Time, travel & making things
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What the component colors mean
言
Blue - the main radical the kanji is filed under in dictionaries.
氵
Green - a component that hints at the meaning.
生
Orange - a component that hints at the reading (sound).
?
Grey - another building block, with no clear meaning or sound role.
Example words
時間
time, hour
人間
human being
間柄
relationship
Example words
寺子屋
temple school (Edo era)
山寺
mountain temple
寺院
temple (Buddhist)
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切る
to cut
大切
important, precious
切手
postage stamp
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電線
electric wire
線路
railway track
直線
straight line
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組み立て
assembly, structure
番組
TV/radio program
組む
to assemble, to put together
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当たる
to hit, to be correct
本当
truth, really
当番
person on duty
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絵本
picture book
絵画
painting, picture
Practice
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