Danger & difficulty
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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
困難
difficulty, hardship
難問
difficult problem
難しい
difficult
Example words
疑問
question, doubt
容疑
suspicion (of a crime)
疑う
to doubt, to suspect
Example words
困難
difficulty, hardship
貧困
poverty
困る
to be troubled
Example words
敵対
hostility, antagonism
強敵
formidable enemy
無敵
invincible
Example words
激増
sharp increase
感激
deep emotion
激しい
intense, fierce
Example words
厳重
strict, severe
厳格
strict, rigorous
厳しい
strict, harsh
Practice
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