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Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: つちへん
Radical
ground, earth
Mnemonics
To
be
on
soil
means you’re living on earth
Written by: Baharley
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A charming
alligator
on the
ground
that keeps chanting "CHIaki CHIn CHIn" {ち}
Written by: Justps2
There's an
alligator
on the
ground
, eating earthy CHEEse {ち}.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
じ said The
ground
is
to be
filled with チeese.
Written by: チェイスです
To be
buried
by a large
crane
in the ground. CHIlling...
Written by: ジェン~1984
Soil
and the Kanji that looks like a
G
makes ground.
Written by: Kurisu2543
She would
say
that she could align her "chi"「CHI チ」with the
soil
to *ground* herself with the *earth*.
Despite seeming nothing like it, the
character
was derived from the appearance of a two-headed snake. Looking from an angle, a two-headed snake is almost like a sprout, sprouting from the
ground
.
Written by: non0230
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“chi” Semantic
“earth”.

The ground
is
the
earth
Written by: フバフバ
Potters clay
is
/ヤ← /i̯aᵡ/ ← *laːlʔ … *l'els → /dʱiᴴ/ →ジ→チ from the ground here on earth. In contrast to , is used for the ground as a place ところ, not for the dirt, soil, or clay found there.
there is
classical
art in
turkey
Written by: weirdkeichan
Earth is
soil
that has come
to be
alive.
Written by: juniperberry
Disturb the
soil
and a
scorpion
may slither out of the ground.
Written by: elbit
Looks like
jagged
earth and rocky
ground
Written by:
You'll
be
on the
ground
soon.
Written by: AidanRyota
The
soil
hardened and stacked up over the years
to be
called the earth.
Written by: バリエル
The
soil
of our area is
to be
tested tomorrow for poisonous worms living under-ground.
Written by: Mystery4869
Turkey's
Constantinople is
to be
Istanbul.
Written by: ウインク
It's dangerous for gophers
to be
outside the above the
earth
- it's much better for them to stay underGROUND.
Written by: Rotem
To be
soil
is to be a
duplicate
of the ground
Written by: javabones
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/ いじわる - (Adjective/-な) malicious, ill-tempered, unkind, mean, nasty
/ じもと - (noun) home area, home town; {adj-no} local
/ ちかてつ - (noun) {abbr} subway, metro, underground (railway)
/ ちず - (noun) map, atlas, chart, plan
/ ちり - (noun) geography
Kunyomi: お.きる, お.こす, お.こる
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: そうにょう
Radical
rouse, wake up, get up
Mnemonics
I had a scary dream where I was
running
from
myself
. I woke up immediately.
Written by: Kylanoカイラーノ
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Get up
at two
and run
Written by: arafat
Nothing will WAKE you UP quite as much as finding a
SNAKE
in your bed. You will
RUN AWAY
like you've never run before!

*Primitive: Snake from RTK*
Written by: Abnormalise
I KEEp {き} having a nightmare where I
run
from
myself
. OH {お}, it makes me wake up every time!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
A scary dream occurred {お(こる)} where I was
running
from a
snake which was actually myself
and I was locked in a room without the key {キ}. I immediately woke up of course {お(こす)}.
Written by: quickMaffs44
Run
into
oneself
in a dream and you'll definitely wake up.
Written by: Seraseth
Wake
yourself
up
and
run
straight to work. You are late !
Written by: Hexador
Wake up
yourself
and
run
to school! You're late!
Written by: ルイス
For
self
improvement and so that I'll be more physically fit, I wake up
early in the morning and I
run
.
Written by: くん
Only animate objects, i.e., objects that
move
themselves
can get up.
Written by: ききな
When
I
wake up -okiru- I sit
on my bed
and
read a book
about -oko- because I refuse to get up.
Written by: ミリア♡
In Tekken if you find your
self
on the
ground
and you choose the wrong get up おきoption, they will win and キcharge at you. So you have to
run
it back to get even with them.
Written by: アグノス
You need
yourself
to wake up and
run
out of bed to get up.
Written by: げつ
personally
, I have to
run
a mile to wake up in the morning
Written by: StoneCuber
The hissing sound from the
snake
woke me up. I
ran
like crazy to get away from it!
Written by: ケンパチ
Be careful when
running
through the jungle, because you might wake up a sleeping
snake
by stepping on it. If you do, fight it off with your door *key*
Written by: Samurai_Ash
when I want to
run
from
myself
I sleep
Written by: Quixotic
To
run
when
you're kneeling
, you must first get up!
Written by: Emmyちゅ
Related vocabulary
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がる / おきあがる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to rise, to erect, to get up
がりこぼし / おきあがりこぼし - (noun) tumbler, self-righting doll
し / おきふし - (adverb/intransitive) rising and going to bed, daily life; {adv} all the time, constantly, whether awake or asleep
/ きしょう - (noun/する verb) rising (from one's bed), getting up, getting out of bed
きる / おきる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/intransitive) to get up, to rise, to blaze up (fire); to wake up, to be awake, to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents), to happen, to take place
Kunyomi: つくえ
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: きへん
Radical
desk, table
Mnemonics
A
wooden
table
.
Written by: Karlla
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A desk is a simple,
wooden
table
with a drawer. Some desks have drawers that you can lock with a key {キ} .
A proper sturdy DESK should be
made of Hard
WOOD
,
that even the strongest
WIND
won't blow it away.
Written by: Abnormalise
A desk is just a
table
made from a
tree
Written by: Anonymous123
A desk and a
table
are built from
wood
screwed つくえ together.
Written by: Jules.33
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/ つくえ - (noun) desk
にむかう / つくえにむかう - (Godan verb - う) to sit at a desk (to study), to be at one's desk, to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
/ きじょう - (noun) on the desk; {adj-no} theoretical, academic, armchair (e.g. plan), desktop, paper, not yet implemented
/ めいそうじょうき - (noun) {yoji} dustless desk by a well-lit window, well-lit and clean study conducive to learning
/ かたそでつくえ - (noun) desk with a tier of drawers on one side
Kunyomi: つぎ, つ.ぐ
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: あくび,かける
Radical
next, order, sequence
Mnemonics
First it is water, next it becomes
ice
, due to
lack
of heat.
Written by: ドみにく
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She {シ} was trying to put together a bed that she bought from Ikea, but she got the sequence of steps wrong, and so her attempt
failed
. It was
icy
cold and she wished she could crawl into a snug, cozy bed. Instead she
yawned
and said, "Gee {ジ}, what should I do next?
Is
lack
of
ice
next with global warming?
Written by: Flopom
Next is Number
Two
/ニ→ジ. Number Two will fill the
gap
left by Number One, the previous member of the sequence when it is processed in order.
The radical cannot be or , because this construction implies a whole theoretical class of characters, including first ⿰, second ⿰, third ⿰, etc. Therefore the radical must be . Compare .

(*sn̥ʰis) 姿
シ← /t͡sʰiᴴ/ ← *sn̥ʰis
The next thing SHE {ㇱ} found on the
mountain
was a
chair
. It was
wet
, that wasn't TOO GOOd {つ.ぐ}.
Global warming sequence is
ice
glaciers melting because we
lack
proper care. Next in order?
Written by: Pharmacia
Possibly Phono-semantic Ideogram: Phonetic
“シ” “two/ニ” Semantic
“man kneeling/inferior”. Either the ニ indicates two men conversing or it indicates saliva expelled to indicate a conversation.

When counting down, the
second
inferior
is the next number in order of sequence.
Written by: フバフバ
First we
lack
water
, now what's next
Written by: ロニー88
You already had an
ice
, but the next time you check, you
lack
it?

...That's because it melted. That's just the natural sequence of physical reactions.
Written by: コノエ・エル
You’re next in line to get your hair cut. You can go sit in the
chair
, and she シ will
wash
it. After that she’ll dye しだい it.
Written by: Jules.33
That
ku
on top of that
person
sweating
probably means she シ is making a sequence of exercises. Maybe she's having tsushi next!
Written by: 【サラ☆】
Wrap
> a
person
in a coat and the next time it
rains
, he will be dry.
Written by: FOXYPIRATEN
now that we're at the
ice
, next, order have to make the pirate
failures
walk the plank in sequence in single file to then sink through
Written by: Suoira
Gee ジ, I'm
lacking
ice
to treat my next patient...
Written by: ケンパチ
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/ つぎ - (noun) next, following, subsequent; stage, station
/ つぐみ - (noun) {rare} next in line, heir
/ もくじ - (noun) table of contents, contents
/ しだい - (noun/adverb) depending on (after a noun); as soon as, immediately after, upon (after a noun or the -masu stem of a verb); as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"), whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand") (after the -masu stem of a verb); {n} order, program, programme, precedence; {n} circumstances, course of events, state of things; {n} reason
/ つぎつぎ - (adverb) in succession, one by one
Kunyomi: き.える, け.す
Onyomi: ショウ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
Mnemonics
The astronauts used
water
to extinguish the
small
fire on the
moon
.
Written by: gillianfaith
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You can't show ショウ me the key き now because it's dark since I already used
water
to extinguish the
candle
.
Erasing a drawing
resembles
putting out a fire with
water
Written by: Hexador
Extinguishing the
candle
with
water
.
Written by: eksvie
Depicts a Type A pressurized-
water
fire extinguisher, or a close
resemblance
/ショウ anyway, from the SHŌwa→ショウ era.
Show ショウ everyone that you can
blow out
the candle on your
cake けき
.
There are so many candles we may need a fire extinguisher.
Written by: Jules.33
I used
water
on a
burning
meat
to turn off the fire from destroying the food
Written by: Baharley
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“ショウ” Semantic
“water”, it is not a candle though it does resemble one.

The
water
can extinguish
candles
Written by: フバフバ
The
water
Extinguish the forest fire. The woods
resemble
the woods in Avatar The Last Airbender.
Written by: チェイスです
You can either blow out or throw
water
on the
candle
.
Written by: ルイス
fire extinguiSHOU
※ In caseけす of fire, brea-kき glass
Written by: kaabigon
Extinguish the burning
amogus
with
water
, else he will be "kieru-ed"
Written by: wolfhunter727
A truck having siren
light
and a
water
are used to
extinguish
the fire.
Written by: ブダ
Water
extinguished any
resemblance
.
Written by: コエル
"I SHOU you the
moon
and all it's thousand
stars
.'' And he put
little bear
on his neck and walked with him outside. "Will they ever vanish?'', asked little bear.
Written by: ジェン~1984
The moon
is
disappearing [getting smaller
] behind the
sea's
horizon.
Written by: けいど
The
magic
erases
the
moon
Written by: Riri777
KI/keep adding
water
to Extinguish the
month
ly
fire
SHOU/show.
Written by: レイん|レナ
I shot ショウ with my
water gun
to extinguish the flame on what
resembles
a lit candle
Written by: ケンパチ
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る / きえいる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice), to trail off, to die away, to dwindle; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.), to feel faint, to feel numb, to feel as though one is going to die
/ けしいん - (noun) postmark, (postal) cancellation mark
/ しょうひ - (noun/する verb) consumption, expenditure, spending
える / きえる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/intransitive) to disappear, to vanish, to go out of sight, to go away, to become lost; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.), to die, to turn off (e.g. of a TV screen); to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.), to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness), to disappear, to fade away (e.g. of footsteps); to wear away (e.g. of an inscription), to rub out (of writing), to fade (e.g. of ink); to be lost (e.g. of a tradition), to die out, to disappear
え / たちぎえ - (noun) going out (before burning completely), dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan), falling through, coming to nothing, dying away (e.g. of a rumour)
Kunyomi: し.まる, し.める, と.じる, と.ざす
Onyomi: ヘイ
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: もんがまえ,かどがまえ
Radical
closed, shut
Mnemonics
That
gate
is closed and protected by a
talented
warrior.
Written by: Kuromi
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The
genious
closes the
gate
at night not because... no special reason, he's just a shut in.
Written by: Pharmacia
Oh
no! The
gate
is closed
Written by: (ガモク)
She {し} yelled, "Hey {ヘイ}, that
gate
valve needs to be kept closed, or the
O
rings will wear out!"
Written by: Anonymous123
The
gate
is closed and barred with
timber
.

(*piːds)
ヘイ← /pieiᴴ/ ← *piːds
She {し} yelled out, "Hey {ヘイ} baka!" and closed the
gate
. Someone told {と} me that she is a
genius
shut-in and looks to have blood type O*.
*note1: search up "Japanese blood type personality theory"
*note2: looks like the katakana オ but the last stroke starts on the right side and crosses over to the left
Written by: quickMaffs44
This
gate
is closed against
geniuses
.
Written by: アムン
close the
gate
with the wooden prop that came from the
missing right branch of that tree
Written by: ドみにく
When I saw the movie Ju-on, "Toshio"「TO と、SHI し」scared me so much,
I kicked
all of the
doors
*shut* throughout the house. I thought if they were *closed*, "he"「HĒ ヘイ」couldn't get me!
The
gates
are closed.
my gosh!
Written by: チェイスです
Bruce Lee just
kicked
the
gate
shut
Written by: Afrina0987
Oh
no! She し got to と/た heaven ヘイ and the
gate
was closed.
Written by: Jules.33
Only a
genius
can close these huge
gates
Written by: Veerdb
Ideogram: When you can see the
gate's
material
it is closed shut.

- ← : Abbreviated through the connotation "material"
Written by: フバフバ
Way to go,
genius
. After she broke your toe, she rui-ned とじる your chances of escape. Now you're closed in here behing the
gate
. Hey へイ, cheer up!
Written by: Wolfenspace
HEY
Genius
! Shut that
gate
or we're TOast!
Written by: catzi
the club
gate
is closed to people under eighteen
years old
Written by: weirdkeichan
Related vocabulary
す / しめだす - (す verb/transitive) to shut out, to bar, to lock out, to exclude
る / しめきる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/transitive) to close up, to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired), to close off (e.g. subscription list)
る / とじこもる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to seclude oneself, to shut oneself away
もる / とじこもる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to seclude oneself, to shut oneself away
/ へいかい - (noun/する verb) closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
Kunyomi: まど
Onyomi: ソウ
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: あなかんむり
Radical
window, pane
Mnemonics
A window is a
hole
that
I
can look through and fill my
heart
with the beauty of the outside
Written by: Hexador
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Via : A window is a
hole
that the
public
/コウ→ソウ can look through to see your inner
heart
.
The radical is hole because a window is a kind of hole.
The view in the window fills the
hole
in
my
heart
.
Written by:
A window is a
gap
through which the
public
can see one's
soul
{SOU}
Written by: マイケルミラー
Me
and my longing
heart
kepp looking through that
hole
that serves as a the window of my prison
Written by: seito
Ideogram:
“Hole” + “window”. Is simplified to
and it’s unclear why the heart is added.

The window is a
hole
which can fill the void in
my
heart
Written by: フバフバ
Window is a
hole
through which
I
can see with my eyes — "the window to my
heart
" — the outside world and it's
spirits
.
Written by: ききな
I
stood outside my ex-girlfriend’s window
{looks like a person} and poured my
heart
out, even though MA said DOn’t do it.
Written by: Jules.33
At daytime, it's an
opening
to the outside.
When it's dark you can see
yourself

That's what I
love
about windows
Written by: StoneCuber
A
hole
through
my
body
myself
is like a window that will let people see my
heart
.
Written by: Cyborg Muffin
When I'm mad まど for no reason,
I
look through the window to fill the
hole
in my
heart
.
Written by: ケンパチ
A WINDOW can be either a
HOLE
in a wall that you lean at with your
ELBOWS
and gaze through it, or it can also be a WINDOW to someone's
Written by: Abnormalise
There's a
hole
in
my
heart
through which you can see like through a window everyone who has ever betrayed me
Written by: Dima2112
The
hole
leading to the
private
heart
of your house is the window. Or maybe it's just the window to your soul, and not your house. Like the poetry people say.
Written by: しまうま
I planned to use my
elbow
to knock a
hole
in the wall to create a window. But as I was doing so, my sister got in the way and I accidentally
elbowed
her in the
heart
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
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/ まど - (noun) window
/ まどぐち - (noun) counter, window, teller window, ticket window; contact person, point of contact
/ どうそうかい - (noun) alumni association, graduates' association, alumni meeting, class reunion
/ どうそう - (noun) being a graduate of the same school, person who went to the same school, fellow alumnus
/ まどぎわ - (noun) at the window, by the window, next to the window
Kunyomi: あ.く, あ.ける, ひら.く, ひら.ける
Onyomi: カイ
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: もんがまえ,かどがまえ
Radical
open, unfold, unseal
Mnemonics
Under the
gate
we find a smaller
torii gate
, signifying that it is ok to pass through - the gate is open.
Written by: krazator10
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You use
both arms
to open a
gate
.
Written by: ヒァン
The terrible demon AKU opened the
gates
and threw our HIRA {hero, kind of} Samurai Jack into the time warp gate he had
put together
inside!
Written by: Jen GP
An interesting development has unfolded: as I was walking through the
torii
gate
, I got hit by a {あ} kite {カイ}. They took me to the hospital to heal abit {ひら}. Then after, they unsealed the bandage of the open wound.
Written by: quickMaffs44
The
gate
is opened /カイ by
two hands
lifting the
bolt
. See also .
I *unfold* the map to get an "accurate" 「AKERU あ.ける」path to the
gate
so I can *unseal* it,
throw the doors *open*
, and fight the Cobra "Kai"「KAI カイ」dojo. Mr. Miyagi is the best karate trainer. "He rocks"「HIRAKU ひら.く」!
The
gates
were opened by あく. A カイte flew through the
open
gates.
Written by: チェイスです
Opening
both wings
of the
gate
.
Written by: Karlla
Ideogram: You can open a
gate
by using your
hands
to undo the
latch
Written by: フバフバ
After you
put together
the
gates
, you have to open
them to unfold
and see what's on the other side.
Written by: くん
they
put together
the
gates
to open and close
Written by: weirdkeichan
When a Torii
gate
is
put together
with a path, it opens the way to a Shrine.
Written by: Howitzegger
You can open the
gate
with a
lantern
, oKAY {かい}, but what will unfold on the other side ...
Written by: BambiIcedTea
When I opened the
gate
to the park, I saw so many
benches
!
Written by: ルイス
A
small man
throws open the
gates
Written by: サイロ33
A KAod way to open a
KAIt
is to find the
keys
Written by: ジェン~1984
It looks like a little man opening a window. This is the
window, a gate
, and the
man
is opening it with his
arms
stretched
Written by: カミCamooh
The old
gate
had rusted shut so we had to
put together
a group of people to help open it.
Written by: 🦡
Looks like a
stool
placed between the two doors of a
double door
. The stool being in the middle holds the door open, leaving the doors unfolded, and the room within unsealed.
Written by:
Related vocabulary
/ あなあきせん - (noun) perforated coin
/ あなあけき - (noun) (hole) punch, stiletto
る / ひらきなおる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to become defiant, to fight back, to turn upon, to take the offensive
かれたインド / じゆうでひらかれたインドたいへいよう - (noun) free and open Indo-Pacific, FOIP
/ かいし - (noun/する verb) start, commencement, beginning, initiation
Kunyomi:
Onyomi: ジョウ
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: つちへん
Radical
location, place
Mnemonics
There's only
one
place on
earth
that the
sun
does not
shine. That's Joe's { ジョウ}Bar {ば}.
Written by: Anonymous123
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Forget that
Earth
and the
Sun
are places
one
must not
. –Yoda
Written by: lightmotif
This is a place where the
sun
touches the
ground.
Written by: ソーサーペン
On this
ground
one
person can relax unter the
sun
, but
must not
tell too many people about this great location.
Written by: サマヒラ
A place on the
ground
under the
sun
/ヨウ→ジョウ.
When "Joe"「JYŌ ジョウ」"chose"「CHŌ チョウ」a *location* for his "bar"「BA ば」, he picked a *place* where he could raise his own
pigs
in rich
soil
and plenty of
sun
. He serves the best BBQ in town!
In this particular location, it's so
easy
to get jo-JOU-BA {じょう/ ば} oil from the
ground
Written by: Justps2
Vampires
must not
stand
under
the
sun
so they find a PLACE in the
ground
Written by: Davidn
In
Turkey
, the
Sun
does
not
shine much.
Written by: P1ng23n4
The
dirt
is
easy
to dig, making it a great location to bury a body!
Written by: Seraseth
covered in
SOIL
in my front yard I found a antique
PIGGY BANK
. An unexpected LOCATION!
Written by: elbit
After
sun down
you
must not
wander in places with
graves
all around -- there might be vampires and zombies!
Written by: Azuraphel
The
sun
touches the
ground
in all kinds of places
Written by: rudomyboy
In "Land before time" they reference the place they are trying to get to as:
Where the
bright disc
touches
ground
. It's there, where there's all the fertile
soil
and one must
not
fear to be turned into a skeleton by the T-Rex.
Written by: Xilmi
Sunny
place
.
Written by: コエル
Except for a few places, the
sun
BAkes {ば} JOkes {じょう} on all locations around the
earth
.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Both, the
earth
and the
sun
are locations. However,
one
of those you
must not
visit.
These
spiders
do not
get to watch the
sunrise
from their PLACE under
ground
.
Written by: Jules.33
The
ground
represents Terra, and the
sun
represents Sol. This shows how Space is a big place, and there is
not
but
one
location out there in the void.
Written by:
The periodicity of the
Sun rising
above the
ground
indicates the location on Earth.
Written by: ききな
This is a great place where the
sun
bathes the
earth
.
Written by: rtega
When you go to a location with lots of
sun
, you
must not
forget to cover yourself in
soil
. This location is very dangerous in that way.
Written by: Edelmeister
BA-bara {ば}has a pet
bird
called Jo {ジョウ}. Ba holds onto Jo's wings and they fly to different locations between the
earth
and the
sun
Written by: Plum Blossom
they want to go to that place, but after
1
day
of driving on the
dirt
they
gave up
.
Now that this place is
open
, let me introduce you to Joe {ジョウ}. He is the boss {ば} of this branch location. Not only that, he's the salt of the
earth
.
The speck I see on the
earth
below the
sun
's
horizon line
is a place's shadow
not
the actual place.
Written by: あいりー
Land
+
difficult
= one's hard-earned place!
Written by: Emmyちゅ
a group of friends probably would
not
wake up at six in the
morning
to pick out
soil
at an unknown location
Written by: weirdkeichan
Related vocabulary
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/ ばしょ - (noun) place, location, spot, position; room, space; {sumo} basho, wrestling tournament
/ ばめん - (noun) scene, setting, place (where something happens), scenario, case; scene (in a movie, play), shot; state of the market
/ ちゅうしゃじょう - (noun) parking lot, car park, carpark, parking garage
/ かいじょう - (noun) assembly hall, meeting place, venue, site, grounds
/ ひろば - (noun) public square, square, plaza, piazza, forum; open space, clearing
Kunyomi: あ.う, あ.わす, あ.わせる
Onyomi: カッ, ガッ, ゴウ
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: くち
Radical
fit, suit, join, 0.1
Mnemonics
A
lid
matching the
pot
.
Written by: Karlla
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1
mouth
fits on a
person
Written by: Yuval
All of those
boxes
go {ゴウ} together. They will easily fit under
one
roof
if you put them somewhere suitable.
Written by: Anonymous123
I have "got"「GA ガッ」to "go"「GŌ ゴウ」to the
dentist office
where I will open my
mouth
and say "ahh"「A あ」, so the dentist can make sure my new
retainer
*fits* properly.
Two mouths: a
triangle
and a
square
/コウ→ゴウ. They fit together, they suit each other, they may join in a meeting or a dialogue or a union or a coupling.

(*kuːb, *ɡuːb) 鴿
カッ, ガッ, コウ, ゴウ←かふ, がふ← /kăp̚/, /ɣăp̚/ ← *kuːb, *ɡuːb
Every
person
has
one
mouth
that suits them.
Written by: サマヒラ
Only
one
mouth
will fit on a
person's
face or suit them
Written by: Quixotic
The furniture I bought a while A-GO {あ, ゴウ} for my old
house
won't fit in the new one.
Join me in
talking
about to
one
person
AI/I'm gonna GOU/go out/AU to meet.
Written by: レイん|レナ
This
lid
and
pot
meet {あう} together and fit perfectly. We should go {ゴウ} get some more.
The
compass
didn't fit in my
pencil case
, I had to join a bigger one.
Written by: ケンパチ
A hipster guy has moustache patterned
UMBRELLA
MATCHING the
huge moustache
over his
MOUTH
. That look really SUITS him.
Written by: Abnormalise
ゴ Go あ away. You don’t fit in this
house
. There are too many かつ cats.
Written by: Jules.33
Ideogram: Two
Mouths
second mouth
— speaking to each other because the two people fit each other and enjoy joining and conversing with each other
Written by: フバフバ
A
person
standing al
one
needs an eloquent
mouth
to join and fit in groups.
Written by: バリエル
Related vocabulary
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う / にあう - (Godan verb - う/intransitive) to suit, to match, to become, to be like
う / つきあう - (Godan verb - う/intransitive) to associate with, to keep company with, to go out with, to go steady with, to get on with; to go along with, to follow someone's lead, to accompany someone, to compromise
う / まにあう - (Godan verb - う/intransitive) to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose, to be good enough, to be enough, to manage, to make do
う / はなしあう - (Godan verb - う/transitive) to discuss, to talk together
う / つりあう - (Godan verb - う/intransitive) to balance, to be in harmony, to be in equilibrium; to suit, to go well together, to be a good match
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: バン
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: た
Radical
turn, number in a series
Mnemonics
Separating
rice harvested from the
fields
into numbered piles!
Written by: rtega
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There is a huge number of
rice
in this
one
丿
singular
rice field
Written by: Hitobitokun
There were "two guys"「TSUGAI つが.い」that made "buns"「BAN バン」with
rice
harvested from local
rice fields
. Their famous recipe was the Nth *number in a series* of attempts, taking *turns* trying to
top
each other in making the best gluten-free bread.
Take turns when
topping rice
in the
paddy
.
Written by: アフマヂ
It's your turn to count all the
rice grains
in this
field
and tell me the number.
Written by: レイん|レナ
Count the number of
sticks
and
rice
in the
fields
Written by: Quixotic
Through hard work, I’ve managed to turn
one
丿
grain of
rice
into a series of high-yielding
rice fields
.
Written by: Jules.33
No
丿
! Don't waste
rice
like that! People are working hard on
rice fields
to get it! Turn back and eat it.
Written by: ルイス
Phono-semantic Ideogram: Phonetic
“バン” “Paw” + Semantic
“field”.

The
paw prints
in the
field
are in a number series
Written by: フバフバ
The little
no
丿
is just chilling eating some
rice
in a
field
when his boss says it's his turn to do some work.
Written by: Gcgsauce
Staring at your
bingo board
, listening for a number in a series, waiting for your turn to
come
Written by: ちゃんPigInAWig
There is
no
丿
rice
in the
paddy
because of a turn of bad luck and a series of unfortunate events over the last number of years.
Written by: Jules.33
Sadly it's my バン turn to
come
to the
fields
and harvest the
rice
... 😔
Written by: Azuraphel
A person
1
taking their turn walking on the field
2
Written by: Sesamesoup
I'm using this as a Rice bag
cause there's a
handle
added to
the rice
.
Ughh, It's my turn to go fill the rice bag
from the
field
Written by: ケンパチ
You
separate
each individual rice-grain from the plant and then you put one grain in the first field of the chess-board, 2 in the second, 4 in the third and so on...
Now it's your turn: Determine the total combined number of rice-grains on all such
"rice-fields"
together.
Written by: Xilmi
the
next
rice field
is not number 3?
Written by: チェイスです
Related vocabulary
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/ こうばん - (noun/する verb) police box, koban, small neighborhood police station; alternation; {adj-f} {physics} alternating (current, stress, etc.)
/ ばんごう - (noun) number, series of digits
/ ばんぐみ - (noun) program (e.g. TV), programme
/ じゅんばん - (noun) turn (in line), order of things, sequential order
/ とうばん - (noun) being on duty, person on duty, one's turn
Kunyomi: き.る, き.れる
Onyomi: セツ, サイ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: かたな
Radical
cut, cutoff, be sharp
Mnemonics
Seven
swords
Cut better than one
Written by: Pharmacia
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It is very 'important' that you KEEp*ki* the
seven
swords
SET*SU* aSAIde
Written by: ジェン~1984
I KEEp {き}
seven
SETSU {せつ} of
swords
so that I always have a sharp one to cut things with.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
is a pictogram for
a piece of wood
getting cut in the middle by a
knife
. The character
was later borrowed to use for seven and in order not to cause any confusion, a new character was created to mean only cutting by adding
a knife
to the right.
Written by: non0230
The key き to a sharp
sword
is to set セツ each side サイ
seven
times.
Written by: Wolfenspace
A
sword
can cut a log to
seven
pieces
Written by: ミロ367
To "keep"「KI き」your kitchen
knife
*sharp* for a clean *cut*, never "set"「SETSU セツ」it blade side down, and run the whetstone along the blade
seven
times a week.
The Kurosawa film “The
Seven
Samurai” features many
sword
s
and lots of cutting.
Written by: Uggyboots
Cut
/シツ← /t͡sʰiɪt̚/ ← *sn̥ʰid … *sn̥ʰiːd → /t͡sʰet̚/ →セツ→サイ with a sharp
knife
.
If your wife finds out that you’ve been cheating for
seven
years, she might not kill you きる with that
knife
,
she might just cut off something very precious /たいせつ. That would be very painful ない/せつない and require a very careful に/たいせつに operation /せっかい. So the moral of the story is to be very nice /しんせつ to your wife.
Written by: Jules.33
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“セツ/サイ”, Semantic
“knife”.

A
knife
can cut
seven
times before needing sharpening.

Its also useful to understand the kanji has more nuances such as meaning eagerness or urgency especially in jukugo.

Other meanings include being “close” or “to clench”, “to match”, “main point” etc.
Written by: フバフバ
So you have got
seven
sets {セツ} of
swords
? Well say {セイ} that to kiki! {き, き}{you know, that weird star like thing in the kiki-bouba experiment?}
Written by:
In Monster Hunter, your
sword
can be made sharp
seven
layers.
Written by: ニュちゃん
Those
seven
swords
are so sharp
they can cut
.
Written by: くん
A
seven
sword
slash with razer sharp blades is an ultimate form of cut in anime.
Written by:
I told him
seven
times to cut the shrubs with a
sword
It looks like
{りょく}
had its top cut off! Something sharp must've done it, as it's not easy to cut something so strong. Maybe
7
did it...!
Written by: カミCamooh
If you have
seven
swords
, there's only so much you can do with them. The main thing? Probably using them to cut something!!!!
Written by: しまうま
Seven
aliens were cut by his
sword
Written by: チェイスです
The
seven
men were cut by the man with the
sword
.
Written by: さま
For the cleanest cut, keep *き* your blades sharp as
seven
swords
.
Written by: Victre
Related vocabulary
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け / きっかけ - (noun) chance, start, cue, excuse, motive, impetus, occasion
/ きれめ - (noun) gap, break, rift; pause, interval, interruption; cut, incision, notch, score; end
/ しんせつ - (Adjective/-な) kind, gentle, considerate, generous, friendly, nice
/ いっさい - (noun/adverb) all, everything, entirety, the whole; {adv} absolutely (not), (not) at all, (none) whatsoever, without exception (with neg. verb)
る / きる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/transitive) to cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery); to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect; to punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub); to open (something sealed); to start; to set (a limit), to do (something) in less or within a certain time, to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.); to reduce, to decrease, to discount; to shake off (water, etc.), to let drip-dry, to let drain; to cross, to traverse; to criticize sharply; to act decisively, to do (something noticeable), to go first, to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki); to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.); to curl (a ball), to bend, to cut; to shuffle (cards); {mahj} to discard a tile; to dismiss, to sack, to let go, to expel, to excommunicate; to dig (a groove), to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph); to trump; {go} to cut (the connection between two groups); to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone); to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.); {suf} {v5r} to do completely, to finish doing (after the -masu stem of a verb); {suf} {v5r} to be completely ..., to be totally ..., to be terribly ... (after the -masu stem of a verb); {suf} {v5r} to do clearly, to do decisively, to do firmly (after the -masu stem of a verb)
Kunyomi: おお.い
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: た,ゆうべ,ゆう
Radical
many, frequent, much
Mnemonics
If one sees the
moon twice
you have had a lot to drink.
Written by: rtega
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Oi/おおい, have you heard? That bloke says "
Ta
-
ta
!" lots of times before he finally clears off.
Written by: lightmotif
Two moons
in the sky looks like two O's おお, and that's too many moons. At least this kanji is easy ta タ remember, it looks like its onyomi.
Written by: Wolfenspace
See : two pieces of
meat
←⺼← is a lot of meat, especially when food is scarce. If you eat that much meat on a frequent basis, it’s going to cause many problems. This man'yōgana is the origin of katakana タ.

(*ʔl'aːl)
タ← /tɑ/ ← *ʔl'aːl
OI! {おお.い} If you frequently see many
moons
, you are drinking too much TAr {た}!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
I do this every
night
, so quite frequently
Written by: Hexador
Oi! {おおい}
There are many
evenings
you drink frequently
, but that doesn't matTA {"ta" from "matter" or "matTA"}
much
.
Written by: くん
For
two evenings
, {Ta}naka「タ」has been unable to sleep. She's afraid of ghosts, and she frequently hears many {ooo}「おお」sounds before bed.
Written by: Vitor Conte
Seeing
double
from many frequent "taooi" drinks.
Written by: Catogato
Ideogram: 2
“meat”. 2 large cuts of
meat
can feed many; or it is many.
Written by: フバフバ
On an alian planet how many sundowns
are there in a day?...the answer is two!
TAta!
In the
Evening
there are many hours
Written by: じゅ
Related vocabulary
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/ おおめ - (noun) somewhat larger (amount), quite a lot, a little more (than usual), a little extra
ぎる / おおすぎる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)) to be too numerous, to be too much
/ たぶん - (adverb) probably, likely, perhaps, maybe; {adj-no} {adj-na} a lot of, much, many, considerable, large (amount), generous
/ たしょう - (adverb) a little, some, somewhat, slightly, to some degree, to some extent; {n} amount, quantity, number
い / おおい - (Adjective/-い) many, numerous, a lot; large amount of, large quantity of, a lot, much; frequent, common
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: リョウ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: とます,と
Radical
fee, materials
Mnemonics
Before money, fees were paid by
scooping
rice
and trading by the grain.
Written by: melocule
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When buying materials like
rice
and a
ladle
from Rio {リョウ} de Janeiro, there is an import fee.
Written by: quickMaffs44
We put the
rice
in with the
dipper
as the main ingredient
Written by: タイムルート
For a small fee, you can buy anything from some
rice
to a
sake dipper
.
Written by: かわうそ
To feed animals, we measure a suitable amount of
rice
in a
measuring bucket
. This character is later used to mean materials that have been measured in general.
Written by: non0230
Pay the FEE before you
scoop
rice
into your boat and ROW {リョウ} away!
Written by: Abunai
For every
ladle
of
rice
and other material you need to pay the fee of one RYOU
Written by: Seraseth
Ri owes リョウ a fee for all the
rice
he
scooped
, it wasn't for free!
Written by: Wolfenspace
Rice
and a
dipper
are materials used for cooking
.
リョウ keeps his
America
spices
on the
rack
.
Written by: チェイスです
You have a
rice
ladle
that's specifically for paying the rice fee. Each scoop of something has an extra fee tacked on, so when you use a material, there's a fee you have to pay in that material as well.
Written by: しまうま
Samurai's once received their fee / material in the form of
rice
that had been carefully weighed in a
measuring cup
Then they got paid in 'ryō'
Written by: Samurai_Ash
A
scoop
of
rice
will cost a fee, paid in materials.
Written by: ロニー88
A vendor using a
scoop
to measure out
rice
before he collects his fee.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
A
ladle
of
rice
is a good material for many dishes
Written by: Astarlia
Rice
,
2
bundles of it, are the fee for the
Antichrist
.
Written by: Xilmi
after
rice
, materials workers in RYOƱ have
summer Dippin' Dots
for dessert instead of being paid a service fee 'cause it's so hot in brazil
Written by: Suoira
Some people give
rice
in certain amount, sometimes about
ten sho
as fee
Written by: ミロ367
to avoid farmers RIOting, we must give our
biggest smile
to each of their
rice
The fee for one
scoop
of
rice
is one dollar. With that you can make rice paper materials for your sliding door
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Lying in the field of
rice
at night, gazing at the
Big Dipper
in the sky. All material worries seemed to fade away.
Written by: バリエル
To cook
rice
the materials needed are rice and a
scoop of water
Written by: フバフバ
Pay the fee before you prod the
rice
with your
dipper
! Then put all the materials into your boat and ROW {りょう} away.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Related vocabulary
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/ りょうり - (noun/する verb) cooking, cookery, cuisine, meal, food, dish, item on a menu; (easily) dealing with something, handling (well)
/ むりょう - (noun) free (of charge), gratuitous
/ きゅうりょう - (noun) salary, wages, pay
/ しょくりょうひん - (noun) foodstuff, groceries
/ げんりょう - (noun) raw materials, ingredient
Kunyomi: もち.いる
Onyomi: ヨウ
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: もちいる
Radical
utilize, business, service, use, employ
Mnemonics
you may use this for
one
month
Written by: ドみにく
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You may use this device for
one
month
, it cuts yo
ヨウ
mochis
もち
in four pieces quickly.
Written by: Kiraraxa
The rice field has been used so much it's leaking a river .
Written by: lightmotif
Say, how do YOU→ヨウ use this
bell
without a
handle
? Depicts a wooden bucket .

(*loŋs)
ヨウ← /i̯woŋᴴ/ ← *loŋs
YOUr {よう} business is the only one to
use
MOCHI {もち} in the service industry.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
The character
is a pictogram derived from an oil jar with oil inside. It is
flipped upside down
to indicate that the oil in the jar has been used entirely.
Written by: non0230
Once
a
month
I take a business flight to EUROPE ヨウ to market my MOCHI もち service. It's my #1 task and good use of time.
Pictogram: A water bucket, because it is widely utilized and can be made as a service for Bussiness as fetching water has great use.

Visualize it from its
sides
and
handle
; from a side POV.

As a phonetic bushu, it has the reading ヨウ.
Written by: フバフバ
You ヨウ may utilise this business' services for
one
month
, but any longer than that costs much もち more.
Written by: マリナ ❊
YOO, {you} you USE the services of the BUSINESS in that
office building
over there? How MOCHI does it cost?
Written by: SaltyCogs
Our business really started to blow up when we used the
river
to submerge our
rice-field
right into it.
Written by: Xilmi
To make their buisness they had to
hold
a
rice field
Written by: RuaU_U
When a
rice field
grows
legs
, that's when your business is really hitting off. YO might want to employ more people to turn the rice into MOCHI.
Yo ヨウ, if you want to catch mochi もち use/utilize/employ a
net
. You could even start a mochi catching business/service.
Written by: Jules.33
もち・ろん!ヨウ may use it for
one
month
Written by: myopikix
Hey, YOU got some business for you! Come over to my office in that
two story building
Written by: ジェン~1984
It's a mochi もち business, you can see they employ people to stay up
late
and u-se ヨウ the kitchen to make mochi for the next day.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Looks like the front face of a three story
mechanic shop
business with service bays on the ground floor used / utilized for doing car repairs.
Written by:
YOO, this business has great service, I use it
once
every
month
to go/IRU buy MOCHI.
Written by: レイん|レナ
My business needs me every
single
{one}
month
.
Written by: ルイス
I sneak around with an
overturned box
like a ninja and utilize my
staff
with
two fluorescent worms
to assassinate people. It's my business
Written by: Gcgsauce
You have at least
two
months
to be employed
since you got fired, but that's none of my business
!
Written by: くん
Related vocabulary
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いてわす / もちいてあらわす - (す verb) to express ... in terms of ...
いてす / もちいてあらわす - (す verb) to express ... in terms of ...
/ りよう - (noun/する verb) use, utilization, utilisation, application
/ よう - (noun) business, task, errand, engagement; use, purpose; {n-suf} for the use of ..., used for ..., made for ...; call of nature, excretion
/ ようじ - (noun) tasks, things to do, errand, business (to take care of), affairs, engagement
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: こころ
Radical
idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
Mnemonics
An idea is a
sound
from the
mind
.
Written by: rtega
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The
rising
sun
lifts my
spirit
so my heart and mind are happy.
Written by: サマヒラ
The
sound
of my music puts my
heart
and mind at イease.
Written by: チェイスです
A good IDEA {IdE
a} comes from a
sound
heart
.
Written by: Abunai
An idea is a
sound
from the
mind
; a desire is a
sound
from the
heart
.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Each
day
, you have to
rise
and say what's in your
heart
and mind
.
Written by: くん
The
sound
of your
heart
gives me an 'I'dea
Written by: Seraseth
When I saw the
sun
rise
, I had the *thought* in my *mind* that the "ease"「I イ」that it brought to my
*heart*
was my greatest *desire*.
When I'm at EAse イ , it's like the
sun
rises
in my
heart
. Then everything aligns, the ideas and thoughts in my mind, the desires and cares in my heart.
Written by: Azadeh
When you
stands-up
for your ideas and your thoughts see the light of
day
. The
heart, mind and spirit
allign and you'll becomes treu to who you are.
Written by: ジェン~1984
The
sound
of the
mind
is an idea / thought.
Written by:
Ideogram:
is a distortion of “say” and “center” ,
“mind”.

An idea or desire is a
sound
that rings from the
heart
Written by: フバフバ
When you get a good IDEA in your MIND you get excited and you can hear the
sound
of your
heart
pounding hard.
Written by: Samurai_Ash
Standing
on the
sun
, really makes you think. You have time to listen to your
heart
questioning this choice like "Was this really a good idea?" and "In my mind I thought this was what my heart really desired."
Written by: matiasu1
Ideas and thoughts make all the synapses in our
minds
hum
together. Stronger emotions produce stronger humms. Tasting the food we like, getting something we desire, or being we someone we care for - all these heartfelt things are like symphonies in our brains.
When I said my stupid idea out loud, everybody went silent, not a single
sound
in the room. I could only hear the
sound
of my
heart
racing up.
Written by: ケンパチ
The
sound
of
mind
is idea
While the sound
of
heart
is liking?
Written by: エ-ポイ
In my
heart
I want to
stand
on the
sun
, but it's a bad idea.
Written by: blkrnt
My
mind
is full of
noise/sound
called ideas EEEEEEEEE!
Written by: Jepotastic
My
heart's
desire is to
lift
the
sun
Written by: FOXYPIRATEN
Listening to the
sound
of my beating
heart
is a wonderful idea.
Written by:
The IDEA of having personal OPINION and free WILL, should come as natural as the flow of the
SOUND
of your
HEART
that guides you in what to do.
Written by: Abnormalise
An idea is the
sound
of your
heart
.
Written by: しまうま
The
day
I had to
stand up
for my role {theatre}, my
heart
went "BOOM, BOOM".
Written by: ルイス
The
sound
inside your
heart
: your mind or thoughts.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
Standing
on
sun
is not an Idea of sound
mind
Written by: マトクロ
i
stood up
out of my bed and it was a beautiful new
day
and the sun was as red as a
heart
Written by: weirdkeichan
The
sound
of the
heart
gives you an idea of its desire.
Written by: moolsu
The meaning of a
sound
is in the
heart
.
Written by: アフマヂ
People tell feelings from their
heart
through the
sound
they make.
Written by: non0230
It's a
man
wearing a pot hat
blasting off
like a rocket, an ingenious idea
Written by: Sealingpizza
Related vocabulary
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/ いみ - (noun/する verb) meaning, significance, sense
/ とくい - (Noun/な-adjective) satisfaction, pride, triumph, elation; one's strong point, one's forte, one's specialty; regular customer, regular client, patron
/ いじわる - (Adjective/-な) malicious, ill-tempered, unkind, mean, nasty
/ いけん - (noun/する verb) opinion, view, comment; scolding, reprimand, rebuke, admonition, cautioning, warning
/ ちゅうい - (noun/する verb) attention, notice, heed; care, caution, precaution, looking out (for), watching out (for); advice, warning, caution, reminder; admonishment, reprimand, telling-off
Kunyomi: いえ,
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: うかんむり
Radical
house, home, family, professional, expert, performer
Mnemonics
Your home is on the
roof
of your
pig
sty. {In ancient China people lived above the pig sty.}
Written by: Karlla
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I live in a house with another family there lives the
king
who wears the
crown
with
one
wife and
three
kids.
Written by: サマヒラ
YEAh {いえ}, in this house we CAn {か} live under the same
roof
as our
pigs
- they are like family, ya?
Written by: BambiIcedTea
In the past, housing came with domestication of animals. Keeping
pigs
under the same
roof
as ours, that’s one way to think of a house.
Written by: non0230
YEah {いえ}, three
piglets
each built a house, but two of them got their
roofs
blown away.
The
roof
of my house protects my
hedgehog
Written by:
Here, the
pigs
are kept safe under the
roof
of their home.
Under this
roof
is a
pig
. Your pig, because it's your house! You keep your pig inside where it's nice and warm. He's a member of your family, so he deserves to live in your house too.
Written by: しまうま
The
pig
in my house has a
crown shaped
scar on it's back,
Written by: イシャー
Pigs
build a home with a
roof
to hide against the big bad wolf
Written by: ちゃん
No one keeps a
pig
under the
roof
of their house!
Written by: KaiNakajima
This is the last of three, brick build HOUSE, and under its
ROOF
lives happy ever after the famous FAMILY of Three Lil
PIGGIES
.
Written by: Abnormalise
A
roof
over the
boar
/カ,ケ is home for the family.
This
pig
is an expert at building
roofs
!
Written by: ニムエ
Phono-semantic: Corrupted Phonetic
originally male pig “カ” Semantic
“roof”.

Home is usually above the
pig
pen’s
roof
Written by: フバフバ
The
crowned
pig
ケ-ts to have a family いえ-nd a home.
Written by: moolsu
A
roof
over the
pig
shows us that he's come inside the house.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
My family owns a
crown
, and
one
of the
three
golden
arrows
that my house has hidden.
Written by: DDubixDube
Apparently japanese houses are
filled
with
pigs.
Written by: Veerdb
The
pig
knows that it is the
crown
of the farm. Thus, it gets its own house.
Written by: ウインク
the
sow
sleeps under the
house
roof with everyone else in the house
Written by: シヴィ・エンビ
This kanji seems to show
someone
running under a
roof
, implying a vast house.
Written by: Kylanoカイラーノ
Related vocabulary
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/ いえ - (noun) house, residence, dwelling; family, household; lineage, family name
/ やちん - (noun) rent
/ かてい - (noun) home, household, family, hearth
/ けらい - (noun) retainer, retinue, servant
/ かぞく - (noun) family
Kunyomi: かんが.える
Onyomi: コウ
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: おいかんむり,おいがしら
Radical
consider, think over
Mnemonics
Consider one of the largest species of marsupials on
earth
with a
tail
and are about
5
feet tall. Umm what are they called {コウ} again? Let me think about it... Oh! The kanga-eh-roo {かんが(える)}!
Written by: quickMaffs44
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A
wise old man
thinks hard while he leans on his
cane
.
Written by: タイムルート
If you see a
sword
on the
ground
, take
5
seconds to consider where it came from
Written by: ロニー88
We all
held our breaths
while the
old man
was considering the problem. What was his answer gonna be?
Written by: ・サラ
A KANGAERU moves by
bouncing on his feet
with its
tail
as a balance on the
ground
. A way of moving that made scientist consider if our way of walking was an evolutional coincidence or an inevitable event. KOUmputer models showed it was the latter.
Written by: ジェン~1984
Ground
yourself and consider how
no
KANGAROO {かんが.える} is called "COlin" {こう}. Now take some
deep breaths
, and think over it again.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
The
old man
thinks over things so hard that he
holds his breath
while he considers everything.
Written by: こガエル
If you see
5
swords
lying on the
ground
, THINK OVER your next move...
Written by: Azuraphel
Before talking to an
old man of a thousand knowledges
, take
deep breaths
to close your anxiety. With this, you KOUld catch their thoughts and sayings.
An
old man
who
doesn't breath/speak
. He is thinking/considering.
Written by: Aop_
Tanjirō
only needs
5
milliseconds to think over his next move.
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
I considered my options:
digging from underground
inside my grave
or accept my fate.
Written by: ケンパチ
I
consider how
hard to breathe
it is when you're buried in the
ground
.
Written by: えらいえら
I have thought it over and have decided,
No
I am not going to sell this
land
. I’ve considered it , but it’s worth at least
5
times that amount.
Written by: Jules.33
An
elder
man eating without his spoon {
>
} faces an
obstruction of breath
, so he spits the food out and thinks over his decision.
Written by: バリエル
"Give me
5
minutes," I
said
while thinking deep, my
eyes
still closed, "I am considering how to get things
off
the
ground
."
Written by: ヒァン
Sitting on the
ground
with a
stick
丿
in my lap and
holding my breath
, considering if I should get up.
Written by: ソーサーペン
I was on the
ground
, playing with a
stick
, thinking about the
number 5
Written by: Quixotic
Co
nsider the
5
second rule for stuff that falls on the
ground
, think about it....
No
丿
, still makes no sense!
Written by: Sayutto
Related vocabulary
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/ かんがえかた - (noun) way of thinking
す / かんがえなおす - (す verb/transitive) to reconsider, to rethink, to reassess
/ さんこう - (noun/する verb) reference, consultation
/ こうりょ - (noun/する verb) consideration, taking into account
える / かんがえる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to think (about, of), to think over, to ponder, to contemplate, to reflect (on), to meditate (on); to consider, to bear in mind, to allow for, to take into consideration; to think (that), to believe, to hold (a view), to judge, to conclude, to suspect; to intend (to do), to think of (doing), to plan; to predict, to anticipate, to expect, to imagine; to come up with, to think up, to contrive, to devise; to consider (as), to regard (as), to look on (as), to take, to view
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ゾク
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: ほうへん,かたへん
Radical
tribe, family
Mnemonics
Family is a
person
who protects you from
arrows
.
Written by: ミロ367
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When you see an
arrow
flying
towards you. Run in the
direction
of your tribe.
Written by: ドみにく
It is "so cool"「ZOKU ゾク」to be in a *family*! It's a
big
group of
people
moving together in the same
direction
, like a *tribe*.
Fly the tribe’s
flag
above your
arrows
to make sure no one from your own family shoots back. The radical of is , so is also the radical for .

(*zoːɡ)
ゾク← /d͡zʱuk̚/ ← *zoːɡ
A tribe aims in the same
direction
for all their
arrows
.
Written by: アフマヂ
Tribes have
big
people
and small
people
. Families too.
Written by: Pharmacia
It is so cool *zoku* to have a
person
in your family who would take a
big
arrow
for you.
Written by: Jen GP
A
person
with two
big
guns
is protecting their family.
Written by: superbaby
If you see an
arrow
heading in the
direction
of your family, put your SOCKS {ぞく} on and run!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Your family is in the
direction
the
arrows
are flying from.
Written by: アノネツキ
A
group
{plural}
of
men
shooting
arrows
in the same
direction
is a tribe, family.
Written by: コエル
A family/tribe is a
big
group of people moving in the same
direction
no matter what:
- against threats {arrows
}
- or comfort {kettle
}
Written by: kattmat
Looks like one
person
protecting
another
from danger. Your family / tribe is supposed to be that first person.
Written by:
The tribe or family gives the
direction
where
one
must shoot his
arrows
.
Written by:
The tribe gave me
directions
on how to
lie
in wait and shoot an
arrow
Written by: WhoIsRem?
2 PEOPLE LIE
give
BIG
DIRECTION
to FAMILY
Written by: カナヒメ
Family lineage is like the
path
of an
arrow
Written by: ねこぼうし
Dart
towards the
direction
of your family.
Written by: アルビン 
One "well
directed
arrow
" creates a family of
three people
.
OR
Tribes usually fight against each other and therefore can be depicted as
arrows
collected under
military banners
.
Written by: ききな
Your family/kaZOKU are the
people
holding a
roof
over your head, even when you're
big
.
Written by: レイん|レナ
It's so cool *zoku* to have a
person
that would gather other
people
to defend you, even if it's just with
arrows
Related vocabulary
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/ かぞく - (noun) family
/ みんぞく - (noun) people, race, nation, ethnic group, ethnos
/ きぞく - (noun) nobility, aristocracy, peerage
/ だいかぞく - (noun) large family; extended family
/ かぞくけいかく - (noun) family planning
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
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
/コ← /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—see . 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 want to SHOW {ショ} you the place where I keep my
axe
. Right here at the
door
.
Written by: catzi
ところ's place is past that
door
. He has a lot of
axes
.
Written by: チェイスです
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」.
I'm going to extend this place by a new
door
using an
axe
.
Written by: nexx
One
place
I hate to go is the gynecologist. Looks like a
speculum
.
Written by: Jules.33
I ask: "Where is the place you mentioned? "
He shows ショ me the
door
, an
axe
in his hand.
I say, a bit shocked ショ : "Okay... nice talk.ing ところ to you "
Written by: ケンパチ
Related vocabulary
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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
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