Directions & position
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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
後ろ
behind, back
午後
afternoon, p.m.
後で
later
後半
second half, latter half
後ほど
later, afterwards (polite)
Example words
内側
the inside
内外
inside and outside
家内
one's wife
Example words
外側
the outside
外国
foreign country
海外
overseas, abroad
Example words
遠い
far, distant
遠足
excursion, field trip
永遠
eternity
Practice
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