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RTK / HeisigFrame #1105

by means of

Lv 13

Strokes: 5

JLPT: N4

Jōyō: Grade 4

Meanings

by means of RTKFromSinceCompared WithWith

Community Mnemonic

603 votes

A man earns his living by means of the plow. I imagine a sweating man dragging a bronze-age "ard" behind him as he plows his field himself, too poor to afford an ox.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

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