Thread & cloth
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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
糾弾
denunciation, censure
紛糾
complication, disorder
糾明
thorough investigation
Example words
繭玉
cocoon-shaped decoration
蚕繭
silkworm cocoon
繭糸
cocoon silk thread
Example words
検索
search, retrieval
索引
index
模索
groping, fumbling
Example words
情緒
emotion, feelings
端緒
beginning, clue
由緒
history, origin
Example words
繊維
fiber
繊細
delicate, sensitive
化繊
synthetic fiber
Example words
紡績
spinning (industry)
混紡
blended spinning
紡ぐ
to spin (thread)
Example words
累積
accumulation
累計
cumulative total
係累
dependents, encumbrances
Practice
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