Plants & illness
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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
薫陶
moral influence, edification
薫風
balmy early-summer breeze
薫る
to smell sweet
Example words
地下茎
rhizome, underground stem
歯茎
gums
球茎
bulb (of a plant)
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推薦
recommendation
自薦
self-recommendation
薦める
to recommend
Example words
荘厳
solemn, majestic
別荘
villa, country house
山荘
mountain villa, lodge
Example words
疫病
epidemic, plague
免疫
immunity
検疫
quarantine
Example words
症状
symptoms
炎症
inflammation
重症
serious illness
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痴漢
molester, pervert
愚痴
complaint, grumbling
音痴
tone-deafness
Example words
治癒
healing, cure
快癒
recovery, healing
癒着
adhesion; collusion
Practice
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