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Pre-Intermediate Kanji (N4): Lesson 9 (10 terms)

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町
Kunyomi: まち
Onyomi: チョウ
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: たへん
Radical
田
town, village, block, street
Mnemonics
A town starts with a neighborhood of
rice fields
田
connected with
streets
丁
Written by: Nicolas2
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I CHOU/chose to cut through the
rice paddy
to reach the
street
that goes to my town.
Written by: chancetenacity
I took a shortcut through the
rice paddy
田
to get to a
street
丁
that goes to my town. My shoes and pants got dirty. I even chose {チョウ} matching {まち} pairs.
Written by: quickMaffs44
If you CHOOse {チョウ} to live in this town, pretty MUCH {まち} all you will see is
windows
田
and
telephone poles
丁
.
Written by: クールガイジェーソン
When visiting my home *village*, I "chose"「CHŌ チョウ」to walk a *block* down the
*street*
丁
, past the "matching"「MACHI まち」
fields
田
, to get to *town*.
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
There are
rice field
s
田
lining the
street
s
丁
of this town
Written by: Seraseth
A town starts with a neighbourhood of
rice fields
田
connected by
streets
丁
. I CHOse {ちょう} to live in such a place, but it’s all too MUCH {まち}!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
A
rice field
田
with a
road
丁
around it. Give it enough time, and you'll have a whole village; even longer, and you'll have a full-fledged town with blocks and streets.
Written by: 試験猿
they have
rice fields
田
in that
town
丁
Written by: weirdkeichan
This block
田
right there?
That is the
丁
own [town] at the end of the
street
丁
.
Written by: RTRN
There's a lot of
windows
田
and
streetlights
丁
in a city.
Written by: あこらあ
A
sign
丁
was hammered near the
rice field
田
to indicate the entrance of the town/village
Written by: ケンパチ
In this VILLAGE there is only one
STREET
丁

that goes along the
RICE FIELDS
田
.
Written by: Abnormalise
If every rice
field
you see in the area is next to a
road
, then you are probably in a town/city/village.
Written by: かわうそ
Related vocabulary
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町 / まち - (noun) town, block, neighbourhood, neighborhood; street, road
下町 / したまち - (noun) low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
同町 / どうちょう - (noun) the same town, that town
市町村 / しちょうそん - (noun) cities, towns and villages, municipalities
室町 / むろまち - (noun) {hist} Muromachi period (1336-1573)
料
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: リョウ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: とます,と
Radical
斗
fee, materials
Mnemonics
Before money, fees were paid by
scooping
斗
rice
米
and trading by the grain.
Written by: melocule
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When buying materials like
rice
米
and a
ladle
斗
from Rio {リョウ} de Janeiro, there is an import fee.
Written by: quickMaffs44
We put the
rice
米
in with the
dipper
斗
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
米
in a
measuring bucket
斗
. This character is later used to mean materials that have been measured in general.
Written by: non0230
Pay the FEE before you
scoop
斗
rice
米
into your boat and ROW {リョウ} away!
Written by: Abunai
For every
ladle
斗
of
rice
米
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
米
he
scooped
斗
, it wasn't for free!
Written by: Wolfenspace
Rice
米
and a
dipper
斗
are materials used for cooking
料
理.
Written by: スターシャ・Stasia
リョウ keeps his
America
米
spices
on the
rack
.
Written by: チェイスです
You have a
rice
米
ladle
斗
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
米
that had been carefully weighed in a
measuring cup
斗
Then they got paid in 'ryō'
Written by: Samurai_Ash
A
scoop
斗
of
rice
米
will cost a fee, paid in materials.
Written by: ロニー88
A vendor using a
scoop
斗
to measure out
rice
米
before he collects his fee.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
A
ladle
斗
of
rice
米
is a good material for many dishes
Written by: Astarlia
Rice
米
,
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
米
in certain amount, sometimes about
ten sho
斗
as fee
Written by: ミロ367
to avoid farmers RIOting, we must give our
biggest smile
斗
to each of their
rice
米
Written by: 夜ご飯のインドミー
The fee for one
scoop
斗
of
rice
米
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
米
at night, gazing at the
Big Dipper
斗
in the sky. All material worries seemed to fade away.
Written by: バリエル
To cook
rice
米
the materials needed are rice and a
scoop of water
斗
Written by: フバフバ
Pay the fee before you prod the
rice
米
with your
dipper
斗
! Then put all the materials into your boat and ROW {りょう} away.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Related vocabulary
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料理 / りょうり - (noun/する verb) cooking, cookery, cuisine, meal, food, dish, item on a menu; (easily) dealing with something, handling (well)
無料 / むりょう - (noun) free (of charge), gratuitous
給料 / きゅうりょう - (noun) salary, wages, pay
食料品 / しょくりょうひん - (noun) foodstuff, groceries
原料 / げんりょう - (noun) raw materials, ingredient
工
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: コウ, ク
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: え,たくみ
Radical
工
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
Mnemonics
This kanji looks like the cross-section of a
girder
工
, which is used in construction.
Written by: gillianfaith
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COnstruction {コウ}
girders
工
can be purchased with a COUpon {ク}.

Credit: gillianfaith for the girder suggestion
Written by: Catalyst314
Depicts a carpenter’s rule, showing
end marks
ニ
and a straight
edge
|
. A carpenter たくみ needs it to practice their craft when they do construction.

工 is not the source of katakana エ, which comes instead from 江, nevertheless, 工 is known as the エ radical because of its shape.

工（*koːŋ）缸 篢 贑 涳 江 肛 扛 杠 豇 茳 釭 矼 玒 虹 腔 崆 羫 控 椌 悾 跫 啌 谾 舡 缻 項 屸 功 工 疘 魟 攻 愩 碽 貢 羾 空 箜 硿 埪 鵼 倥 鞚 叿 嗊 訌 紅 仜 葒 渱 鴻 汞 澒 鞏 巩 銎 恐 蛩 筇 桏 邛
コウ← /kuŋ/ ← *koːŋ
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
The contractor needs
I-beams
工
to practice his *craft*. Without them, *construction* would "come"「KŌ コウ」to a halt, and he couldn't "recoup"「KU ク」his losses.
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
This is an
iron beam
for construction.
Written by: AidanRyota
コウ is part of the construction team making the
railroad
.
Written by: チェイスです
In a construction, there is no magical craft. A simple
wall
can be built on the
ground
and it will support the
roof
.
Written by: Sadaharu_3
Looks like the 'face' side of a
metal beam
工
used the carefully-planned craft of construction.
Written by: 試験猿
COAl {こう} was used in
construction
in the past.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
I know a KU/cool guy who worked in KOU/construction.
Written by: レイん|レナ
I know a coo-l /コウ/ guy who worked in construction. In the construction industry they use these big steel
girder
s
工
to put together buildings.
Written by: *Anna*
The craft
beer selection at the COOP コウsupermarket is irresistible to me.
Written by: 🍍トロピカルフルーツ🍈
Related vocabulary
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工業 / こうぎょう - (noun) (manufacturing) industry
人工 / じんこう - (noun) artificial, man-made, human work, human skill, artificiality
工事 / こうじ - (noun/する verb) construction work
工員 / こういん - (noun) factory worker
工芸 / こうげい - (noun) industrial arts, craft
建
Kunyomi: たて, た.てる, た.つ
Onyomi: ケン, コン
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: えんにょう,いんにょう
Radical
廴
build
Mnemonics
With the
long stride
廴
of a
brush
聿
you can build a picture.
Written by: Hmmmlo
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The architect
stretches
廴
the blueprint and uses his
brush
聿
to show workers how they are going to build the house.
Written by: Houhi
Ken {ケン} Tate {たて} claimed that with his
long stride
廴
and a
brush
聿
, he could build anything.
Written by: Anonymous123
A
brush's
聿
long strides
廴
can {ケン} TAttoo {た} the KONstruction {コン} design onto the blueprints.
Written by: quickMaffs44
I imagine
this
聿
as an unfinished building and
廴
as a
tower crane
Written by: Hrumm
I need ta た build Ken ケン a cone コン but all I have is a
long
廴
brush
聿
Written by: Wolfenspace
A
hand
⺕
plants a
pole
丨
through
two
二
layers into a solid
footing
廴
to build the foundation for a building, the root 根/コン→ケン of the structure.

建（*kans）犍 騝 鍵 揵 鞬 腱 湕 建 旔 楗 健
ケン← /kɨ̯ɐnᴴ/← *kans
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
The freelance architect, "Ken"「KEN ケン」, started to *build* his plan for the *construction* project. He
held
⺕
his
brush
, and made
sweeping strokes
廴
on the paper, while his "tot" {little kid} hung "teru"「TATERU たてる」teru bōzu to keep rain away.
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
In order to construct a BUILDING the architect first paints a sketch
with a big
BRUSH
聿
and then
STRECHES
廴
it according to
desired scale.
Written by: Abnormalise
A construction worker`s classic morning.
Stretch
廴
brush
聿
their teeth, and then start to build.
Written by: Samurai_Ash
One needs to
stretch
廴
their inner
self
聿
in order to build character.
Written by: 青い雀
たてる and ケン built a
stretching
廴
ladder. They used a
brush
聿
to paint the ladder green.
Written by: チェイスです
Can ケン you knock down this
tower
聿
た I built in
three
strokes
?
Written by: Jules.33
With a
long stride
廴
of a
brush
聿
and the odd TAp {た} even KEN {けん} can build a picture.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
When you want to build a
tall building
聿
, it takes a
long
廴
time.
Written by: ノラ•トビ
A
crane
廴
is used to build
this
聿
which i imagine as a multi-storey building with an elevator
Written by: Tinytimtam
Sketching
聿
goes a
long stride
廴
toward building something.
Written by: ヒァン
One
一
brush
聿
is needed to build
three
strong teeth.
Written by: 素敵ルイス
Your magic
yoga
brush
lets you build what's in your mind's eye.
Written by: しまうま
Its a
pagoda
聿
being built on a
slope with some bushes
廴
Written by: Sealingpizza
One
stretching
廴
brush
聿
stroke completed the blueprint to build a skyscraper. The architect was in the sTATE {た.て} of complete bliss.
Written by: バリエル
A
brush
聿
ケン build a project in
long strides
廴
.
Written by: moolsu
The architect just make
3
strokes
with his
brush
聿
. The construction-workers then have to actually build it.
Written by: Xilmi
Your maic
yoga
廴
brush
聿
lets you build what's in your mind's eye.
Written by: Darkchan
Related vocabulary
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建物 / たてもの - (noun) building
建前 / たてまえ - (noun) face, official stance, public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
建て前 / たてまえ - (noun) face, official stance, public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
下戸の建てた蔵はない / げこのたてたくらはない - (noun) {proverb} don't act all high and mighty just because you don't drink, no teetotaler has (ever) built a storehouse
区分建物 / くぶんたてもの - (noun) building consisting of individually owned units, shops, etc., strata title building, sectional title complex, condominium
空
Kunyomi: そら, あ.く, あ.ける, から
Onyomi: クウ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: あなかんむり
Radical
穴
empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
Mnemonics
Empty sky was seen through a
hole
穴
of the
construction
工
Written by: vandebilt
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Drilling
工
a
hole
穴
to create a hollow space.
Written by: Karlla
When doing
construction
工
, if you drill a
hole
穴
in the
roof
宀
, the sky's the limit. Perhaps it could be a {あ} window you can open so that {そら} you can see the moon {むな} in the emptiness of the night or feel the cool {クウ} breeze.
Written by: quickMaffs44
I
crafted
工
a plane to check the empty
hole
穴
in the sky. It looked so COOl {くう} when it SOARed {そら}.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
The
hole
穴
in the sky was made by the rocket I
crafted
工
Written by: チェイスです
They measured the
hole
穴
with a carpenter’s
ruler
工
/コウ→クウ to see how much empty space it would have if it was vacant, but it wasn’t big enough to fit the sky, let alone the eternal void of vacuum beyond.
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
Representation of human race in a
cave
穴
, is often called in philosophy "the allegory of the cave". With ignorance, we are
empty
工
. That's why it requiers a little effort to see the sky.
Written by: Bamio
On a clear night, when the sky is empty, you can stare, with vacant eyes, up into the dark void of the vacuum of space, where the
alien space ship
came from to
steal
our
picnic tables
.
Written by: 試験猿
An empty
cave
穴
can have space for
construction
工
Written by: phuongly
The sky is like a big
roof
宀
constructed
工
over the
eight
八
directions of the world - north, northeast, east, and so on.
Written by: ソーサーペン
I
craft
工
a
hole
穴
in the sky to make it empty. Suddenly loads of 'cooties' fly out.
Written by: Samurai_Ash
SOLAr {そら} panel is an amazing
craft
工
. Sun rays that had traveled through vast vACUUm {あ.く, クウ}, entered our sky and landed on the panel are turned into electricity. We mounted
8
八
on our
roof
宀
back when our house was just
constructed
工
and empty like a
cave
穴
.
Written by: ヒァン
What was the biggest
hole
in the
construction
of the world? The sky. If you think about it, the sky is like a big hole someone forgot to fill in. That's why this kanji also means empty! Makes sense — nothing is more empty than the sky.
Written by: しまうま
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
工
“コウ” Semantic
穴
“hole”.

Holes
穴
are
constructed
工
by emptying ground. The sky is also empty.
Written by: フバフバ
Pictophonetic and ideographic combination. From the character
"xue"
穴
劉穴 and pronounced "gong" クウ because the Lord Si Kong is in charge of water and earth affairs including
building cities and towns
工
. Meaning "hole, sky" because the sky is a gap between heavens and earth ie. a hole.
Written by: khaima
I question the emptiness as I
work
工
seeing that the sorrow environment is just like a
hole
穴
Written by: kana | 流血愛好家
Nothing/ No Thing could be created due to an
Aperture
穴
over the
construction
工
. ⇒ Void, Emptiness
Written by: Unowin
Something empty represents a
hole
in which to build a new
craft
Written by: Manu Lamo
Constructing
工
a
hole
穴
means you're filling an area with emptiness.
Written by: FuzzyPlatypus
People
construct
工
an empty space out of an existing
cave
穴
. Now they are free to use this area to store whatever they want. It's empty. The sky is also empty so this character took on the meaning sky as well.
Written by: non0230
When I was little, I thought I could fly like a bird and touch the moon「むな」so I climbed up on top of a
table
工
and jumped off. Instead of soaring 「そら」through the sky, I smacked my
crown
宀
and almost broke my
legs
八
. It was not cool 「クウ」.
Written by: Jules.33
A
crane
宀
picking up a
persons legs
八
from a
table
工
into the sky, the table is now empty/vacant
Written by: Sealingpizza
The Sky is a vacant
cave
穴
, carefully
crafted
工
using void and emptiness. Or SOme RAndo {そら} say.
Written by: バリエル
There is no
roof
宀
to the sky, there are only
eight
八
levels, but they are
high
ハエ!
Written by: サクラガイ🌸
The KUU/cool AKERU/open sky/SORA -soar through the sky- is AKU/actually an empty void
constructed
of
holes
.
Written by: レイん|レナ
The airplane had a
hole
in it while it was flying in the sky. That was because the
worker
wasn't careful!
Written by: 素敵ルイス
Related vocabulary
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空 / そら - (noun) sky, the air, the heavens; weather; far-off place, distant place; state of mind, feeling; (from) memory, (by) heart; falsehood, lie; {n-pref} somehow, vaguely (before an adjective); {n-pref} fake (before a noun or a verb)
空き地 / あきち - (noun) vacant land, unoccupied ground, empty lot; {go} empty point
空港 / くうこう - (noun) airport
空気 / くうき - (noun) air, atmosphere; mood, situation; {col} {id} someone with no presence, someone who doesn't stand out at all
航空 / こうくう - (noun) aviation, flying
急
Kunyomi: いそ.ぐ
Onyomi: キュウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: こころ
Radical
心
hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
Mnemonics
"い
くよ
!"
イ
ク
ヨ
I said in my
heart
心
, as I was in a hurry and it was an emergency
Written by: Rishi (リシ）
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Hurry let's go, い
く
よ
! My
heart
can't take this so suddenly! It's so {いそ} cuute {キュウ}!
Written by: quickMaffs44
Etymology:
Via 㤂: originally included what is now 及 as the top component — depicting a hand ⺕ grabbing, or reaching towards, a person 𠂊 — meaning either chasing or putting pressure on them;
a feeling
心
of being
pressured/chased 及
> hurry > emergency > sudden

Mnemonic:
I hurried up and joined the QUEUE {キュウ} to get that
slice of cake
with a
chocolate chip
*on top* that my
heart
心
desired. It Is SO GOOd {いそぐ}! What can I say, I do treat my sudden cravings as an emergency.
Written by: スターシャ・Stasia
I'm in a hurry! There a
shark fin
𠂊
comb
⺕
stuck in my
heart
心
! I have no time to line up in a queue {キュウ} during an emergency like this!
Written by: Anonymous123
I know it’s an emergency when, all of a sudden, my
heart
心
feels like it’s been
swept
⺕
into a
corner
𠂊
.
Written by: 虹のティースプーン
Via 㤂: In an emergency the
mind
心
cuts
刍
←芻→及/キュウ to the chase.
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
You hurry to take that last
slice of cake
you
love
心
before anyone else does.
Written by: ヒァン
This is an *emergency*! This man's
heart
心
has *suddenly* stopped! The chef thought "he" was "so good"「ISOGU いそ.ぐ」at his knife skills, he *hurried* when
cutting
𠂊
the "cute"「KYŪ キュウ」
puffer fish
⺕
, and poisoned the customer.
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
"Hurry
Ikuyo {イ
ク
ヨ
}!
It's an emergency! Grandpa had a
heart
心
attack. It was so sudden!"
Written by: Quixotic
Coo'
𠂊
yo'
⺕
heart
心
, yo' too busy!
Written by: SonOfOrpheus
I yelled, “
Yo
⺕
hurry and get out of the water! There’s a
shark
𠂊
!” as my
heart
心
raced.

It’s a good いそぐ thing it didn’t turn into an emergency. Now I need something to cure キュウ my anxiety.
Written by: Jules.33
Spoiler for Steven King's Cujo:
Hurry,
ク
ヨ
ripped dad's
heart
心
out! This is an emergency!
Written by: Xilmi
Emergency! A KYUUte
wovlerine
⺕
with a weak
heart
心
is in
prison
, you have to hurry to help him
Written by: Seraseth
Looks like a
cartoon character
who, all of a sudden is in a hurry because of an emergency, running so fast up a steep hill that their
legs become a blur
.
{Gotta go fast!...}
Written by: 試験猿
I got
hit
with a
switchblade
in the
heart
- it's an emergency!
Written by: Genius1985
When you feel your
heart
心
is being
squeezed
⺕
and pricked by
hooks
, you need to hurry to the hospital
Written by: 梟ちゃん
my
heart
心
is pounding for I have to hurry up and catch this
fish
魚
𠂊
in my
hand
⺕
. It all happened very sudden
Written by: raser69
You'll
KU
t
YO
urself if you rush! Your knife might accidentally slip and get into your
heart
, which then you'll have to go to the emergency!
Written by: ニムエ
When
I
went to -KYU-shu I got shot in my head and now
I'm bleeding
. This is so -iso- bad! I have to hurry to the hospital, this is an emergency! My head is even
wrapped in bandages
!
Written by: ミリア♡
My
heart
心
was pounding as the
wolverine
⺕
was released from
prison
𠂊
and I knew I had to hurry!
Written by: 青い雀
I'm SO GUnna hurry! It's almost 9 きゅう My
heart
心
is racing, while I carry a
bag of groceries
down a steep mountain.
Written by: ジェン~1984
Related vocabulary
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急がば回れ / いそがばまわれ - (expression) {proverb} more haste, less speed, slow and steady wins the race
急がば廻れ / いそがばまわれ - (expression) {proverb} more haste, less speed, slow and steady wins the race
急 / きゅう - (Adjective/-な) sudden, abrupt, unexpected; urgent, pressing; steep, sharp, precipitous; rapid, swift, fast; {n} emergency, crisis, danger; {n} urgency, hurrying, haste; {n} (in gagaku or noh) end of a song
急行 / きゅうこう - (noun/する verb) hurrying (to somewhere), rushing, hastening; {abbr} express (train)
急ぐ / いそぐ - (Godan verb - ぐ/transitive,intransitive) to hurry, to rush, to hasten, to make something happen sooner
止
Kunyomi: と.まる, と.める
Onyomi: シ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: とめる,とめへん
Radical
止
stop, halt
Mnemonics
Stop! I'm standing on this
road
with my
arms out
so you don't step on this gigantic
nail
!
Written by: rtega
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SHE {し}
stopped
me TO {と} sell some YAMs {や.む}.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
"She"
「SHI シ」walked up to the crossing guard and came to a *stop*. The
guard held out
卜
a sign to make the cars on the
street
一
come to a *halt*. As they crossed the street, they overheard a couple in a car argue. "When I say "tometo"「TOMERU と.める」, you say "tomato"「TOMARU と.まる」. We "yammer"「YAMERU や.める」on and on, but we can never agree!"
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
The kanji for
up
上
alongside an additional vertical bar. Raising up your
arm
is a good way to have someone halt and stop 'in their tracks'.
Written by: 試験猿
Stop missing the
nail
with your
hammer
and hitting the
board
.
Written by: lightmotif
The
person
walked on the
path
past the
post
that stopped cars from driving past
Written by: かわうそ
Depicts a human foot, now 趾, that has walked enough 足 and
stopped
止
walking.
Is both a radical 龰, meaning foot, and the basis of a phonetic series.

止（*kjɯʔ）祉 址 止 趾 芷 沚 阯 齒 紕
シ← /t͡ɕiᵡ/ ← *kjɯʔ
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
It kinda look like a stop hand sign. ✋️
Thumb and index finger
卜

The rest of the fingers and palm
止
Written by: オニヴｪル
TOM AND RUUD とまる had a lot TO DO, but JAMMED the whole night THROUGH やめる using
sticks
on a
drum
untill the police forced them to halt.
Written by: ジェン~1984
Tom ar u drawing a line under it again? Stop doing that. Ya Me RU not doing as I say.
Written by: Andymc1963
🚦 Imagine a TOMAto
とま
rolling down a hill... suddenly it STOPS
止
.
Written by: Stalin-san
A
pedestrian
looking at the
floor
bumped into the
road sign
, which instantly made him stop. Just look up 上 dude!
Written by: ケンパチ
You want to climb
up
上
the
tree
but your
mom
stops you.
Written by: ヒァン
Related vocabulary
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止め金 / とめがね - (noun) clasp, latch, catch, fastener
止めど無く / とめどなく - (adverb) endlessly, ceaselessly
波止場 / はとば - (noun) wharf, quay, landing-stage, jetty
波止 / はと - (noun) breakwater, seawall, bulwark, mole, narrow stone structure for breaking incoming waves and loading goods on and off ships
止む / やむ - (Godan verb - む/intransitive) to cease, to stop, to be over
送
Kunyomi: おく.る
Onyomi: ソウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: しんにょう,しんにゅう
Radical
⻌
escort, send
Mnemonics
Hermes wears
winged boots
⻌
and a
winged helmet
丷
so he can send messages across the
heavens
天
.
Written by: gillianfaith
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From the
heavens
天
a
horned
beast came down to send
SOUls
to hell. OKUrap! oh crap
Written by: グレッグ (Greg)
From the
heavens
天
came a
horned
god
人
to *escort* the
"souls"「SŌ ソウ」
⻌
he had "accrued"「OKURU おく.る」to *send* to the afterlife.
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
On its
scooter
⻌
, a
horn
ed creature from
heaven
天
will take SOUls that people send there.
Written by: Seraseth
To send off =
road
⻌
+ something that was originally phonetic and got completely deformed over time, so you can assign it any meaning you like. I like to think of it as
escorting
someone to the
heavens
天
.
Written by: Biev
The message was sent to a
related
关
party
by foot
⻌
.
Written by: カタワヤ
The escort will
walk
⻌
you through the
mountain pass
关
.
Written by: カタワヤ
A
snail
⻌
is not the best escort to send to the
heavens
天
,
ha
ハ
！
Written by: 青い雀
Vikings walk down
roads
⻌
, with their big
horned
helmets, to send a message to the
heavens
天
!
Written by: BambiIcedTea
Via 䢠:
walk
辶
portable fire
灷
/ソウ. Before matches, fires were hard to start, and it was often easier to send hot coals from a previous fire. Think of the Olympic torch, which receives an escort on its journey around the world as it is sent from one jurisdiction to the next.
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
I was escorted by
two drops
from
heaven
天
while I
walked
⻌
home.
Written by: サマヒラ
OH KURU! Mr
President
we must escort You! Let's
move
⻌
!
Written by: 茶色の梟
Lucifer, the angel with
horns
from
heaven
, is sending your ソウ to hell with his
scooter
. That's a common おくrence.
Written by: ManzolinDiFiori
Looks like the
winged helmet
and the
winged boots
of the god Hermes, who is the
divine
messenger of the gods; he basically just sends and escorts their mail.
Written by: 試験猿
Please ESCORT the crazy person with the
large
大
horned helmet
off the property and SEND him on his way down the
road
⻌
.

{Remember the guy with the horned helmet who stormed the US capitol building}
Written by: Jules.33
It's an escort consisting of
imperial
天
soldiers walking along a
windy road
⻌
. You can distinguish them from other soldiers by their
maedate
{often horn-like decorations attached to the front of a helmet}.
Written by: マフィンマフィン
From the underground came a
monster
天
with horns to send the souls of
people
⻌
to hell. OHKUrap {おく} Oh crap!
Written by: ana-san
The
frog
was sent on its
way
.
Written by: ブダ
The messages we send follow a
road
⻌
that
splits
the
heavens
天
Written by: Rilain
The
devil
escorted me right to hell on his
scooter
⻌
.
Devil =
heavens
天
+
2 horns

Then he comes back: "Soooo ソウ. Who's next? You? Okay おく.る :D"
Written by: ケンパチ
It kind of looks like a
person
riding an
electric scooter
.

Maybe this person is a courier, finally sending you the thing you ordered some time ago online! Don't worry, the courier will escort your package to your home safely.
Written by: カミCamooh
Hermes, my
divine
天
messenger, sends my packages
flying
through the
streets
⻌
.
Written by: Wlly
Related vocabulary
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送り仮名 / おくりがな - (noun) kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word, declensional kana ending
送り先 / おくりさき - (noun) recipient, addressee
輸送 / ゆそう - (noun/する verb) transport, transportation, transit, conveyance
送別 / そうべつ - (noun/する verb) farewell, send-off
送る / おくる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/transitive) to send, to dispatch, to forward, to transmit, to ship, to remit; to see (someone) off, to escort, to accompany, to take; to bid farewell to (the departed), to say goodbye to, to bury; to spend (time), to pass, to lead (a life), to live; to pass (on, along), to advance (a runner); to affix (okurigana)
切
Kunyomi: きっ, き.る, き.れる
Onyomi: セツ, サイ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: かたな
Radical
刀
cut, cutoff, be sharp
Mnemonics
Seven
七
swords
刀
Cut better than one
Written by: Pharmacia
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It is very 'important' that you KEEp*ki* the
seven
七
swords
刀
SET*SU* aSAIde
Written by: ジェン~1984
I KEEp {き}
seven
七
SETSU {せつ} of
swords
刀
so that I always have a sharp one to cut things with.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
七
is a pictogram for
a piece of wood
一
getting cut in the middle by a
knife
. The character
七
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
刀
to the right.
Written by: non0230
The key き to a sharp
sword
刀
is to set セツ each side サイ
seven
七
times.
Written by: Wolfenspace
A
sword
刀
can cut a log to
seven
七
pieces
Written by: ミロ367
To "keep"「KI き」your kitchen
knife
刀
*sharp* for a clean *cut*, never "set"「SETSU セツ」it blade side down, and run the whetstone along the blade
seven
七
times a week.
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
The Kurosawa film “The
Seven
七
Samurai” features many
sword
s
刀
and lots of cutting.
Written by: Uggyboots
Cut
七
/シツ← /t͡sʰiɪt̚/ ← *sn̥ʰid … *sn̥ʰiːd → /t͡sʰet̚/ →セツ→サイ with a sharp
knife
刀
.
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
If your wife finds out that you’ve been cheating for
seven
七
years, she might not kill you きる with that
knife
,
刀
she might just cut off something very precious 大切/たいせつ. That would be very painful 切ない/せつない and require a very careful 大切に/たいせつに operation 切開/せっかい. So the moral of the story is to be very nice 親切/しんせつ to your wife.
Written by: Jules.33
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
七
“セツ/サイ”, Semantic
刀
“knife”.

A
knife
刀
can cut
seven
七
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
七
sets {セツ} of
swords
刀
? Well say {セイ} that to kiki! {き, き}{you know, that weird star like thing in the kiki-bouba experiment?}
Written by: 赤い熊
In Monster Hunter, your
sword
刀
can be made sharp
seven
七
layers.
Written by: ニュちゃん
Those
seven
七
swords
刀
are so sharp
切
they can cut
切
.
Written by: 穣くん
A
seven
七
sword
刀
slash with razer sharp blades is an ultimate form of cut in anime.
Written by: 試験猿
I told him
seven
七
times to cut the shrubs with a
sword
刀
Written by: kana | 流血愛好家
It looks like
力 {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
七
aliens were cut by his
sword
刀
Written by: チェイスです
The
seven
men were cut by the man with the
sword
刀
.
Written by: 神さま
For the cleanest cut, keep *き* your blades sharp as
seven
swords
.
Written by: Victre
Related vocabulary
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切符 / きっぷ - (noun) ticket
切っ掛け / きっかけ - (noun) chance, start, cue, excuse, motive, impetus, occasion
親切 / しんせつ - (Adjective/-な) kind, gentle, considerate, generous, friendly, nice
切る / 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)
横切る / よこぎる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/transitive) to cross (e.g. road), to traverse
転
Kunyomi: ころ.がす, ころ.がる, ころ.げる, ころ.ぶ
Onyomi: テン
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: くるまへん
Radical
車
revolve, turn around, change
Mnemonics
I turned around my
car
車
and then changed
two
二
tires all by
myself
厶
.
Written by: サマヒラ
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the
wheel
車
speaks/squeaks
云
when it turns
Written by: rtega
A 10 {テン} meter tall column {ころ} of a building fell on to the road and I had to turn around my
car
車
. The debris from the wreckage damaged the tires, and I had to change
two
二
of them all by
myself
厶
.
Written by: quickMaffs44
Via 轉: The
cart
車
moves as its wheels turn like a
spindle
云
←
叀
/セン← /t͡ɕi̯wɛn/ … /ȶi̯wɛnᵡ/ →テン when a hand
寸
spins it. A revolving wheel is often seen as a metaphor for change.
Written by: ポールおじちゃん
Via kyūjitai form 轉:
carriage
車
+
專, making an object spin
云
> revolve, rotate > change
Written by: スターシャ・Stasia
When I drive one of my TEN {てん}
cars
車
I don’t
say a word
云
, and neither does my pet CROW {ころ}.
Written by: BambiIcedTea
I
said
云
: "Turn around the
car
車
".
Written by: nexx
When
I
厶
decided to *change* the "color"「KORO ころ」of my
car
車
, I had "ten"「TEN テン」paints to choose from. After *turning around* in my mind, I was able to narrow it down to
two
二
.
Written by: ライトウ ≥^..^≤
"One more
word
about my
driving
, Koro ころ, and I'll
厶
turn テン around !"
Written by: Victre
Looks like a
leg
云
about to kick one side of a
wheeled cart
車
which would cause it turn around / revolve or if kicked hard enough, it will even change shape.
Written by: 試験猿
He
said
云
this is the tenth {テン} time he got hit by a
car/truck
車
, before he got reincarnated and his whole life changed.
Written by: Frisensa
The
car
車
makes
two
二
left turns
厶
to turn around.
Written by: ムアッディブ
Just
say
云
a word and I'll turn around the
car
車
not everything has to revolve around you!
Written by: GaboAcosta
Everything revolves around
me
厶
and my
two
二
cars
車
Written by: llolls
A
wheel
車
 that is made to revolve via using
two
二
pedals
厶
.
Written by: Xilmi
It took the use of
2
二
steering wheels
厶
at the same time to be able to make the
car
車
turn around
Written by: ケンパチ
when you change, you allegorically go from one place to another — in an allegorical
car
車
perhaps. This creates a
second
二
version of your
self
厶
Written by: SaltyCogs
I’m with my
car
driving around a
cloud
, if i revolve around it てん times I will change its shape.
Written by: ManzolinDiFiori
When
I
厶
drove the
car
車
with my
two
二
friends, I unpurposely changed the way to home.
Written by: イマンちゃん。
My
厶
car
車
has a RPM of
two
二
revolutions per minute. It might be time to change it.
Written by: Menhit
Most
car
s
車
have
two
二
front tires that can turn around by them
selves
厶
.
Written by: あいりー
A
vehicle
車
and some curling
clouds
云
: both are revolving, moving and changing.
Written by: Biev
My
car
車
breaks down because I ran TEN {テン} times faster than usual and CORROded {ころ} the engine. It takes
two
二
people, including
myself
厶
to change the parts.
Written by: バリエル
My
厶
car
車
has
two
二
axles around which its tires revolve.
Written by: マフィンマフィン
Just
say
云
the
word
云
and a modern
car
車
is already turning around.
Written by: グッカット
車
car
turned via its
云
wheel"sh"
Written by: jaijaipopeye
When
I
厶
say the word
two
二
, the
car
車
will revolve.
Written by: 青い雀
Related vocabulary
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運転 / うんてん - (noun/する verb) operation (of a machine), running, working; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.), management, investment
運転手 / うんてんしゅ - (noun) driver, chauffeur
回転 / かいてん - (noun/する verb) rotation, revolution, turn, spin; working (e.g. of one's mind), function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.), circulation, flow (of customers); {math} rotation, curl; {ski} {abbr} slalom
移転 / いてん - (noun/する verb) moving, relocation, change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.), demise
転々 / てんてん - (Noun/な-adjective) moving from place to place, being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
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