Creation & structure
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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.
creation
founding, establishment
originality
musical performance
ensemble, concert
to play (an instrument)
device, apparatus
clothing, attire
disguise
development, unfolding
exhibition, display
development, growth
social stratum, class
high-rise, high-altitude
fault (geology); gap
refrigerator
storage
book collection
existence
preservation, saving
continued existence
grand, magnificent
height, prime
to heap up, to serve
scale, measure, yardstick
reduced scale
shakuhachi (bamboo flute)
Practice
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