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枷: cangue

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枷 jiā

noun
: cangue OR cha (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
[a device that was used for public humiliation and corporal punishment in China and some other parts of East Asia and Southeast Asia until the early years of the twentieth century. It was also occasionally used for or during torture]

Kun Reading

枷 | かせ kase

noun
: shackles; fetters; irons; handcuffs; restraint; constraint
: bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship; binding relationships; encumbrance

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カ ka

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伽: phonetic for ga

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伽 jiā


: traditionally used as phonetic for gha
: transcription of sanskrit ‘gha’ in buddhist texts (‘samgha’, etc.)
: (nursing; attending; entertainer) (Jap.)
: tample; in Chinese this character is not used alone

Kun Reading

伽 | とぎ togi

noun
: nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer

On Reading

カ ka
ガ ga
キャkya
ギャ gya

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加: to add

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加 jiā

verb
: to add; plus
: (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to something or somebody previously mentioned)
: to apply (restrictions etc) to (somebody)
: to give (support, consideration etc) to (something)
: abbr. for Canada 加拿大

Kun Reading

加える | くわえる kawaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to append; to sum up; to add (up); to include; to increase; to inflict

加わる | くわわる kuwawaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be added to; to be appended
: to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate
: to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence); to grow; to gather (speed)
: to be subject to (e.g. pressure)

加えて | くわえて kuwaete

conjunction
: additionally; in addition; moreover; at the same time

On Reading

加 | か ka

noun
: addition; increase
: (Abbreviation) Canada

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習: practice

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習 [习] xí


: to practice
: to study
: habit

Kun Reading

習う | ならう narau

godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn; to study; to get training in

習い | ならい narai

noun
: as is habit; the way life normally is

習わす | ならわす narawasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to make (someone) learn

習わし | ならわし narawashi

noun | no-adjective
: customary practice; habit; traditional event

On Reading

シュウ shuu、 ジュ juu

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羽: feather

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羽 yǔ

radical
: feather; plume; wings
: 5th note in pentatonic scale

Kun Reading

羽 | わ wa OR ば ba OR ぱ pa

counter
: counter for birds and rabbits

羽 | は ha

羽 | はね hane

noun
: feather; plume; wing
: blade (fan, propeller, etc.)

On Reading

羽 | う u


: fifth degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale)

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