Cloth & qualities
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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
裾
hem, skirt
裾野
foot of a mountain; base
裾上げ
hemming up
Example words
破綻
failure, bankruptcy
綻びる
to come apart; to smile
財政破綻
fiscal collapse
Example words
緻密
minute, elaborate
精緻
precise, detailed
巧緻
elaborate, exquisite
Example words
羞恥
shame, bashfulness
羞恥心
sense of shame
含羞
bashfulness
Example words
冶金
metallurgy
陶冶
training, cultivation
鍛冶
blacksmith
Example words
凄惨
ghastly, gruesome
凄絶
lurid, extreme
凄まじい
tremendous, fierce
Example words
勾配
slope, gradient
勾留
detention, custody
勾玉
comma-shaped bead
Example words
匂い
smell, scent
匂う
to smell (nice)
匂い袋
sachet, scent bag
Practice
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