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Kunyomi:
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: と
Radical
door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
Mnemonics
The left half of a gate
is a
door
.
Key word: / コせき family register.
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The school has
one
flag
at the front door.
Written by: lightmotif
Old west saloons had half
*doors*
. No one could stub their "toe"「TO と」, but they could still hit their head on the
frame
. Today, people can drink "Coke"「KO コ」instead of whiskey and not get hurt.
As Co-ry「コ」passed through the door, he counted the houses that had
one
flag
on the roof. He counted two「と」houses.
Written by: Vitor Conte
Looks like a
door
, means a door. You should also see its counterpart, two doors, a gate
.
Written by: non0230
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/ - (noun) door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter, window shutter; {arch} entrance (to a home); {arch} narrows
/ とだな - (noun) cupboard, locker, closet, wardrobe, cabinet
/ こせき - (noun) family register; census
/ こべつほうもん - (noun/する verb) door-to-door visit, door-to-door canvassing (canvasing)
/ いど - (noun) water well
Kunyomi: もど.る, もど.す
Onyomi: レイ
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: とだれ,とかんむり
Radical
re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards
Mnemonics
Ray was too
big
to *fit under* the
door
, so he had to go back.
Written by: lightmotif
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Ray {レイ} returned to Mordor {もど} using the
big
door
.
Written by: Anonymous123
This
door
is
big
and you need to use it to return to your world.
Written by: Seraseth
Everyone, return to the
big
door
.
Written by: イシャー
Via : recalcitrant dogs are reluctant to pass through an imposing
door
, but
big
men return to a hero’s welcome.
Because of the creepy, flickering RAYs {レイ} of light coming from beneath the
door
, I had
big
doubts about going forward, so I went back in reverse MODE {もど}.
You should
really really
return through the
door
!

= emphasis on great
Written by: オニヴェル
A RAY {レイ} of light slips through the
door
and shines on the
big
dog as he returns to his lazy MODe {もど}.
Written by: バリエル
Once
we returned レイ the
large
flag
to its rightful ライplace, we were able to restore peace in Mordor もど and resume our previous lives.
Written by: Jules.33
My trusty
dog
always returns to my
door
, I don't even need a leash!
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
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/ でもどりむすめ - (noun) {sens} daughter who moves back to her parents after divorcing
/ わりもどしきん - (noun) rebate money
/ こんれい - (noun) {arch} acting contrary to reason, ruthless defiance, violation of morality, reason or justice
す / もどす - (す verb/transitive,intransitive) to put back, to return, to give back, to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling), to turn back (e.g. clock hand); to vomit, to throw up; {finc} to recover (of a market price)
す / はらいもどす - (す verb/transitive) to repay, to pay back, to refund, to reimburse
Kunyomi: あし, よし
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: くさかんむり
Radical
reed, bullrush
Mnemonics
As she {あし} walked through the
grass
pulling up reeds to make rope {ロ}, she spotted her dog Yoshi {よし} across the yard.
Written by: SerialExperimentsDave
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That
door
is made from the reeds that had grown on the
grass
.
Written by: イマンちゃん。
Via :
grass
for a mud-floored
hut
/ロ. Fresh rushes on the floor kept the dust at bay. They were underfoot あし and smelled nice よし.
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/ あしやだいがく - (noun) {organization} Ashiya University
/ よしぶえ - (noun) reed pipe, reed flute
/ ろてき - (noun) reeds, reed and silver grass
/ あしげ - (noun) dapple-grey (gray) (horse coat colour)
/ あしぶえ - (noun) reed pipe, reed flute
Kunyomi: ところ
Onyomi: ショ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: と
Radical
place, extent
Mnemonics
I remember this place because it has an
axe
stuck in the
door
.
Written by: gillianfaith
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Dungeon Master: "The party emerges from the dark tunnel, and walks into a well lit, but musty place. Ahead, there's a suspicious
door
with an
axe
stuck to it. And the stench of orcs reek from that place... Billy, you may talk or roll {ところ}." Billy: "I'd like to roll to inspect the door." DM: "Fo' SHO {ショ}."
Written by: quickMaffs44
ところ's place is past that
door
. He has a lot of
axes
.
Written by: チェイスです
I could tell that she didn't want me at her place {ところ} any more when she showed {ショ} me the
door
with
axe
in hand.
Door
/ト←/ɦuoᵡ/← *ɡʷaːʔ →*qʰaʔ →/ʃɨʌᵡ/ →ショ is both the radical and the phonetic component. The
axe
has something to do with the sound of logging, which also appears to be the sound of laughter. You do need lumber to build a door if you want to be able to lock up a place and laugh behind closed doors.
I'm going to extend this place by a new
door
using an
axe
.
Written by: nexx
My car got an
axe
stuck in the
door
from a crazy competitor! To some *extent*, I hope a different "auto color"「TOKORO ところ」will make it less of a target at the next *place* there's a car "show"「SHO ショ」.
One
place
I hate to go is the gynecologist. Looks like a
speculum
.
Written by: Jules.33
I want to SHOW {ショ} you the place where I keep my
axe
. Right here at the
door
.
Written by: catzi
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/ ところ - (noun) place, spot, scene, site; address; district, area, locality; one's house; point, aspect, side, facet; passage (in text), part; space, room; thing, matter; whereupon, as a result (after the plain past form of a verb); about to, on the verge of (after present form of a verb); was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing (after past form of a verb); approximately, around, about
が / ところが - (expression) even so, however, still, whereupon, even though, nevertheless, on the contrary, as a matter of fact, despite
/ ばしょ - (noun) place, location, spot, position; room, space; {sumo} basho, wrestling tournament
/ じむしょ - (noun) office
/ じゅうしょ - (noun) address, residence, domicile
Kunyomi: かた
Onyomi: ケン
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: にく
Radical
shoulder
Mnemonics
Ken couldn't fit his
body
*under* the
door
ways in Japan—they only came up to his shoulder.
Written by: lightmotif
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The way{かた} Ken{ケン} opens the
door
of the the
moon
base is with his shoulder.
Written by: Anonymous123
I hit my shoulder on the
door
frame on my way out to look at the
moon
.
Written by: 🦡
For some reason that was the
month
that I decided to name my shoulder, "Ken" {ケン}. However, after I decided to start addressing my various body parts by name, my wife refused to let me through the
door
of our house.
A shoulder is the body part above the
collarbone covered by skin
, which is located above the
ribcage
.
Written by: Perwoll
His shoulders are so wide his
flesh
hits the sides of the
door
whenever he passes through
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
This looks like a
hand
with a
head
above and a
belly
underneath
Written by: Bobanecz
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/ かた - (noun) shoulder
り / かたがわり - (noun/transitive,intransitive) taking over another's debt, shouldering someone else's burden, subrogation
/ そうけん - (noun) shoulders
/ きょうけん - (noun) strong throwing arm
わり / かたがわり - (noun/transitive,intransitive) taking over another's debt, shouldering someone else's burden, subrogation
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: ひへん
Radical
hearth, furnace, kiln, reactor
Mnemonics
Every furnace has a
fire
proof
door
.
Written by: Karlla
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In the hearth, we started a
fire
, and then closed the
door
against the RO/roaring wind outside.
Written by: chancetenacity
During the
fire
at the nuclear reactor in Russia シア, the emergency response team acted swiftly to close the
door
and prevent the spread of the flames.
Written by: エミネ
You need to approach the hearth and open the flue
door
if you want to get a ROaring {ロ}
fire
going in your fireplace.
Via
:
Fire
in an oven
/ロ behind a
door
. The hearth mouth
is embellished with a fierce tiger head
/コ← /huo/ → /lɨʌ/ →リョ→ロ and a cooking dish
. Reading: the phonetic component did not survive simplification, but now the right side looks sort of like the Greek letter rho/ρ.
If you open the furnace
door
, you will get roasted{ロ} by the
fire
.
Written by: Anonymous123
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/ げんしろ - (noun) atomic reactor, nuclear reactor
/ ろしん - (noun) nuclear reactor core
/ こうろ - (noun) blast furnace
/ こんろ - (noun) cooking stove, burner (gas, electric, etc.), range, cooktop, hob
/ かんそうろ - (noun) drying furnace
Kunyomi: ふさ
Onyomi: ボウ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: とだれ,とかんむり
Radical
tassel, tuft, fringe, bunch, lock (hair), segment (orange), house, room
Mnemonics
In the fringes of the room, there was a
person
hiding under a
door
.
Written by: Writer
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The house
door
opens into the main room, but there are smaller rooms to either
side
/ホウ→ボウ that hang off the main building like tufts of fruit or segments of an orange.
When Bo {ボウ} was in the interrogation room, he fussed around {ふさ} with a tuft of hair, and looked in the
direction
of the
door
.
Written by: Anonymous123
The
way
that the room's
door
closed scared me!
Written by: ルイス
People
use
doors
to connect different rooms of a house.
Written by: Ringotoki
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/ ふさ - (noun) tuft (of hair, threads, etc.), fringe, tassel; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.), cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.), section
すぐり / ふさすぐり - (noun) cultivated currant (Ribes altissimum)
/ れいぼう - (noun/する verb) air conditioning, air cooling
/ だんぼう - (noun/する verb) (indoor) heating
/ ぶんぼうぐ - (noun) stationery
Kunyomi: はぜ
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: きへん
Radical
wax tree, sumac
Mnemonics
Sumac
wood
is great for
doors
.
Written by: Karlla
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: ひら.たい
Onyomi: ヘン
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: とだれ,とかんむり
Radical
level, small
Mnemonics
At the
door
every family hangs a small, flat
bamboo plaque
with their surname. It’s really strange /ヘン not to have one, so you should get one too to let people know you’re on the level.
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I want the
door
and
tome
to be on the same level.
Written by: nexx
To make sure the
door
is level, I slide small
books
under it
Written by: フロラ
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/ ひらづめ - (noun) nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail)
/ ひらむし - (noun) flatworm, flat worm; flat bark beetle
/ へんこ - (noun) circular flat stoneware flask
/ へんこ - (noun) circular flat stoneware flask
たい / ひらたい - (Adjective/-い) flat, even, level; plain (language, words, etc.), simple
Kunyomi: なみだ
Onyomi: ルイ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
tears, sympathy
Mnemonics
When I finally
returned
to my home close to the
water
I cried a lot of tears.
Written by: espiacent
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Rui shed tears when the
water
returned
to the shore: 「つ…なみだ!」
Written by: lightmotif
Tear
drops
will not
return
things to normal after they are in ruins{ルイ},
Written by: Anonymous123
Tears are like drops of
water
that never
go backwards
.
Her
large
eyes were like
doors
for her
watery
tears
Written by: Menhit
Tears are
water
that is
returning
from your face
Written by: Hexador
Tears are the
water
you've drinked
returning
outside.
Written by: かなキラ
Even
big
strong men wil burst into
tears
if they
return
home and find
one
loved person
dead
.
Written by: MuMe
When the
large
door
of
water
opened. I fell down on my knees on tears>
Written by: kuroda
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/ なみだ - (noun) tear, tears, lachrymal secretion; sympathy
/ おなみだちょうだい - (noun) tearjerker, sob story, maudlin tale
/ さいるい - (noun) tear-inducing
/ さいるいだん - (noun) tear-gas bomb
ぐましい / なみだぐましい - (Adjective/-い) touching, moving, painful
Kunyomi: おうぎ
Onyomi: セン
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: とだれ,とかんむり
Radical
fan, folding fan
Mnemonics
The fan under the
door
was made from a thousand {セン} blue {あお}
feathers
. It's the OG {おうぎ} way of cooling off.
Written by: Anonymous123
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The
door
was made of
blue
あお
feathers
, so it felt like a fan blowing cool air when he walked through it.
Written by: Writer
It's so hot I used the
Door
to FAN like
Feather
wings
Written by: ハンゾウ
The ogre had an ōgi as big as a
door
made out of thousands {せん} of blue {あお}
feathers
.
And yet his fan folded up so small that he could put it in his pocket.
A fan is like multiple sliding
doors
of
feathers
to create a big surface from something small. Able to move air like a
feathered
wing.
Written by: MuMe
Over the
door
hangs beautiful peacock
feathers
arranged in the shape of a fan.
Written by: そら♡
fans are the
door
through which you can be ( おうぎ) cooled. A fan is just a man-made
wing
. I sense( セン)a breeze.
Written by: かわうそ
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/ おうぎ - (noun) folding fan
/ おうぎがた - (noun) fan shape
/ せんぷうき - (noun) electric fan
/ せんす - (noun) folding fan
/ せんぷうき - (noun) electric fan
Kunyomi: とも, へさき
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: ふねへん
Radical
bow or prow of boat
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: こめへん
Radical
rice-bran
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: よじ.る, ね.じる, ねじ.れる, も.じる
Onyomi: レイ, レツ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: てへん
Radical
screw, twist, wrench, distort
Mnemonics
When you twist in a screw, your
hand
returns
again and again to the same position.
Written by: lightmotif
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じりげる / ねじりあげる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to twist (e.g. someone's arm), to wrench
じり / ねじりあめ - (noun) twisted candy stick
せる / ねじふせる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground, to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm, to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument), to make (someone) surrender
る / ねじきる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/transitive) to twist off
る / ねじる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/transitive) to twist, to screw, to wrench; to sprain
Kunyomi: れつ
Onyomi: レイ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: くちへん
Radical
cry, honking of birds, droning of cicadas
Related vocabulary
/ ふうせいかくれい - (noun) {yoji} getting frightened even by a slight noise, hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles, being afraid of one's own shadow
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ケイ
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: くち
Radical
disclose, open, say
Mnemonics
The
door
hit
my
mouth
, but I didn't KEIre/care, so I didn't say anything or disclose it to anyone.
Written by: chancetenacity
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Open a
door
with your
right hand
and make an
opening
to let in the light. Sunshine is the best disinfectant, say / admonish advocates of disclosure, and that’s oKAY→ケイ.
If you open the
door
to
winter
shaped like a
mouth
it will enlighten you. That and there's KEIke on the other side.
Written by: Seraseth
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/ はいけい - (other) Dear (so and so), Dear Sir, Dear Madam, To Whom It May Concern
/ けいはつ - (noun/する verb) enlightenment, development, edification, public awareness, illumination, education, inspiration
/ けいもう - (noun/する verb) enlightenment, illumination
/ ちゅうけい - (noun) ceremonial folding fan
/ けいじょう - (noun/する verb) {hum} speaking respectfully (often used in letters, e.g. as an opening phrase)
Kunyomi: かたよ.る
Onyomi: ヘン
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: にんべん
Radical
partial, side, left-side radical, inclining, biased
Mnemonics
The
にんべん
left-side radical in this kanji is not
level
/ヘン, but biased to one side.
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That
person
is dressed in a strange { = ヘン} military uniform that has an
epaulet
only on the shoulder {かた} on the left-side. He's also wearing
medals
.
I
may be biased, but ever since that hen{ヘン} left a
number of books
under the
door
, the left side is where I'm inclined to practice my kata yo {かたよ}
Written by: Anonymous123
I have to
level
with you. You can't call
small
people
partial. That shows you are biased.
Written by: nexx
The
person
on the side / left side makes this kanji no longer
level
.
Written by: peanutpeepz
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ったえ / かたよったかんがえ - (noun) biased view (biassed), prejudice, one-sided view
る / かたよりみる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)) to show partiality
/ へんけん - (noun) prejudice, bias, distorted view
/ へんさち - (noun) deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades), deviation, T-score, standard score
る / かたよる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to lean (to one side), to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet), to be unduly weighted towards, to be concentrated on; to be partial, to be biased, to be prejudiced
Kunyomi: したが.う
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: とだれ,とかんむり
Radical
follow
Mnemonics
"The
mouth
of the old{コ}
door
," is followed by a
comma
in this sentence.
Written by: Anonymous123
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/ おうこうばっこ - (noun/する verb) {yoji} being rampant, (evildoers) roaming at will
/ ばっこ - (noun/する verb) rampancy, prevalence, domination
/ ばっこちょうりょう - (noun/する verb) {yoji} evildoers being rampant and roaming at will
/ ちょうりょうばっこ - (noun/する verb) {yoji} being rampant, domination
/ こしょう - (noun/intransitive) attendance (on one's superior), accompanying
Kunyomi: やと.う
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: ふるとり
Radical
employ, hire
Mnemonics
Employers will hire any old
turkey
that walks through the
door
Written by: えいえん
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Stick ya toe {やとう} in the
door
by talking to the
old bird
about her kid {コ}. She just might hire you.
Written by: Anonymous123
Employ
birds
to guard the
door
Written by: peanutpeepz
I employed a
door
to guard my precious
turkey
, but it just slacks off all the time.
Written by: hyperbolic_knight
Via : When you hire people
into your employ, it’s not family. They come and go through the
door
/コ like migratory
birds
.
I opened the door
to my interview to be HIRED and to my surprise I saw a 🦃
sitting in a suit. He gobbled, "Im Mr.やと but you can call me こ!
Written by: Keith50
I was hired やとう by McDonald's to stand outside the
door
in a
turkey
suit to promote their new mcturkey
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
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/ やといぬし - (noun) employer
/ おやといがいこくじん - (noun) hired foreigner, foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era
/ こよう - (noun/する verb) employment, hire
/ かいこ - (noun/する verb) dismissal (of an employee), discharge, firing, layoff
う / やとう - (Godan verb - う/transitive) to employ, to hire, to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.), to hire
Kunyomi: とびら
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: とだれ,とかんむり
Radical
front door, title page, front page
Mnemonics
I left the front
door
open by
mistake
.
Written by: MuMe
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That gate is a
door
with two
wings
.
Written by: Karlla
He{ヒ} says, for this
door
to be raw{とびら} steel, instead of a
non-
ferrous metal, is a mistake. It's right on the title page of his report.
Written by: Anonymous123
Servants must
not
go in *under* the front
door
.
Written by: lightmotif
The publisher’s front
door
is inlaid with door panels in the shape of
broken wings
/ヒ so distinctive that it was used in the frontispiece facing the title page of all their books.
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/ とびら - (noun) door, gate, opening; title page
/ なかとびら - (noun) chapter title page, divisional title; middle door
/ しょうかいひ - (noun) {rare} opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.)
/ さいひ - (noun) brushwood door, brushwood gate; wretched abode, miserable shack
/ うちとびら - (noun) internal door, inner door
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ヘン
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: しんにょう,しんにゅう
Radical
everywhere, times, widely, generally
Mnemonics
Knowledge that's widely and generally known everywhere can be found by
going
in a
door
and looking in
books
.
Written by: こはく
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Generally, to be known widely, you take your
small
/ヘン hit on the
road
until it’s been seen everywhere and many times over.
When the hen{ヘン} was on the
road
he'd read aloud a
number of books
that he'd stack under his
door
many times. With each repetition knowledge of his talent spread, until it became generally known everywhere.
Written by: Anonymous123
small
hens
ヘン
on
scooters
everywhere.
Written by: Cayuga
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/ ふへん - (Adjective/-な) universal, general, ubiquitous, omnipresent
/ ふへんてき - (Adjective/-な) universal, omnipresent, ubiquitous
/ じょせいへんれき - (noun) one's history of love affairs with women
/ れんあいへんれき - (noun) history of one's love affairs
/ ふへんぶんるいたいけい - (noun) {comp} universal classification system, general classification system
Kunyomi: いろり
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: かねへん
Radical
hearth, fireplace, furnace
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: つ.く
Onyomi: ソウ, ショウ
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: てへん
Radical
thrust, poke, come together, assemble
Mnemonics
Jacky Chan showed{ショウ} me which window to poke the
ladder
through, so we could rob the
warehouse
. *this kanji means to snatch away in Chinese
Written by: Anonymous123
Related vocabulary
/ チャンカン - (noun) {mahj} winning on a tile robbed from another player's kong
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ソウ
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
ocean
Mnemonics
The ocean is a vast
watery
treasury
/ソウ.
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/ そうでんそうかい - (expression) {yoji} the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea) (from a Chinese legend)
/ そうろう - (noun) blue waves, blue wave; hair that has lost its shine due to ageing
/ そうかい - (noun) {form} the blue sea, blue waters
/ そうかいそうでん - (expression) {yoji} the world is a scene of constant changes, the blue sea turns into a mulberry field
/ そうめい - (noun) {rare} great blue sea, ocean
Kunyomi: いたま.しい, いた.む
Onyomi: ソウ
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: りっしんべん
Radical
sad, pathetic
Related vocabulary
/ せいそう - (Adjective/-な) pathetic, dreadful
/ しょうそう - (adjective/-taru adjective) sad and lamenting; lonely
/ ひそう - (Adjective/-な) pathetic, sad, sorrowful, grievous
/ せいそう - (Adjective/-な) pathetic, dreadful
Kunyomi: もじ
Onyomi: レイ
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: いとへん
Radical
yellowish green, coarse mesh linen
Related vocabulary
/ もじ - (noun) hemp yarn or linen thread woven into a coarse cloth used for mosquito nets, summer clothes, etc.
/ もじ - (noun) hemp yarn or linen thread woven into a coarse cloth used for mosquito nets, summer clothes, etc.
Kunyomi: はじ.める, はじめ
Onyomi: チョウ, ジョウ, トウ
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: ふでづくり
Radical
beginning
Mnemonics
At the beginning of the year, I
strike
the
door
with a
brush
Written by: アダム・じ
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There is always a
door
at the beginnings. You can
follow
the way that door shows or you can
hit
the door and choose another way.
Written by: エミネ
In the beginning,
start
/チョウ writing by
seizing
the brush.
is a door that needs to be opened before starting.
is the radical because is a literary term.
Related vocabulary
/ ちょうこく - (noun/する verb) founding of a state
/ ちょうさい - (noun) beginning of the year
/ ちょうぞう - (noun) establishment, creation (e.g. of a country), foundation
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ケイ
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: いと
Radical
emblem on banner
Related vocabulary
/ こうけい - (noun) the essential point
Kunyomi: せま.い
Onyomi: ヘン
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: ころもへん
Radical
narrow, small
Related vocabulary
/ へんきょう - (Adjective/-な) narrow-mindedness, intolerance, illiberality, narrowness
Kunyomi: あお.る, おだ.てる, おこ.る
Onyomi: セン
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: ひへん
Radical
fan, flap, instigate, agitate, bolster up, gulp down
Mnemonics
Fan the
flame
by flapping a
folding fan
/セン to agitate or instigate combustion.
Fan → flitter → flutter → flatter
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てる / あおぎたてる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to fan incessantly, to agitate, to instigate
てりゃる / ぶたもおだてりゃきにのぼる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)) {proverb} flattery will motivate anyone, flattery can do wonders, even a pig will climb up a tree if flattered
/ きょうさせんどう - (noun/する verb) {yoji} instigation and abetment
てる / おだてる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to flatter, to soft-soap, to sweet talk, to cajole, to instigate
て / おだて - (noun) instigation, flattery
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: コウ,
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
weir, another name for Shanghai
Related vocabulary
/ - (noun) {abbr} {obs} Shanghai (China)
Kunyomi: あ.む
Onyomi: ヘン
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: いとへん
Radical
compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist, editing, completed poem, part of a book
Mnemonics
They opened the
door
and found the
tome
. An old compilation about
threads
and knitting.
Written by: espiacent
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Behind this
door
there is a compilation of
books
held together by
thread
made from hens ヘン that make for an amusing あ.む sight.
Written by: [:ミルキー
Thread
is used in bookbinding to make
small
/ヘン compilations of pages, parts of a book that are glued together with covers to make a complete volume . For knitting, picture as a ball of yarn, as the needles, and as the knit-work.
Oui, oui, mon ami{あみ}, with this
thread
we are going to make a hen{ヘン}. That will open the
door
for us to sell
volumes
of our edited compilation on knitting.
Written by: Anonymous123
This is a close-up of a soldier's shoulder. He is wearing his parade uniform. Here are his
medals
. This is the
epaulet
on his shoulder. And finally this is the gold, braided
cord
known as an Aiguillette {あ} that is hanging from his shoulder. He's no chicken, but could be be HEN-pecked? {ヘン}
I knitted あむ using
thread
a tapestry depecting a
door
which led to a library of full of
books
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
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/ あみもの - (noun) knitting, knitted material, crochet
/ ひきぬきあみめ - (noun) slip stitch (crochet)
/ へんしゅう - (noun/する verb) editing, compilation
/ へん - (noun, suffix) compilation (of a text), editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
む / あむ - (Godan verb - む/transitive) to knit, to plait, to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.), to edit
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ヘン
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: たけかんむり
Radical
volume, chapter, book, editing, compilation
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/ へん - (noun, suffix) compilation (of a text), editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
/ ぞくへん - (noun) continuation, sequel
/ ちょうへん - (noun) long (e.g. novel, film)
/ じょうへん - (noun) first volume
/ たんぺん - (noun) short (e.g. story, film)
Kunyomi: こうもり
Onyomi: ヘン
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: むしへん
Radical
bat
Mnemonics
The bat is an
insect
who's
body
has
wings with claws
.
Written by: エベリーン
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To
level
up, bats have to eat many
small
insects
Written by: フロラ
The bat had a
number of books
, piled up underneath the
door
, about
insects
. A hen{ヘン}, his co-worker{こう} in the forest{もり} {こうもり= こう+もり}, gave them to him.
Written by: Anonymous123
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/ へんぷく - (noun) bat (Chiroptera spp.); {abbr} umbrella; {derog} opportunist, turncoat
/ きゅうけつこうもり - (noun) vampire bat
/ こうもりがさ - (noun) (Western-style) umbrella
のうち / こうもりもとりのうち - (expression) {proverb} capable or not, we are all in the same boat, bats are also birds
/ こうもりもとりのうち - (expression) {proverb} capable or not, we are all in the same boat, bats are also birds
Kunyomi: ひるが.える
Onyomi: ヘン
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: はね
Radical
fluttering of flag
Related vocabulary
/ へんぺん - (adjective/-taru adjective) {obs} fluttering; {obs} frivolous, careless, restless
/ へんぺん - (adjective/-taru adjective) {obs} fluttering; {obs} frivolous, careless, restless
/ へんぽん - (adjective/-taru adjective) fluttering (flag, etc.), flapping, waving
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ヘン
Stroke count: 16
Radical name: ごんべん
Radical
flattering, glibness
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: かた.る, だま.す
Onyomi: ヘン
Stroke count: 19
Radical name: うまへん
Radical
deceive
Mnemonics
He tried to deceive them like Ulysses did with Troy but his
horse
was too
small
Written by: Kfeade
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It's hard to count the
number of books
written about how Trojans were deceived into opening their
doors
for a
horse
full of soldiers. But have you ever heard about the Hen {ヘン} of Damascus {だま} ?
Written by: Anonymous123
Horse
dealers who try to deceive their clients by selling
undersized sway-back
/ヘン steeds mount them by swinging one leg over the back.
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されたとって / だまされたとおもって - (expression) trust me and ..., just take my word for it and ..., think that you have been tricked, and ... (used to encourage someone to try something)
る / だましとる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/transitive) to take by deception, to defraud someone of, to swindle someone out of, to cheat someone out of
/ へんしゅ - (noun/する verb) swindling
/ ぎへん - (noun) deception, deceit, cheating; military deception
す / だます - (す verb/transitive) to trick, to cheat, to deceive; to coax, to wheedle, to soothe and humor (humour)
Kunyomi: かえり.みる
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 21
Radical name: おおがい
Radical
look back, review, examine oneself, turn around
Mnemonics
Turn the
pages
backwards to review and examine your past
employment
history.
Written by: こはく
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Capturing how your KOhai's
employment
went this year on a
page
is how you do his annual performance review.
Written by: thechadwick
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みてう / かえりみてたをいう - (Godan verb - う) to give an evasive answer
/ かいこ - (noun/する verb) recollecting, reminiscing, looking back, retrospection, review
/ こもん - (noun) adviser, advisor, consultant
/ こかく - (noun) customer, client, patron
/ こきゃく - (noun) customer, client, patron
Kunyomi:
Onyomi: シュ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: て
Radical
hand
Mnemonics
"SHU shu, pssst'' I waved my
hand
to get TE cat off my lawn.
Written by: ジェン~1984
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Think of a stick person's hand that includes
spread-out fingers
and a
wrist
.
Written by: かわうそ
Can you
hand
me a て シュ -tissue-
Written by: Omoide
It looks like the palm lines of your
hand
Written by: Furmato
As a TEst {て}, I put my SHOEs {しゅ・ず} on using just one of my
hands
.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
SHOw me your hand
Written by: nyanpuru
Depicts a hand and fingers, with the longest finger, the middle finger, in the center. The first stroke is the bent over
middle finger
, the second is the
ring and index
fingers, and the third is the
little finger and thumb
. The last stroke completes the middle finger and bends at the
wrist
.
Should {シュ} you decide to count them, you will find
one thousand
and
one
lines across the palm of your hand. Likewise, across two hands, you have ten {て} fingers.
Written by: Myaku
The {て}
hand
is the most useful part of the body.
Written by: kuroda
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い / おてあらい - (noun) toilet, restroom, lavatory, bathroom
/ - (noun) hand, arm; {col} forepaw, foreleg; handle; hand, worker, help; trouble, care, effort; means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship; hand, handwriting; kind, type, sort; one's hands, one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)
/ かしゅ - (noun) singer
/ せんしゅ - (noun) player (of a sport), athlete, team member
う / てつだう - (Godan verb - う/transitive) to help, to assist, to aid; to contribute to, to be a factor in
Kunyomi: われ,
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: ほこづくり,ほこがまえ
Radical
ego, I, selfish, our, oneself
Mnemonics
Would it be selfish of me to replace my
hands
with
halberds
?
Written by: gillianfaith
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Our
hand
holding a
weapon
/カ→ガ to protect oneself.
They think I am selfish for not letting this
halberd
leave my
hands
even during the gap {ガ} in the war eh {われ}.
Written by: Anonymous123
Did you hear about the guy who had such a big EGO that he threw a
FIESTA
for his LEFT
HAND
at the Wagamama? ^^

*Primitives from RTK, Wagamama is an Asian chain restaurant in the UK*
Written by: Abnormalise
Selfish is when people use their
hand
with
weapon
to force other to do what they say.
Written by: ramjak
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/ われわれ - (noun) we
/ わがまま - (Adjective/-な) selfish, egoist; {arch} self-indulgent, wilful, willful
/ けが - (noun/する verb) injury, wound; mistake, accident, loss
/ われら - (noun) {form} we, us; {poet} I, me; {col} you (used to address a group of one's equals or inferiors)
/ われ - (noun) I, me; oneself; {arch} you
Kunyomi: うけたまわ.る
Onyomi: ショウ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: て
Radical
acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive
Mnemonics
Etymology: The Kanji is a pictogram of a
person sitting
, and is carried by
two
some say three
hands
. This used to mean a superior recieving service or help. The listen meaning comes from a humble expression of recieving and compling to a superior る.
Written by: ナイナイ
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This is
one ear
. This is the
other ear
. These two ears allow you to hear and to listen to new information. Once you are informed a
lightbulb
lights up over your head to SHOW {ショウ} others that you get {うける = ける = get} it. You can see the
threaded screw
going around {る =まわる} the base of the lightbulb.
Listening when you receive too much information at the same time, is like trying to hold
water
in your
hands
, eventually it will
completely
slip away.
Written by: MuMe
Your request has been けた and is now っている inside my brain. {sounds like うけたまわる}. Although, it did take me
three
glasses of
water
to
completely
receive it all.
Written by: タンゴ
My
concentrated face
wrinkled into
3 folds
while listening to all the information with
open ears
.
Written by: Gjfj
We have been informed that the
three
water
shows{ショウ} are already
complete
. We have no choice but to acquiesce to that fact.
Written by: Anonymous123
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ぶ / うけたまわりおよぶ - (noun/transitive) {hum} {arch} to hear of, to learn of
/ しょうにん - (noun/する verb) recognition, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, approval, consent, agreement
/ りょうしょう - (noun/する verb) acknowledgement, acknowledgment, understanding, approval, consent
/ しょうだく - (noun/する verb) consent, approval, acceptance, agreement, compliance
/ でんしょう - (noun/する verb) handing down (information), legend, tradition, folklore, transmission
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: カン
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: め
Radical
watch over, see
Mnemonics
Holding up one's
hands
over one's
eyes
and look out.
Written by: Karlla
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You KAN peek between the
hand
over your
eyes
to watch over others.
Written by: Seraseth
The great khan {カン} put his
hand
over his
eyes
as he watched over his embattled warriors.
NURSES take care of the patients with their
HANDS
and WATCH OVER them with their
EYES
.
Written by: Abnormalise
If you put your
hand
very hard in your
eye
, it will hurt and you will not see very well.
Written by: ルイス
That’s み me peaking between my
hands
over my
eyes
so I カン can still see the movie even when it’s scary.
Written by: Jules.33
I カン can feel my guardian angel
watching
over
み me with his
hand
on my shoulder.
Written by: Jules.33
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/ かんごし - (noun) (hospital) nurse, registered nurse, RN
/ かんばん - (noun) signboard, sign, billboard, hoarding, doorplate; draw, attraction, feature, highlight, spokesman, figurehead; reputation (of a shop), name; appearance, look, show; closing (for the day, esp. of a restaurant or bar), closing time
/ かんびょう - (noun/する verb) nursing (a patient)
/ かんご - (noun/する verb) nursing, (army) nurse
/ かんごふ - (noun) (female) nurse (now deprecated)
Kunyomi: にわか, にわ.か
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: にんべん
Radical
sudden, abrupt, improvised
Mnemonics
That
person
suddenly became very
selfish
.
Written by: Karlla
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I
suddenly became
selfish
when my improvised garden {にわ} was subjected {ガ} to their questions {+か}.
Written by: Anonymous123
According to Freud, a
person’s
ego
/ガ is subject to sudden demands of the id that cause abrupt conflicts with the super-ego and force makeshift, improvised accommodations.
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/ にわか - (Adjective/-な) sudden, abrupt, unexpected, improvised, hasty, offhand; {n} {abbr} impromptu skit; {n} {abbr} {sl} bandwagon fan, fair-weather fan
/ にわかあめ - (noun) rain shower
/ がぜん - (adverb) suddenly, all of a sudden, abruptly
/ にわかあめ - (noun) rain shower
に / にわかに - (adverb) suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly
Kunyomi: つか.む, ひ.く
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: て
Radical
catch, arrest
Related vocabulary
/ だほ - (noun/transitive) capture (esp. of a foreign vessel), seizure
Kunyomi: あ.げる, あ.がる
Onyomi: キョ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: て
Radical
raise, plan, project, behavior, actions
Mnemonics
I
tried
to raise money for the election in little Kyoto {キョ} using only
one
hand
, but in the end I needed
eight
Written by: Anonymous123
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My plan was to raise
one
shelter
against the
rain
using my own
hands
in Little Kyoto {キョ}.
Via : If you want a plan to result in action, to change behavior, it’s not enough to join a
cause
/ヨ→キョ: you have to raise your
hand
. Do not confuse with fist /ケン, which has two horizontal strokes in the crown instead of one.
When you're
enlightened
with an idea, you raise your
hand
.
Written by: そら♡
I'm raising money for my new project; the plan requires
three water droplets
and
one
to
eight
hands
. Once I can get those, I can put the plan into action.
Written by: emanresU
On the
grass
y
ground
you need to take
fins
in your
hand
and raise them up high. It's a harvest ritual that takes place in little KYO
Written by: Seraseth
RAISE the
1
8
Chicks
with my
Hand
Written by: ハンゾウ
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/ あげく - (noun) after (a long process), at the end of; {n} last line (of a renga)
て / あげくのはて - (adverb) finally, in the end, on top of all that
/ いっきょ - (noun) one effort, one action
/ せんきょ - (noun/する verb) election
/ れっきょ - (noun/する verb) enumeration, list
Kunyomi: こぶし
Onyomi: (none)
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: て
Radical
fist
Mnemonics
Curled
/ケン
hand
: fist. Do not confuse with action /キョ, which has one horizontal stroke instead of two.
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Ken{ケン} made his
hand
into a fist at the
special A's
children's{こ} bushido{ぶし}{こぶし = こ + ぶし} tournament.
Written by: Anonymous123
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/ こぶし - (noun) fist
/ ちからこぶし - (noun) clenched fist
/ こぶしだい - (adjective) fist-sized
/ にぎりこぶし - (noun) clenched fist
る / こぶしをにぎる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)) to make a fist, to clench one's fist
Kunyomi: けわ.しい
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: やまへん
Radical
high mountain
Mnemonics
High
mountain
as high as
my ego
Written by: ミロ367
Related vocabulary
/ がが - (adjective) {form} rugged (mountains), craggy, jagged
/ がが - (adjective/-taru adjective) {form} rugged (mountains), craggy, jagged
/ さがびじゅつだいがく - (noun) {organization} Kyoto Saga University of Arts
/ ぎが - (adjective) {obs} towering, soaring, lofty
/ さが - (adjective/-taru adjective) {arch} precipitous
Kunyomi: ひっさ.げる
Onyomi: ケイ, ケツ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: て
Radical
carry by hand
Related vocabulary
/ ていけい - (noun/transitive,intransitive) cooperation, tie-up, joint business, partnership, alliance, sponsorship
/ ていけつ - (noun/intransitive) {obs} cooperation
Kunyomi: つか.む, ひ.く
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: て
Radical
catch, arrest
Related vocabulary
/ だほ - (noun/する verb) capture (esp. of a foreign vessel), seizure
/ すいな - (noun) tui na (Chinese massage)
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ショウ
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: て
Radical
manipulate, rule, administer, conduct, palm of hand
Mnemonics
Holding a
sparkling jewel
on the palm of one's
hand
.
Written by: Karlla
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The
esteemed
/ショウ administrator knows how to manipulate bureaucrats. They are putty in the palm of his
hand
.
I
still
SHOU/show my
hand
so that you can see that my palm is clean and I'm not trying to manipulate you.
Written by: chancetenacity
That card dealer tattooed the kanji for
esteem
on the palm of his hands because his
hands
were esteemed for the dextrous way he manipulates a deck of cards. Plus all the show {ショウ} girls love him.
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/ しゃしょう - (noun) (train) conductor
/ しょうあく - (noun/する verb) grasping, seizing, holding, commanding, having control over
/ ぶんしょう - (noun/する verb) division of duties, taking charge of (one's allotted duty), handling one's share of (the work), sharing (duties)
/ がっしょう - (noun/する verb) pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; {exp} yours sincerely, yours truly, sincerely yours (at the end of Buddhist correspondence)
り / がっしょうひねり - (noun) {sumo} clasped-hand twist down
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