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Song Sing Poetry Yawning Dance Can Can Dancers 歌

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi うた、うた.う
English song, sing
Examples 歌(うた): (1) song (2) classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka) (3) modern poetry
歌手(かしゅ): singer
歌謡(かよう): song; ballad
歌留多(かるた): playing cards; card game
JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Grade 2
Frequency 519
Components 哥: big brother
欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76)
Number of Strokes 14
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 76
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading あくび・けんづくり・かける・けつ
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword song
Koohii Story 1 Can-Can-ers lack the ability to sing a song, so they just dance.
Koohii Story 2 Can-can dancers are supposed to be big-bosomed girls who dance. Yet these so called can-can dancers are flat-chested and singing a song, so audience of men is yawning in boredom.

Tags: jlpt.n4, grade2, kanjifreq501-750, kanji_human.activities_culture.art

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