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Kunyomi: ぬす.む
Onyomi: トウ
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: さら
Radical
thief, to steal
Related vocabulary
/ せっとうへき - (noun) kleptomania
Kunyomi: そばだ.てる, そばだ.つ
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: あくび,かける
Radical
prick up (one's ears)
Related vocabulary
てる / そばだてる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to strain (one's ears, eyes), to prick up (one's ears)
Kunyomi: の.む
Onyomi: イン, オン
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: しょくへん
Radical
drink
Related vocabulary
/ のみや - (noun) bar, saloon, pub, tavern, drinking establishment
む / のむ - (noun/transitive) to drink, to gulp, to swallow, to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf, to overwhelm; to keep down, to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of, to conceal
/ のみや - (noun) bar, saloon, pub, tavern, drinking establishment
Kunyomi: や.める
Onyomi: ケツ, カイ, カツ
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: あくび,かける
Radical
exhausted, out of
Related vocabulary
/ かんけつ - (noun) intermittence, intermittent
/ かんけつねつ - (noun) an intermittent fever
/ かんけつせん - (noun) geyser
/ かんけつてき - (Adjective/-な) intermittent
む / やむ - (Godan verb - む/intransitive) to cease, to stop, to be over
Kunyomi: すす.る
Onyomi: ソウ, コウ, ショウ
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: あくび,かける
Radical
sip, slurp, suck
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: あきたりない
Onyomi: ケン, カン
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: あくび,かける
Radical
insufficiency, lack, shortage
Related vocabulary
/ きょうけん - (noun) poor crops, famine
Kunyomi: うた.う, は.く
Onyomi: オウ
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: あくび,かける
Radical
Europe
Mnemonics
There is a
yawning
person
carrying
goods
to a small
district
in Europe
Written by: Miaofi
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: す.う
Onyomi: キュウ, キョウ, ショウ
Stroke count: 16
Radical name: あくび,かける
Radical
come together, meet, put away, store
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: すすりな.く
Onyomi: キョ
Stroke count: 16
Radical name: あくび,かける
Radical
cry
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/ ききょ - (noun/intransitive) {obs} sobbing, weeping
/ きょき - (noun/する verb) sobbing, weeping
き / すすりなき - (noun) sobbing, sob, weeping
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: レン
Stroke count: 17
Radical name: あくび,かける
Radical
tighten
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: ,
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 17
Radical name: あくび,かける
Radical
interrogative particle
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: よろこ.ぶ
Onyomi: カン
Stroke count: 21
Radical name: あくび,かける
Radical
delight, joy
Mnemonics
The
heron
/カン is somber and
lacks
joy.
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: かえ.る, かえ.す, おく.る, とつ.ぐ
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 18
Radical name: とめる,とめへん
Radical
homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in
Mnemonics
See :
foot
troops
/シ→キ
eradicate
the enemy and return home.
Related vocabulary
る / かえる - (noun/intransitive) to return, to come home, to go home, to go back; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); {baseb} to get home, to get to home plate
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ガツ, ガチ, タイ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
bare bone, bad, wrong, death radical (n. 78)
Mnemonics
One
evening
, I did a bad thing that resulted in my death.
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A variant of , said to depict human remains. Modern form resembles the bare bone of the shoulder, with the
clavicle
and
scapula
. Also called the death radical, because it is the radical of , 歿, , , , , , , etc.
Readings:
 ガツ and ガチ are apparently the equivalent of Mandarin è, meaning bone fragments, via Middle Chinese /ŋɑt̚/.
 タイ corresponds to Mandarin dǎi, meaning bad, wrong, wicked, evil, or sin. See .
Radical names:
 /かばね dead body
タ/いちた one + katakana ta
/がつへんbare bone on left
Evening
is a pictogram from the appearance of a bright star.
This line
is supposed to mark the sky. A bright star falling from the sky, a meteor, is considered bad and would bring bad luck in ancient Chinese.
Written by: non0230
Related vocabulary
/ がつへん - (noun) kanji "bare bone" radical at left
歿
Kunyomi: しぬ
Onyomi: ボツ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
die
Mnemonics
Death
by
drowning
/ボツ is a fearful way to die.
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歿 / せんぼつ - (noun/する verb) death in battle, killed in action
歿 / ぼつご - (noun) after death, posthumously
歿 / しぼつ - (noun/する verb) death
歿 / ぼつ - (noun) death
歿 / ぼつぜん - (noun) prior to death, during one's lifetime
Kunyomi: わかじに
Onyomi: ヨウ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
dying young
Mnemonics
Dying young is an elaboration of
early death
/ヨウ with the
death
radical.
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: た.つ, つ.きる, つ.くす
Onyomi: テン
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
all, completely
Mnemonics
TEN out of ten epidemiologists, that is to say all of them, agreed that measles should be completely eradicated:
death
rash
/シン← /t͡ɕi̯ĕnᵡ/ … /dʱienᵡ/ →デン→テン
つ/たつ eradicate
きる/つきる run out
くす/つくす use up
Related vocabulary
/ てんめつ - (noun) complete and utter annihilation
Kunyomi: わざわい
Onyomi: オオ, オウ, ヨウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
misfortune, disaster, calamity
Mnemonics
A disaster brings
death
front and
center
/オウ.
Related vocabulary
/ わざわい - (noun) disaster, calamity, misfortune, trouble, woes
/ ちぎょのわざわい - (noun) {id} collateral damage, getting embroiled in someone else's dispute, having a fire spread to one's own house
/ よおう - (noun) trouble brought on by sins of forebears
にはり / せきふぜんのいえにはかならずよおうあり - (expression) {proverb} iniquities of fathers are visited upon their sons
にはあり / せきふぜんのいえにはかならずよおうあり - (expression) {proverb} iniquities of fathers are visited upon their sons
Kunyomi: うえじに
Onyomi: ヒョウ,
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
dying of starvation
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: のこ.る, のこ.す, そこな.う, のこ.り
Onyomi: ザン
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
leftover, remain, balance
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: ね.る
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
grow mouldy
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: おち.る, し.ぬ
Onyomi: イン, ウン
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
fall, die
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: わかじに
Onyomi: ショウ
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
dying at a young age
Mnemonics
Dying at a young age due to war, accident, or sickness, brings
death
to a
person
𠂉
before their time—
sundial
/ヨウ→ショウ.
に/わかじに premature death
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: たお.す
Onyomi: エイ
Stroke count: 16
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
die, bury
Related vocabulary
す / たおす - (す verb/transitive) to kill, to defeat, to beat
れる / たおれる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/intransitive) to die, to be killed
る / たおる - (noun/intransitive) {arch} to fall, to die, to be defeated
Kunyomi: つき.る
Onyomi: タン
Stroke count: 16
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
become exhausted, all
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: かりもがり
Onyomi: ヒン
Stroke count: 18
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
lying in state, unburied coffin
Related vocabulary
/ ひんきゅう - (noun) temporary imperial mortuary
Kunyomi: つく.す, ほろぼ.す
Onyomi: セン
Stroke count: 21
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
massacre
Mnemonics
A massacre: causing the
death
of
multiple people
, with a
weapon
,
unjustly
, in
one
fell swoop.
Written by: emanresU
Related vocabulary
/ せんめつ - (noun/する verb) annihilation, extermination, (total) destruction, wiping out
/ せんめつせん - (noun) war of annihilation, war of extermination
Kunyomi: つく.す, ほろぼ.す
Onyomi: セン
Stroke count: 19
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
massacre
Related vocabulary
/ せんめつ - (noun/する verb) annihilation, extermination, (total) destruction, wiping out
Kunyomi: ほこ
Onyomi: シュ
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: るまた,ほこづくり
Radical
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
Mnemonics
Depicts a
tool
of some kind, perhaps a hammer, held in the
hands
/シュ for an activity, with a reference to the act of "beating". The arc of motion carries the meaning of rotation. See also and the original version on oracle bones of .
The whole character was then borrowed phonetically for pike or shu, an ancient halberd made of bamboo.
The name windy again radical is a direct translation of るまた.
Also used as a substitute for the right side of drown /ボツ in .
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Launched a pike with missile and it got windy again.

Note: Here it looks like a missile.
Missile Head
then
Missile Fins
.
Written by: ハンゾウ
Related vocabulary
/ ほこづくり - (noun) kanji radical 79 at right
/ るまた - (noun) kanji radical 79 at right
Kunyomi: さかん
Onyomi: イン, アン
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: るまた,ほこづくり
Radical
flourishing
Mnemonics
A
day
with
no
丿
swords
and
pikes
will help civilization flourish.
Written by: Ringotoki
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Pregnant woman
hand
table

It represents the act of conceiving and growing,
and from this the Chinese character "In" was derived, which means "prosperous," "grand,"
"many," "big," "abundant," and "rich."
Written by: Rdelav
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/ いんいん - (adjective/-taru adjective) roaring, booming, bellowing, pealing, reverberating, rumbling
/ いんぷ - (Adjective/-な) wealth, prosperity
/ いんいん - (adjective/-taru adjective) roaring, booming, bellowing, pealing, reverberating, rumbling
/ いんせい - (Adjective/-な) prosperity
/ いん - (prefix) {hist} Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE), Yin dynasty
Kunyomi: から
Onyomi: カク, コク, バイ
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: るまた,ほこづくり
Radical
husk, nut shell
Mnemonics
See : A husk is a
casing
/カク,バイthat can be removed with a
handheld tool
. Can also refer to chaff from threshing 㱿, cast off shells, scales, bones and general refuse.
Related vocabulary
/ かいがら - (noun) seashell, shell
Kunyomi: なぐ.る, たた.く
Onyomi: オウ,
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: るまた,ほこづくり
Radical
beat, fight with fists, hit, to strike, brawl
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: はは, , ない, なか.れ
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: なかれ,ははのかん
Radical
do not, must not, be not, mother radical (no. 80)
Mnemonics
The mother radical is a modified
mother
that covers the exposed breasts with a
vertical line
, because women do not →ブ and must not →ム expose themselves in public.
Radical names:
/ははのかんmother’s jar
 れ/なかれ  do not
Related vocabulary
れ / なかれ - (particle) must not, do not
Kunyomi: そだ.つ, そだ.てる, はぐく.む
Onyomi: イク
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: なかれ,ははのかん
Radical
bring up, grow up, raise, rear
Mnemonics
See :
Every
person
𠂉
needs a mother
to raise them from
infancy
/イク. Supposedly depicts a woman giving birth. is the radical because it is the radical of .
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: むし.る
Onyomi: (none)
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: け
Radical
pluck, pick, tear, (kokuji)
Mnemonics
Pluck just a
little bit
of
hair.
Written by: peanutpeepz
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I'm always plucking off a
few
fuzzies off my
wool
sweaters
Written by: WildAtelier
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る / むしりとる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/transitive) to tear off, to pluck off, to take forcibly
る / むしる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/transitive) to pluck, to pick, to tear
れる / むしれる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/intransitive) {rare} to be plucked
りとる / むしりとる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/transitive) to tear off, to pluck off, to take forcibly
り / くさむしり - (noun/する verb) weeding, weeder, weeding fork
Kunyomi: すこ.し, ふで, ほそげ, わず.か
Onyomi: ゴウ, コウ
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: け
Radical
fine hair, brush, not at all
Mnemonics
Fine
hair
stands
tall
/コウ→ゴウ and makes an excellent brush. It is not at all like curly hair.
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Fine hairs are
taller
than normal
hairs
.
Written by: non0230
When you have no more
hair
, you can buy a wig made of fine hair but it will be
expensive
Written by: Sadaharu_3
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/ すんごう - (noun) {form} (not) the slightest bit, (not) the least, (not) at all
/ きごう - (noun/する verb) writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy), drawing, painting
/ きごうりょう - (noun) writing or painting fee
/ ごうこう - (noun) {abbr} light that is said to be emitted from some hair or tuft in Buddha's forehead, ray of light from the tuft of white hair (between the eyebrows)
/ ごうまつ - (noun) minute amount
Kunyomi: けば, むくげ
Onyomi: ゼイ, セイ, セツ
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: け
Radical
nap, down, fluff
Mnemonics
It was so fluffy because they laid out
down
*left and right* and piled more
down
*on top of* that.
Written by: lightmotif
Related vocabulary
つ / けばだつ - (Godan verb - つ/intransitive) to become fluffy
/ けば - (noun) fluff, fuzz, nap; hachures, hatching
/ むくげ - (noun) downy hair, fluff
しい / けばけばしい - (Adjective/-い) gaudy, showy, garish, loud
しい / けばけばしい - (Adjective/-い) gaudy, showy, garish, loud
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: タン
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: け
Radical
wool rug
Mnemonics
A
big, furry
thing, with
flame
-like patterns: A WOOL RUG!
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I placed a
wool
rug in front of the
fire place
so we could sit in front of the hearth and spend a cozy evening.
Written by: WildAtelier
A wool rug keeps you warm like a heavy
fur
or a
blazing
/エン←えむ← /i̯ɛm/ ← *ɦlam … *l̥ʰaːmˀ → /tʰɑmᵡ/ →タン fire.
Related vocabulary
/ じゅうたん - (noun) carpet, rug, runner
ペルシャ / ペルシャじゅうたん - (noun) Persian carpet
/ じゅうたんばくげき - (noun) carpet bombing
/ まほうのじゅうたん - (noun) magic carpet, flying carpet
Kunyomi: さしまね.く, さしずばた
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: あさ,あさかんむり
Radical
beckon to, command
Mnemonics
Originally a battle flag with
hemp
/マ← /mˠa/← *mraːl…*hmral →/hˠiuᴇ/ →キ and
feathers
carried by the command group. Now mostly associated with the baton a conductor waves when beckoning to musicians, who really ought to be in KEY→キ.
As a memory aid, picture a まねきねこ named まろ【麿】sitting up on its haunches waving a furry
paw.
Related vocabulary
/ きか - (noun) under the command (of), under the banner (of), influenced (by)
/ しき - (adjective/transitive) command, direction, supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
く / さしまねく - (Godan verb - く/transitive) to beckon (to)
Kunyomi: もうせん
Onyomi: セン
Stroke count: 17
Radical name: け
Radical
woollen cloth or rug
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/ もうせん - (noun) carpet, rug (esp. felt)
/ はなもうせん - (noun) figured carpet
/ せん - (noun) carpet, rug (esp. felt)
る / もうせんをかぶる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)) {arch} to blunder, to bungle, to fail; {arch} to use up all one's money (esp. on the services of prostitutes)
/ じゅうたん - (noun) carpet, rug, runner
Kunyomi: たみ
Onyomi: ボウ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: うじ
Radical
people
Related vocabulary
/ りゅうぼう - (noun) refugee
/ そうぼう - (noun) the people, the public, citizens
Kunyomi: いき
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: きがまえ
Radical
spirit, steam radical (no. 84)
Mnemonics
Depicts clouds flowing through the sky – original form of both and . In the oracle bone script, was represented by three horizontal strokes, like a modern
A/C emoji
💨
, expressing the "feeling" of the sky. However, in order to avoid confusion with the number , was changed to start with a
small stroke
running from top to bottom. Later, a hook was added to the final stroke, elevating the remainder of the character up towards the sky.
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: フン
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: きがまえ
Radical
air, atmosphere, weather
Related vocabulary
/ ようふん - (noun) {arch} ominous air, weird air, menacing atmosphere
/ ふんうん - (noun) {arch} lively, vigorous
/ めいふん - (noun) {rare} gloomy feeling, dark sign
/ れいふん - (noun) {rare} mysterious presence, aura of mystery
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: イン
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: きがまえ
Radical
spirited
Related vocabulary
/ いんうん - (noun) {rare} energetic, lively, dynamic, vigorous
Kunyomi: いき
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: きがまえ
Radical
spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Mnemonics
See : a gift of
steamed
/キ
rice
sets the mood.
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/ あいきどう - (noun) {MA} aikido
/ たいき - (noun) atmosphere, air; magnanimity, generosity
/ いき - (noun) spirit, heart, disposition
/ - (noun) spirit, mind, heart; nature, disposition; intention, mind, will, motivation (oft. after a verb); mood, feelings; consciousness; care, attention, consideration, worry; interest; (the) air, atmosphere; ambience, atmosphere (of), air (of), mood; fragrance, aroma, flavour, taste; qi (in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine), chi, ki
/ きまま - (Adjective/-な) willful, wilful, selfish, self-centered, egoistic; carefree, do-as-you-please, freewheeling, free spirited
Kunyomi: みずがね
Onyomi: コウ
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: みず
Radical
mercury
Related vocabulary
/ しょうこう - (noun) mercury chloride, corrosive sublimate
/ しょうこうすい - (noun) solution of corrosive sublimate
/ かんこう - (noun) calomel (mercury chloride)
/ らいこう - (noun) mercury fulminate
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: サン
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
fish swimming, fishing with a net
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: ぬた
Onyomi: (none)
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
wetland, marsh, (kokuji)
Mnemonics
The marsh is literally just
wet
soil
.
Written by: Karlla
No related vocabulary.
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: オオ, オウ
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
flowing full, expanse of water, wide, deep
Related vocabulary
/ おうおう - (adjective) wide and deep (of a body of water), voluminous
/ おうおう - (adjective/-taru adjective) wide and deep (of a body of water), voluminous
/ おういつ - (noun/intransitive) overflowing, inundation
/ おうぜん - (adjective/-taru adjective) {arch} vigorously flowing (e.g. tears)
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: , , ギン
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
name of a Chinese river
No related vocabulary.
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