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Asia Ous Mouth 亜 ア つ.ぐ や つぎ

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi つ.ぐ
Nanori や, つぎ, つぐ
English Asia, rank next, come after, -ous
Examples 亜細亜(アジア): (1) Asia (esp. "the Far East") (2) Asian; Asiatic
亜米利加(アメリカ): America
亜(あ): (1) sub- (2) -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1509
Components 二: two; two radical (no.2)
口: mouth
Number of Strokes 7
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 7
Radical Strokes 2
Radical Reading に・ふた
Traditional Form
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword Asia
Koohii Story 1 In Asian countries, people use II chopsticks to get things into their mouths. Just imagine someone shoving a piece of sushi into their mouths with chopsticks.
Koohii Story 2 A mouth barred up and not aloud to speak freely is the sign of asia (korea, China, pakistan etc).

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000

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