Blades, wood & beasts
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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.
robust, vigorous
adamant, diamond
integrity, uprightness
surplus, remainder
excess, surplus
surplus, excess
cutlery, edged tool
naked blade
murderous blade
dissection, autopsy
anatomy
anatomical chart
hospital ward
separate building
roof-raising ceremony
simple, naive
unsophisticated, naive
blunt and taciturn
senryu (comic haiku)
geisha district
slender waist
framework, structure
window frame
separate quota/category
cat and dog (bad relations)
ape-man, hominid
mindless imitation
Practice
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