授

Give

• dati, predati (to surrender something)

授（さず）ける - give
sazukeru

授（さず）かる - be given, receive
sazukaru

授（ジュ）与（ヨ） - presentation
juyo

授

( 授　= 手 + 受 )

授 means "give and have it received". It's the side that gives. The receiving side is 受.

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Radical: 手
Stroke Count: 11
音： ジュ
訓： さず
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受

a gift from the garden
Originally uploaded by tamelyn.

Receive, accept

• primiti, dobiti, prihvatiti

受（う）ける - receive
ukeru

受（う）かる - pass [an exam], get through, to be accepted
ukaru

• proći [ispit] - to pass [an exam]
  

受（ジュ）賞（ショウ） - win [receive] a prize
jushou

• dobiti nagradu

受

受 = 爪 + 又

受 indicates to receive something by hand without dropping it. It's the side that receives. The giving side is 授.

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Radical: 又
Stroke Count: 8
音： ジュ
訓： う
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朝

Icy morn
Originally uploaded by Luke S..

Morning

• jutro
  

朝（あさ）
asa

朝

• The sun （日） rises between plants (┼┼).

Also see 明、草、早

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Radical: 月
Stroke Count: 12
音： チョウ
訓： あさ
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草

Sprung
Originally uploaded by _Dano.

Grass, plant

• trava (grass)
• biljka (plant)

草（くさ）
kusa

草（ソウ）原（ゲン） - grassy field
sougen

• travnato polje
  

草

• The top part originally looked like 艸, which meant grass/weed. 早 (sou) was added for pronunciation purposes.

Also see 朝、早

The ┼┼ radical （くさかんむり） is often used with a kanji that relates to a plant:
葉　leaf

• list

花　flower

• cvijet

芽　bud, sprout

• pup, pupoljak

茎　stem, stalk

• stabljika

蘭　orchid

• orhideja

苺　strawberry

• jagoda

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Radical: ┼┼
Stroke Count: 9
音： ソウ
訓： くさ
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早

Picture 001
Originally uploaded by Amanda J G.


Fallen
Originally uploaded by Roger Smith.

Early

• rano
  

早（はや）い
hayai

早（ソウ）朝（チョウ） - early morning
souchou

• rano jutro
  

早

• It is said that 早 shows the shape of an oak nut or an alder nut (on a branch), both of which are dark in color, and it indicates the darkness of early morning.

Also see 朝,　草

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Radical: 日
Stroke Count: 6
音： ソウ・サッ
訓： はや
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波

Shipstern Bluff
Originally uploaded by Samuel Shelley

Wave

• val ; valovi
  

波（なみ）
nami

波


The water radical (the three dots) + 皮 (skin) = 波

cf. The さんずい radical, the water group:
洗 wash
汁 juice, sap
海 sea, ocean
液 liquid

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Radical: 水
Stroke Count: 8
音： ハ
訓： なみ
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皮

P1030514
Originally uploaded by zerj.

Skin

• koža
  

皮（かわ） - skin
kawa

毛（け）皮（がわ） - fur, pelt, hide (noun)
kegawa

• krzno

皮（ヒ）膚（フ） - skin
hifu

皮

• 又 represents a right hand (see the 又 radical ) .
• 皮 originally shows a right hand pulling an animal skin/fur [possibly over the head].

Also see 波

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Radical: 皮
Stroke Count: 5
音： ヒ
訓： かわ
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撮

New camera+fingers
Originally uploaded by marie scaff.

To Take a Photograph/Movie

撮（と）る - take a picture/movie
toru

• uslikati (picture)
• snimiti (movie)

撮（サツ）影（エイ） - shooting a film
satsuei

撮

See 手、最、取

「撮 = 手 + 最」
最 represents a lid and acquisition. One removes a lid and takes a little of something underneath, with one's finger tips. It came to mean "to take a little of something with one's fingertips".

e.g.
See "to take a picture" at our Picture Dictionary.

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Radical: 才（てへん）
Stroke Count: 15
音： サツ
訓： と、つま
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最

Caught Bear Handed in the Cookie Jar
Originally uploaded by schleppzer.

(the) Most

• naj

最（サイ）高（コウ） - best
saikou

• najbolji

最（サイ）低（テイ） - worst
saitei

• najgori

最（もっと）も - most
mottomo

• najviše

cf.
高 - high
低 - low

最

See 取、耳、又

最 represents a lid and acquisition. One removes a lid and takes a little of something underneath, with one's finger tips. It came to mean "very few/little", but it eventually lost this meaning .

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Radical: 日
Stroke Count: 12
音： サイ
訓： もっと
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取

2006_07_ 009
Originally uploaded by nmorena71.

To Take

• uzeti

取（と）る - take
toru

取（シュ）得（トク） - acquisition, taking
shutoku

取

See 耳、　又

取 indicates to hold the ears of captives/enemies firmly (after cutting them off...) as proof of victory.

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Radical: 又
Stroke Count: 8
音： シュ
訓： と
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負

Little Creatures
Originally uploaded by simply special.


Porters carrying back-breaking loads
Originally uploaded by meg and rahul.

Indebted, To Owe, To Take Responsibility, To Lose

• dugovati - to owe
  
• izgubiti - to lose
• preuzeti obvezu - to take responsibility/commitment
  

負（お）う - to owe
ou

負（ま）ける - to lose
makeru

負（フ）傷（ショウ）- to be wounded
fushou

負

人 (a side view of a person) ＋　貝 (property, fortune)　＝　負

負 indicates a person carrying property on his back/shoulders. Imagine that you run away looking like that when you lose.

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Radical: 貝
Stroke Count: 9
音： フ
訓： お・ま
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糸

Threads of ideas
Originally uploaded by bigarnex.

Thread

• nit (plural: niti)
  
• vlakno (plural: vlakna)
  
• konac (plural: konci)
  

糸（いと）
ito



The old form of this kanji is 絲. It represents twisted threads.



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Radical: 糸
Stroke Count: 6
音： シ
訓： いと
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浴

Queen's Bath-Kauai
Originally uploaded by bandboostermusic.

To Bathe, To Bask

• kupati se (to bathe/bask for a certain amount of time)
  
• okupati se (to bathe/bask and finish it)
  

日を浴びる - to bask in the sun
hi wo abiru

• kupati se u suncu
  

シャワーを浴（あ）びる - to take a shower
shawaa wo abiru

• tuširati se (to shower)
  

入（ニュウ）浴（ヨク）する - to take a bath
nyuuyoku

• okupati se
  

浴

水 (the three dots, the water radical) ＋　谷　＝　浴

浴 indicates that you bathe in a hole filled with water.

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Radical: 水
Stroke Count: 10
音： ヨク
訓： あ
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谷

Falling Lakes
Originally uploaded by OaklandNative.

Valley

• dolina (plural: doline)
  

谷（たに） - a valley
tani

谷（たに）間（ま） - in valleys, between mountains
tanima

谷（たに）川（がわ） - a stream in a valley, a mountain stream
tanigawa

谷

八　ｘ 2 　＋　口（〇, hole)　＝　谷

谷 represents water flowing/diverging from a hole.

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Radical: 谷
Stroke Count: 7
音： コク
訓： たに・や
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分

// Goemon was a newbie //
Originally uploaded by //bwr.

To Divide, To Sort, To Understand, Minute(s), Quantity

• podjeliti, rastaviti (to divide, to split)
  

分（わ）ける - to divide
wakeru

分（わ）かる - to understand
wakaru

分（ブン）解（カイ） - resolution, decomposition
bunkai

三（サン）分（プン） - three minutes
sanpun

分（ブン）家（ケ） - a branch family
bunke

分

八　＋　刀　＝　分

cf. 貧
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Radical: 刀
Stroke Count: 4
音： ブ・フン・ブン
訓： わ
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