Caves, ships & mounds
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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).
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Grey - another building block, with no clear meaning or sound role.
Example words
窮地
predicament, fix
窮屈
cramped; stiff
困窮
poverty, distress
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窃盗
theft, larceny
窃取
larceny, purloining
剽窃
plagiarism
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船舶
ships, vessels
舶来
imported (goods)
舶用
for ship use, marine
Example words
陥落
fall, capture
欠陥
defect, flaw
陥る
to fall into (a state)
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一隅
a corner
片隅
nook, corner
四隅
the four corners
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附属
attached, affiliated
寄附
contribution, donation
附則
supplementary provisions
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閑静
quiet, peaceful
閑散
quiet, deserted; idle
繁閑
busy and slack periods
Example words
派閥
clique, faction
財閥
financial conglomerate
学閥
academic clique
Practice
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