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Money One's Life Coveting Time 貪 タン、トン むさぼ.る

Kanji
Onyomi タン、トン
Kunyomi むさぼ.る
English covet, indulge in
JLPT Level 0
Jouyou Grade S
Components 今: now
貝: shellfish
Number of Strokes 11
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 154
Radical Strokes 7
Radical Reading かい・かいへん・こがい
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Koohii Story 1 Whatever you covet at the moment (now), can be bought with money. Well, _almost_ anything....
Koohii Story 2 One begins one's life coveting money. One ends one's life coveting time -- those precious seconds ticking away on the clock. Remember to always put time over money (in this kanji and in life).

Tags: jlpt.n0, grades

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