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one

Meaning: one; one radical (no.1)
Kun-yomi: ひと-/ひと.つ
On-yomi: イチ/イツ

the latter

Meaning: the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5)
Kun-yomi: おと-/きのと
On-yomi: オツ/イツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: なが.れる
On-yomi:

hidden

Meaning: hidden; mysterious; secret; to conceal; small; minute; fishhook radical variant (no. 5)
Kun-yomi: かく.す/かく.れる/かか.す/よ.る
On-yomi: イン/オン

upside-down box radical (no. 13)

Meaning: upside-down box radical (no. 13)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キョウ/ケイ

power

Meaning: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert
Kun-yomi: ちから
On-yomi: リョク/リキ/リイ

street

Meaning: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign
Kun-yomi: ひのと
On-yomi: チョウ/テイ/チン/トウ/チ

hiding enclosure radical (no. 23)

Meaning: hiding enclosure radical (no. 23)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケイ

from

Meaning: from; possessive particle; whereupon; accordingly
Kun-yomi: の/すなわ.ち/なんじ
On-yomi: ナイ/ダイ/ノ/アイ

mow

Meaning: mow; cut grass; subdue
Kun-yomi: おさ.める/か.る
On-yomi: ガイ/カイ/ゲ

box or enclosure radical (no. 31)

Meaning: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: イ/コク

stop

Meaning: stop; halt; previously; already; long ago
Kun-yomi: や.む/すで.に/のみ/はなはだ
On-yomi:

long stride or stretching radical (no. 54)

Meaning: long stride or stretching radical (no. 54)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: イン

pig's head radical variant (no. 58)

Meaning: pig's head radical variant (no. 58)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケイ

winter variant radical (no. 34)

Meaning: winter variant radical (no. 34)
Kun-yomi: ゆき
On-yomi: スイ

snout

Meaning: snout; pig's head radical (no. 58)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケイ

fork in road

Meaning: fork in road; crotch
Kun-yomi: また
On-yomi: サ/シャ/サイ

genius

Meaning: genius; years old; cubic shaku
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: サイ

large

Meaning: large; big
Kun-yomi: おお-/おお.きい/-おお.いに
On-yomi: ダイ/タイ

jammed in

Meaning: jammed in; shellfish; mediate; concern oneself with
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カイ

auxiliary word for euphony or emphasis

Meaning: auxiliary word for euphony or emphasis
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケイ

cut

Meaning: cut; cutoff; be sharp
Kun-yomi: き.る/-き.る/き.り/-き.り/-ぎ.り/き.れる/-き.れる/き.れ/-き
On-yomi: セツ/サイ

well

Meaning: well; well crib; town; community
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

equal

Meaning: equal
Kun-yomi: すく.ない/ひと.しい
On-yomi: イン

equal

Meaning: equal; impartially; uniform; even
Kun-yomi: すくない/ひとしい
On-yomi: イン

license

Meaning: license; sincerity; permit
Kun-yomi: じょう/まこと.に/ゆるす
On-yomi: イン

inside

Meaning: inside; within; between; among; house; home
Kun-yomi: うち
On-yomi: ナイ/ダイ

pull

Meaning: pull; tug; jerk; admit; install; quote; refer to
Kun-yomi: ひ.く/ひ.き/ひ.き-/-び.き/ひ.ける
On-yomi: イン

decide

Meaning: decide; determine; archery glove
Kun-yomi: わ.ける
On-yomi: カイ/ケツ/ケチ

reap

Meaning: reap; cut; clip; trim; prune
Kun-yomi: か.る
On-yomi: ガイ/カイ

bare bone

Meaning: bare bone; bad; wrong; death radical (n. 78)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ガツ/ガチ/タイ

one

Meaning: one
Kun-yomi: ひと-/ひと.つ
On-yomi: イチ/イツ

beggar

Meaning: beggar; beg; give
Kun-yomi: こ.う
On-yomi: カイ

9th calendar sign

Meaning: 9th calendar sign
Kun-yomi: みずのえ
On-yomi: ニン/ジン/イ

plump

Meaning: plump; thick; big around
Kun-yomi: ふと.い/ふと.る
On-yomi: タイ/タ

an official rank

Meaning: an official rank
Kun-yomi: おさ/ただ.す
On-yomi: イン

water

Meaning: water
Kun-yomi: みず/みず-
On-yomi: スイ

mountain saddle

Meaning: mountain saddle
Kun-yomi: たわ/たお
On-yomi: ガイ

dense

Meaning: dense
Kun-yomi: さんらん.する
On-yomi: カイ

to move on

Meaning: to move on; doubtful
Kun-yomi: おこた.る/ためら.う/うたが.う
On-yomi: イン/ユ

lonely

Meaning: lonely; solitary
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ

name of an ancient tribe

Meaning: name of an ancient tribe
Kun-yomi: ふもと
On-yomi: テイ/タイ/シ/チ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: タイ

dish

Meaning: dish; a helping; plate
Kun-yomi: さら
On-yomi: ベイ

round

Meaning: round
Kun-yomi: まわ.る/まわ.す/もとお.る/か.える
On-yomi: カイ/エ

water radical variant (no. 85)

Meaning: water radical variant (no. 85)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: スイ

used in women's names

Meaning: used in women's names
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ/テン

milk

Meaning: milk; woman's breasts; nurse
Kun-yomi: ちち/はぐく.む
On-yomi: ダイ/ネ/ナイ

by means of

Meaning: by means of; because; in view of; compared with
Kun-yomi: もっ.て
On-yomi:

outside

Meaning: outside
Kun-yomi: そと/ほか/はず.す/はず.れる/と-
On-yomi: ガイ/ゲ

orders

Meaning: orders; ancient laws; command; decree
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: レイ

beggar

Meaning: beggar; beg; give
Kun-yomi: こう/あた.える
On-yomi: カツ/カチ/カイ

salute

Meaning: salute; bow; ceremony; thanks; remuneration
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: レイ/ライ

moxa

Meaning: moxa; sagebrush; wormwood; mugwort
Kun-yomi: もぐさ/よもぎ/おさ.める/か.る
On-yomi: カイ/ゲイ

basin

Meaning: basin; container for wine
Kun-yomi: ひさげ/はんぞう
On-yomi: イ/タ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: よ.る/ちな.む
On-yomi: イン

government office

Meaning: government office
Kun-yomi: やくしょ
On-yomi: チョウ/テイ

to prepare

Meaning: to prepare; to regulate; to hand up
Kun-yomi: おさ.める
On-yomi: ヒ/ヘイ/ハイ

scratch

Meaning: scratch; dig up; crawl; crouch
Kun-yomi: ぬ.く/さば.く
On-yomi: ハイ/ハツ/ハチ

thirty

Meaning: thirty
Kun-yomi: よ/さんじゅう
On-yomi: セイ/セ/ソウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たい.らか
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ/テン

holy

Meaning: holy; sacred
Kun-yomi: たがや.す
On-yomi: コツ/クツ/コチ/セイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: わ.ける
On-yomi: カイ/ケツ/ケチ

eternity

Meaning: eternity; long; lengthy
Kun-yomi: なが.い
On-yomi: エイ

courtesy

Meaning: courtesy
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ

another

Meaning: another; separate; other
Kun-yomi: わか.れる/さ.く/べつ.の/べつ.に
On-yomi: レイ/リョウ

bowl

Meaning: bowl; bowl of food
Kun-yomi: どんぶり
On-yomi: トン/タン/ショウ/セイ

third class

Meaning: third class; 3rd; 3rd calendar sign
Kun-yomi: ひのえ
On-yomi: ヘイ

even

Meaning: even; flat; peace
Kun-yomi: たい.ら/-だいら/ひら/ひら-
On-yomi: ヘイ/ビョウ/ヒョウ

elder brother

Meaning: elder brother; big brother
Kun-yomi: あに
On-yomi: ケイ/キョウ

water's edge

Meaning: water's edge; shore; bank
Kun-yomi: みぎわ/なぎさ
On-yomi: テイ

wherefore

Meaning: wherefore; a reason
Kun-yomi: よし/よ.る
On-yomi: ユ/ユウ/ユイ

substitute

Meaning: substitute; change; convert; replace; period; age; counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; generation; charge; rate; fee
Kun-yomi: か.わる/かわ.る/かわ.り/か.わり/-がわ.り/-が.わり/か.える/よ/し
On-yomi: ダイ/タイ

desert

Meaning: desert; border prairie; the 1st form is radical 13
Kun-yomi: まきがまえ/えながまえ/どうがまえ/けいがまえ
On-yomi: キョウ/ケイ

pedestal

Meaning: pedestal; a stand; counter for machines and vehicles
Kun-yomi: うてな/われ/つかさ
On-yomi: ダイ/タイ

generation

Meaning: generation; world; society; public
Kun-yomi: よ/さんじゅう
On-yomi: セイ/セ/ソウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: なめ.らか
On-yomi: タイ/タツ/タチ/タ

harvest

Meaning: harvest; year; age
Kun-yomi: とし/とせ/よわ.い
On-yomi: サイ/セイ

correct

Meaning: correct; justice; righteous; 10**40
Kun-yomi: ただ.しい/ただ.す/まさ/まさ.に
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

exit

Meaning: exit; leave; go out; come out; put out; protrude
Kun-yomi: で.る/-で/だ.す/-だ.す/い.でる/い.だす
On-yomi: シュツ/スイ

life

Meaning: life; genuine; birth
Kun-yomi: い.きる/い.かす/い.ける/う.まれる/うま.れる/う.まれ/うまれ/う.む/
On-yomi: セイ/ショウ

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