Punishment & violence
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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.
penalty, punishment
death penalty
detective; criminal (case)
cutting down, reduction
deletion, elimination
to scrape, to shave
one loaf/catty
weight
a thousand catties (great weight)
rejection, exclusion
scout, reconnaissance
to reject, to repel
assault, blow
to hit, to punch
fistfight, brawl
special, particular
admirable, praiseworthy
especially, particularly
table tennis
dining table
excellence, superiority
cowardly, mean
despicable, base
lowly, vulgar
amnesty, pardon
pardon, mercy
remission, pardon
insult, affront
disgrace, humiliation
humiliation, indignity
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