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Window Ticket Contact Radical Heart Hole House 窓

Kanji
Onyomi ソウ、ス
Kunyomi まど、てんまど、けむだし
English window, pane
Examples 窓(まど): window
窓口(まどぐち): (1) ticket window; teller window; counter (2) contact person; point of contact
JLPT Level 3
Jouyou Grade 6
Frequency 1186
Components 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den
厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28)
心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)
Number of Strokes 11
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 116
Radical Strokes 5
Radical Reading あな・あなかんむり
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
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Koohii Story 1 The top primitive is similar to hole (#1316). A window is a hole (#1316) in your house that you occassionally sit next to while leaning on your ELBOW and gazing out, a picture of a lonely HEARTedness.
Koohii Story 2 Anna stood inside the house 宀 on her human legs 儿 enjoying some private 厶 time, looking out the window and communing with the feelings that were in her heart 心. The first five strokes are actually 穴、あな, "hole," introduced later. 窓、まど, window; 窓口、まどぐち, ticket window; 車窓、しゃそう, car window.

Tags: jlpt.n3, grade6, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_structure.town.building

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