Earth & terrain
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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.
destruction
collapse
to break, to destroy
firm, solid
mainstay, midlevel
hard, firm
writing (an article)
tenacity, obsession
execution, enforcement
embankment, levee
jetty, breakwater
breakwater
mural, wall painting
quay, wharf; cliff
barrier, obstacle
Buddhist monk; shaven head
baby
little boy
gloomy, dreary
time (light and shade)
shade
retirement, seclusion
concealment, cover-up
to hide, to conceal
camp, faction
position, encampment
the press corps
adjacency
neighborhood, vicinity
next door, neighbor
mountain pass road
crossing a pass
big pass; critical point
mountain range
lofty peak
striking with the back of a sword
Practice
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