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配 くば.る 支配(しはい): rule; control; direction心配(しんぱい): (1) worry; concern; anxiety (2) care; help; aid; assistance配分(はいぶん): distribution; allotment配慮(はいりょ): consideration; concern; forethought気配(けはい): (1) indication; sign; hint; presence; trend (2) quotation (esp. stock market)配置(はいち): arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition配偶者(はいぐうしゃ): spouse; wife; husband; partner分配(ぶんぱい): division; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation配達(はいたつ): delivery; distribution配布(はいふ): distribution配る(くばる): to distribute; to deliver; to deal (cards)手配(てはい): (1) arrangement; preparations (2) search (by police)配列(はいれつ): (1) arrangement; disposition (2) array (programming, programing)配給(はいきゅう): (1) distribution (e.g. films, rice) (2) rationing (e.g. food, gasoline) (3) food ration 3 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164)己: self; snake; serpent 酉 7 (none) distribute I imagine a bartender serving whiskey to his patrons, and using that snake-like sprayer to distribute soda water into each glass.

Accepted Answer

ハイ distribute, spouse, exile, rationing 3 359 10 164 とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり 会意 Compound Ideographic To DISTRIBUTE WHISKY during Prohibition you had to be as sneaky as a SNAKE.

Kanji	配
Onyomi	ハイ
Kunyomi	くば.る
English	distribute, spouse, exile, rationing
Examples	支配(しはい): rule; control; direction 心配(しんぱい): (1) worry; concern; anxiety (2) care; help; aid; assistance 配分(はいぶん): distribution; allotment 配慮(はいりょ): consideration; concern; forethought 気配(けはい): (1) indication; sign; hint; presence; trend (2) quotation (esp. stock market) 配置(はいち): arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition 配偶者(はいぐうしゃ): spouse; wife; husband; partner 分配(ぶんぱい): division; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation 配達(はいたつ): delivery; distribution 配布(はいふ): distribution 配る(くばる): to distribute; to deliver; to deal (cards) 手配(てはい): (1) arrangement; preparations (2) search (by police) 配列(はいれつ): (1) arrangement; disposition (2) array (programming, programing) 配給(はいきゅう): (1) distribution (e.g. films, rice) (2) rationing (e.g. food, gasoline) (3) food ration
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	359
Components	酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 己: self; snake; serpent
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	酉
Radical Number	164
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	distribute
Koohii Story 1	To DISTRIBUTE WHISKY during Prohibition you had to be as sneaky as a SNAKE.
Koohii Story 2	I imagine a bartender serving whiskey to his patrons, and using that snake-like sprayer to distribute soda water into each glass.

Distribution Distribute Rationing Concern Disposition Arrangement E.G Bird