Objects & doors
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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
化粧
makeup, cosmetics
化粧品
cosmetics
美粧
adornment, beautification
Example words
畝間
furrow between ridges
畝織り
ribbed weave
砂畝
sand ripples/dunes
Example words
開扉
opening a door
鉄扉
iron door
門扉
gate door, leaf
Example words
戻る
to return, to go back
払い戻し
refund, repayment
後戻り
turning back, reverting
Example words
罷免
dismissal, removal
罷業
strike (labor)
罷り通る
to pass unchallenged
Example words
網羅
network, comprehensive coverage
羅列
enumeration
森羅万象
all things in nature
Example words
虞
fear, risk (of)
危虞
danger, apprehension
虞犯
likely to offend (juvenile)
Example words
捕虜
prisoner of war
虜
captive; enthralled
虜囚
captive, prisoner
Practice
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