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Cosmetics Rice Dirt Cave It´S 粧 ショウ さ

Kanji
Onyomi ショウ
Nanori
English cosmetics, adorn (ones person)
Examples 化粧(けしょう): make-up; makeup; cosmetics
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1545
Components 米: rice; USA; metre
庄: level
Number of Strokes 12
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 119
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading こめ・こめへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword cosmetics
Koohii Story 1 Condy Rice is actually white, but she uses special cosmetics made from dirt she found in a cave to appear black - it´s better for the political situation.
Koohii Story 2 Modern cosmetics are just the descendants of the old RICE flour and CAVE DIRT (´cause it´s darker) used in the past.
RTK Index 923

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000

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