Movement & change
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What the component colors mean
Blue - the main radical the kanji is filed under in dictionaries.
Green - a component that hints at the meaning.
Orange - a component that hints at the reading (sound).
Grey - another building block, with no clear meaning or sound role.
extension, prolongation
postponement
to be extended, to stretch
coast, shore
along a railway line
to run along, to follow
descent, fall
getting off (a vehicle)
to fall (rain, snow)
retirement (from a job)
retirement
to step back, to retreat
removal, elimination
cleaning
to remove, to exclude
division, splitting
role, part
to divide, to break
time, moment
serious, grave
to carve, to mince
firing, launching
injection
reflection, reflex
perpendicular, vertical
perpendicular line
to hang down, to droop
consent, acknowledgment
acknowledgment, approval
consent, acceptance
Practice
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