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Ball Beginning 玩 ガン もちあそ.ぶ、もてあそ.ぶ Play Pleasure Trifle

Kanji
Onyomi ガン
Kunyomi もちあそ.ぶ、もてあそ.ぶ
English play, take pleasure in, trifle with, make sport of
Examples 玩具(おもちゃ): toy; plaything
JLPT Level 0
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 2216
Components 玉: jewel; ball
元: beginning; former time; origin
Number of Strokes 8
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 96
Radical Strokes 5
Radical Reading たま・たまへん ・ おう・おうへん・あうさま
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword toy
Koohii Story 1 The ball was the only thing that people at the beginning of time had to use as a toy. Poor cavemen.
Koohii Story 2 And so it was, the ball marked the beginning of all the toys that were to come.

Tags: jlpt.n0, grades, kanjifreq2001-2500

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