Earth & construction
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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
垣根
hedge, fence
石垣
stone wall
人垣
crowd (wall of people)
Example words
堪忍
patience, forbearance
堪能
proficiency; satisfaction
堪える
to endure, to bear
Example words
学習塾
cram school
私塾
private academy
塾生
cram school student
Example words
塑像
plastic figure, clay model
彫塑
carving and modeling
可塑性
plasticity
Example words
堕落
depravity, corruption
堕胎
abortion
自堕落
self-indulgent, slovenly
Example words
貝塚
shell mound
一里塚
milestone mound
塚穴
burial chamber
Example words
建坪
floor space (in tsubo)
坪数
area in tsubo
一坪
one tsubo
Example words
栽培
cultivation
培養
cultivation (of cells)
培う
to cultivate, to foster
Practice
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