Places & districts
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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
薬局
pharmacy
結局
after all, in the end
局長
bureau chief
Example words
お宮
Shinto shrine
王宮
royal palace
神宮
Shinto shrine
Example words
図書館
library
旅館
Japanese inn
会館
hall, assembly building
Example words
車庫
garage
金庫
safe, vault
書庫
book storage, stacks
Example words
都落ち
leaving the capital
東京都
Tokyo Metropolis
都合
convenience, circumstances
Example words
地区
district, area
区分
division, classification
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世界
the world
業界
industry, business world
外界
the outside world
Practice
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