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Departed Road Folded 逝 セイ ゆ.く、い.く Die S

Kanji
Onyomi セイ
Kunyomi ゆ.く、い.く
English departed, die
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 2018
Components 折: fold; break; fracture; bend; yield; submit
辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162)
Number of Strokes 10
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 162
Radical Strokes 7
Radical Reading しんにょう・しんにゅう
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword departed
Koohii Story 1 One of the dearest of Japan´s dearly departed is Sasaki Sadako, who developed Leukemia after the bombing of Hiroshima, and became famous for folding more than a thousand paper cranes, never giving up hope. To this day, people in Hiroshima still fold origami cranes in her memory. For this character, let us imagine a parade in her honor, the entire road lined with folded cranes.
Koohii Story 2 The BIG ONE hits Tokyo. You see a news report of the recently departed victims who died when the roads folded (from the earthquake).
RTK Index (new) 1213

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq2001-2500

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