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角: angle | role

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

角 jiǎo

noun | measure word | radical 148
: angle; corner
: horn; horn-shaped
: unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan

角 jué


: role (theater)
: to compete
: ancient three legged wine vessel
: third note of pentatonic scale

Kun Reading

角 | かど kado

noun
: corner (e.g. desk, pavement)
: edge

角 | つの tsuno

noun
: horn

角 | すみ sumi

noun | noun suffix
: corner; nook; recess
: (Noun) (Obscure term) downstage right (on a noh stage)

角す | かくす kakusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to compare (e.g. in a competition)

On Reading

角 | かく kaku

noun | noun suffix
: angle
: square (or cube)
: bishop (shogi)
: third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale)
: Chinese “horn” constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
: jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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甬: path | bucket

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甬 yǒng


: path screened by walls on both sides
: the Yongjiang river 甬江 through Ningbo 宁波; abbr. for Ningbo

甬 tǒng

measure word
: variant 桶
: bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc); pail
: (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)

Kun Reading

桶 | おけ oke

noun
: bucket

On Reading

ヨウ you
トウ tou

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Packaging: Herbs

By Design, Food for thought, Layout

“…Specific Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicines have been created to heal particular organs in order to nurse the entire body to a good level of health. Thus by having 12 types of herbal medicine teas to heal the organs corresponding with organ operating time within the 12* divisions of the day, consumers would be nourished and achieve maximum health.”

*According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, 24 hours is divided into 12 divisions where each division has two hours.

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燈: lamp; light

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燈 [灯] dēng

noun
: lamp; light; lantern

Kun Reading

灯 | ひ hi

noun
: light; lamp; torch

灯 | あかし akashi

noun
: light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp

灯 OR 明かり | あかり akari

noun
: lamp; light

灯 | ともし tomoshi

noun
: light; lamp
: baiting deer with a lighted torch

灯 | ともしび tomoshibi

noun
: light; lamp; torch

灯す OR 燈す | ともす tomosu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to light; to turn on

灯る | ともる tomoru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to burn; to be lighted; to be lit

On Reading

灯 [燈] | とう tou

noun
: light; lamp;
: counter for electric lights

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