Earth, mountains & insects
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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
要塞
fortress, stronghold
閉塞
blockage, obstruction
脳梗塞
cerebral infarction
Example words
堆積
accumulation, deposit
堆肥
compost, manure
堆積物
sediment, deposits
Example words
補塡
compensation, filling
装塡
loading, charging
充塡
filling up, packing
Example words
嵐
storm, tempest
砂嵐
sandstorm
雪嵐
snowstorm, blizzard
Example words
崖
cliff
断崖
sheer cliff, precipice
崖崩れ
landslide
Example words
畏敬
reverence, awe
畏怖
awe, dread
畏縮
cowering, flinching
Example words
近畿
Kinki region
畿内
the home provinces
京畿
capital and surroundings
Practice
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