People 5
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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
探偵
detective
偵察
reconnaissance
内偵
undercover investigation
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伯爵
count, earl
伯父
uncle (older than parent)
画伯
master painter
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侮辱
insult, affront
侮蔑
contempt, scorn
侮る
to despise, to look down on
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併合
merger, annexation
合併
merger, amalgamation
併せる
to combine, to put together
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偏見
prejudice, bias
偏差
deviation
偏る
to be biased, to lean
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公僕
public servant
下僕
manservant
従僕
attendant, servant
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同僚
colleague
官僚
bureaucrat
閣僚
cabinet minister
Example words
倫理
ethics, morality
人倫
human relations, morality
不倫
immorality, adultery
Practice
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