related vocabulary
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/ あじ - (noun) flavor, flavour, taste; charm, appeal, uniqueness, attractiveness; experience, taste (e.g. of victory); {adj-na} smart, clever, witty, strange
わい / あじわい - (noun) flavour, flavor, taste; charm, appeal, interest, meaning, significance
/ いみ - (noun/する verb) meaning, significance, sense
い / まずい - (Adjective/-い) bad (taste), unpalatable, unsavoury, unsavory, awful, terrible, unpleasant; poor, unskillful, unskilful, bungling, clumsy; ugly, unattractive, homely, plain; awkward, problematic, troublesome, unfavorable, unfavourable, unwise
/ しゃみせん - (noun) shamisen, samisen, three-stringed Japanese lute
Kunyomi: こめ
Onyomi: ベイ, マイ
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: こめ
Radical
rice, USA, metre
Mnemonics
Isn't it ironic that the kanji for
USA
and
meter
are the same? While YOu'RE using imperial which in MAI opinion has beKOME outdated. BEIng so old and hard to calculate with.
Written by: ジェン~1984
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This
tree
has
rice
just shooting out of it!
Written by: マイコー
"My"「MAI マイ」family has a square "deco*meter*"「KOME こめ」of land near a "bay"「BĒ ベイ」in the *USA* where they
grow
their own
*rice*
.
Etymology:
Originally looked like a
stem
with three
rice kernels
on either side, which then
got partially connected
.
If you line up grains of RICE for
1
0 million METRES, you’ll eventually reach the USA, whose flag is made of
stars
and
stripes
Written by: Ginnythesquid
Rice plants have
lots
of
kernels
.

(*miːʔ)
ベイ, マイ← /mieiᵡ/ ← *miːʔ
If you
split
a
tree
, you get rice.
Written by: Rilain
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/ こめ - (noun) (husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.), necessity; {net-sl} (online) comment
/ おうべい - (noun) Europe and America, the West
/ しんまい - (noun) new rice, first rice crop of the year; novice, beginner, newcomer, new hand
/ なんべい - (noun) South America
/ ちゅうなんべい - (noun) Central and South America
Kunyomi: まよ.う
Onyomi: メイ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: しんにょう,しんにゅう
Radical
astray, be perplexed, in doubt, lost, err, illusion
Mnemonics
The story of Hansel and Gretel dropping crumbs
"rice"
on the
road
so as not to lose their way.
Written by: Klobster
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If you find yourself on a
road
covered in
rice
, you may {メイ} be lost.
Written by: Anonymous123
The MAYOri MAI have become lost at sea and ended up in the
USA
to become the first ppl in America, but
i'm
in doubt it went that way.
Written by: ジェン~1984
I got lost on my
way
to
the US
.
Written by: Karlla
I am perplexed to why there is
rice
on the
road
Written by: poly | ポリ
You will never be led astray or in doubt if you follow the
road
of putting mayo{まよ} on your
rice
Written by: Seanyくんです
If you follow a
road
and end up between the
rice
plants, you should be in doubt. It led you astray and now you are lost.
Written by:
You may {メイ} be perplexed when you find a trail of
rice
on the
road
,
but someone dropped the rice so he wouldn't get lost. However, if a bird eats the rice, he will cause that person a lot of trouble {}, and he MAY WALK {めいわく} the wrong direction on his way home.
When I
went
to
America
, I got lost.
Written by: チェイスです
You メイ-> may be perplexed by this, but on
road
trips I put まよ.う-> Mayo on my
Rice
Written by: アージェイ
I was so perplexed by the
rice
on the
road
. While I was wondering, if it's an illusion, I almost got lost.
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
It's easy to get lost in a
road
surrounded by
rice
Written by: オキシ
Don't be perplexed—the
advance
of the
rice
is only an illusion.
Written by: lightmotif
Related vocabulary
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いの / まよいのせかい - (noun) {Buddh} world of the lost, human realm, this world
/ まよいご - (noun) lost child, stray child
/ めいわく - (Noun/な-adjective) trouble, bother, annoyance, nuisance, inconvenience; {vs} to be troubled (by), to be bothered (by), to be inconvenienced (by)
/ めいしん - (noun/する verb) superstition, superstitious belief
う / まよう - (Godan verb - う/intransitive) to lose one's way, to get lost; to waver, to hesitate, to be of two minds over, to be puzzled, to be perplexed; to give into temptation, to lose control of oneself; to be charmed, to be infatuated, to be captivated, to be smitten; to turn in one's grave
Kunyomi: なぞ
Onyomi: (none)
Stroke count: 17
Radical name: ごんべん
Radical
riddle, puzzle, enigma, hint, tip
Mnemonics
A riddle is made up of
words
⁠ to lead you
astray
⁠—plus one puzzling
extra stroke
!
Written by: lightmotif
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If you
say
you're
lost
, I may{メイ} consider giving you a hint to this riddle. Nah, Zork{なぞ} had harder puzzles than this.
Written by: Anonymous123
Lost
Words
are a Riddle
Written by: ハンゾウ
An enigma is what might leave you at a
loss
of
words
. *Why* would it, though? {なぜ} → {なぞ}
Written by: ジョリク
You may {メイ} think of a riddle as simply being
words
that intentionally
perplex
.
lf you suddenly
talk
about putting
rice
on a
road
,people will be puzzled and wonder if that's meant to be a riddle, so they may ask for a hint
Written by: Dot ドット
Words
that leave you
perplexed
, riddles
Written by: non0230
You
tell
me that this kanji has an
extra stroke
for
"perplexed"
. Why? Truly a RIDDLE/enigma for the ages.
Written by: Overflow0xFFFF
Related vocabulary
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/ なぞ - (noun) riddle, puzzle, enigma, mystery; {adj-no} enigmatic, mysterious
/ なぞなぞ - (noun) riddle, puzzle, enigma
めく / なぞめく - (Godan verb - く/intransitive) to be enigmatic, to be puzzling, to be wrapped in mystery
い / なぞい - (Adjective/-い) {sl} mystifying, puzzling, perplexing, baffling, bewildering
めいた / なぞめいた - (noun) enigmatic, puzzling, mysterious, wrapped in mystery
Kunyomi: ことわ.る, た.つ
Onyomi: ダン
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: おのづくり,おの
Radical
severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting
Mnemonics
I refuse to smash the
rice
box
with an
axe
.
Written by: Karlla
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I stand {たつ} by my decision to refuse to let him cut open the
box
of
rice
with an
axe
, even though he apologized for ignoring past prohibitions. In my judgement he can't be trusted with DANgerous {だん} tools. I won't sugarCOAT {こと} the truth.
DAN the
lion
refuses to use an
axe
to cut off the
rice
stalks
Written by: Seraseth
Via : cutting
cloth
with an
axe
. Compare . According to Shuowen, the left component is an old form of /セン→ゼン→ダン.
The judgment was to cut the
rice
box
with an
axe
, but I decided to refuse.
Written by: つの
the
delivery man
is refusing to deliver his
rice
in a box ㄴ by *dan*cing ダン in front of it
Written by: ariukaaaa
i apologizes, but he refused to hand over that
box
of
rice
, and warned people he will chop/cut them with
axe
if they try to take it

he prohibited people from even coming, he never go back on his decision
Written by: コノエ・エル
The judgement was to cut off the culprit's head with an
axe
. After hearing that, he apologized and offered a
box of rice
as compensation, but the victim declined.
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
When I cut open the package there was only a
single grain of rice
Left in the box
, so I declined the delivery. I refused to accept the supplier’s apology and gave them the
axe
.
Written by: Jules.33
scooping
rice
with an
axe
is prohibited. You might spoil some of it
Written by: danialx
My boss Dan ダン: "Here's your severance package."
Me: "
One quarter of a bag
of
rice
?! That's た.つ it ?! Sonna kotowa ことわ..."
My boss Dan ダン: "Well, if you refuse....", he shows me his
axe
Written by: ケンパチ
DAN {だん} refused {ことわる} to pay for his TATOO {たつ}, so someone had to bring him in by hiding an
axe
inside a
box
of
rice
Written by: ロールズ
The owner of the euphemistic
box of rice
can refuse to allow the
axe
to violate it. According to Shuowen, the left component is an old form of spindle /セン→ゼン→ダン, in which case the cutting axe represents severance of the spooling thread.
In the case of DAN {DAN no KOTOWA}, he is a good judge of food, and he refused to eat this
boxed
rice
with a
halbert
that this fancy restaurant served, so I wouldn't trust it either!
Written by: Kiraraxa
You decide to profess your love to your high school crush, Billy the star of the football team. You spend all evening preparing him a fancy
bento
box with rice and cute little animal shaped vegetables. The next day after football practice, you anxiously approach him and and nervously stutter "daisuki", presenting him with the bento you had spent so much time preparing. But he looks at you funny and says, "what the hell weeb I don't even speak nihongo". He refuses to go out with you, then he preceeds to start joking with his friends and smashes the bento you meticulously prepared with an
axe
. You become the laughing stock of the school and consider transferring.
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
If you get dismissed or refused from a job, you can use your
axe
to cut new
rice
everyday and store it in a
box
as part of unemployment.
Written by: dragonlady
Related vocabulary
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りをれる / ことわりをいれる - (noun) to ask for permission (before doing something), to ask first
る / たちきる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/transitive) to cut (cloth, paper, etc.), to cut off; to sever (ties), to break off (relations), to give up (an attachment, habit, etc.), to stop (e.g. a vicious cycle); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.), to block, to break up (e.g. an intelligence network)
/ はんだん - (noun/する verb) judgment, judgement, decision, conclusion, adjudication; divination; {math} judgement
る / ことわる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/transitive) to refuse, to reject, to dismiss, to turn down, to decline; to inform, to give notice, to tell in advance; to ask leave, to excuse oneself (from)
らず / ことわらず - (expression) without permission
Kunyomi: つ.ぐ
Onyomi: ケイ
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: いとへん
Radical
inherit, succeed, continue, patch, graft (tree)
Mnemonics
He was proud to inherit his families'
rice
business. The initials K {ケイ} and
L
, for Kao Ltd., was sewn in
thread
onto every bag. He was prepared to sue {つ} anybody that infringed on their trademark.
Written by: Anonymous123
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The inherit goes down the
line
of the successors that are represented by
seeds
Written by: Rdelav
I took over this business of
measuring
rice
with
thread
.
Written by: Karlla
when I take the
L
my
rice
and
threads
will be inherited.
Written by: ロニー88
This
bento box
L, has been
inherited
down our family
line
for generations and generations
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Via : Each
thread
/ケイ-making silkworm inherits the traits of both the
father
and
his parents
as well as the
mother
and
her parents
, but belongings continue to go to whoever succeeds the previous generation, even if they are not blood-relatives.
Ito
L
imited, the famous
rice
company, will soon be inherited by the CEO's first son Kei.
Written by: そら♡
This is the
PATCH
I
stitched
onto my clothing with
thread
, so that I can CONTINUE to wear the clothing I INHERITED
Written by: Jules.33
Related vocabulary
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/ つぎめ - (noun) joint, seam, joining point
/ なかつぎとうしゅ - (noun) {baseb} middle relief pitcher, middle reliever
/ けいぞく - (noun/する verb) continuation, continuance, going on
/ ちゅうけい - (noun/する verb) relay, hook-up; {abbr} relay broadcasting
/ なまちゅうけい - (noun/する verb) live broadcast (radio, TV), live coverage
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