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Kangxi Radical

辛: bitter

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辛 xīn

noun | radical 160
: bitter; (of taste) hot or pungent
: hard; laborious; suffering
: eighth in order; eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; letter “H” or roman “VIII” in list “A, B, C”, or “I, II, III” etc; octa

Kun Reading

辛 | かのと kanoto

noun
: 8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar

辛い | からい karai

adjective
: spicy; hot
: salty;
: tough (on someone); adverse; harsh

辛い | つらい tsurai

adjective
: painful; bitter; heart-breaking

辛み | からみ karami

noun
: salty (hot, sharp) taste

辛め | からめ karame

adjective
: hottish; salty; somewhat hot; kind of salty; on the dry side
: strict; harsh

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辛 | しん shin

noun
: 8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar

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氏: clan name

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氏 shì

noun | radical 83
: clan name; family; maiden name

Kun Reading

氏 | うじ uji

noun
: family name; lineage; birth

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氏 | し shi

suffix
: (Honorific or respectful language) Mr; (Noun) clan
: (Honorific or respectful language) he; him; (Counter) (Honorific or respectful language) counter for people

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刀: knife

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刀 dāo

noun | measure word | radical 18
: knife; blade; single-edged sword
: cutlass
: measure word for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
: (slang) dollar (loanword)

Kun Reading

刀 | かたな katana

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: (single-edged) sword; katana
: (Archaism) dagger; knife

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刀 | とう tou

noun
: (single-edged) sword; katana
: (Archaism) dagger; knife
: (Archaism) scalpel

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自: self; from

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自 zì

radical 132 | preposition
: self; oneself; from; since; private

Kun Reading

自ら | みずから mizukara

adverbial noun | noun
: for one’s self; personally

自ずから | おのずから onozukara

adverb
: naturally; as a matter of course

自と | おのずと onozuto

adverb
: naturally

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自 | じ ji

prefix
: self-
: from …

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骨: bone

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骨 gǔ

radical 188
: bone

Kun Reading

骨 | ほね hone

noun
: bone
: frame
: outline; core
: backbone; spirit; fortitude
: () laborious; troublesome; difficult

骨つぼ | こつつぼ kotsutsubo

noun
: funerary urn

骨つぼ | ほねばる honebaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: funerary urn

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骨 | こつ kotsu

noun
: (usually written using kana only) knack; skill; trick; secret; know-how; the ropes; hang

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臣: minister

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臣 chén

radical 131
: minister; statesman; official; state official or subject in dynastic China
: “Your Servant”, form of address used when speaking to a ruler
: to submit oneself to the rule of or acknowledge allegiance to; to serve a ruler as his subject

Kun Reading

臣 | おみ omi

noun
: (Archaism) retainer; attendant;
: Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)

臣 | やつこ yatsuko

noun
: (Archaism) slave
: retainer; servant
: captive
: (Derogatory) varlet
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) I; me

臣 | やつこらま yotsukorama

noun
: retainer; servant

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臣 | しん shin

noun
: (Archaism) retainer; attendant
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) I (used by a servant when speaking to his master); me

じん jin

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