Production & materials
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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).
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Grey - another building block, with no clear meaning or sound role.
Example words
製造
manufacture
構造
structure
造る
to make, to build
Example words
構造
structure
構成
composition, makeup
結構
quite; fine, no thanks
Example words
建築
architecture, construction
新築
newly built
築く
to build up, to establish
Example words
製品
product, goods
製作
production (of works)
日本製
made in Japan
Example words
編集
editing
編成
formation, organizing
編む
to knit, to braid
Example words
素材
material
要素
element, factor
素直
obedient, honest
Example words
木綿
cotton (cloth)
綿密
detailed, meticulous
真綿
silk floss
Practice
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