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Cricket Stupid Foolish Jiminy 愚 グ おろ.か Folly

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi おろ.か
English foolish, folly, absurdity, stupid
Examples 愚痴(ぐち): (1) idle complaint; grumble (2) moha (ignorance, folly)
愚か(おろか): foolish; stupid
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1551
Components 禺: long-tailed monkey
心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)
Number of Strokes 13
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 61
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword foolish
Koohii Story 1 Don´t be foolish! says Jiminy Cricket as he lashes you with his belt. Follow logic, like me, not your heart.
Koohii Story 2 I simply imagine Jiminy Cricket jumping all over the place, like a mad man, yelling "yeeeeehaaaaa!". Maybe he just fell in love? Mnemonic - "Jiminy Cricket has a foolish heart".

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000

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