磨穿鉄硯 (ませんてっけん) — showing unyielding diligence in one's studies, wearing a hole through one's metal inkstone from constant studying

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showing unyielding diligence in one's studies and wearing a hole through one's metal inkstone from constant studying

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磨穿鉄硯

showing unyielding diligence in one's studies, wearing a hole through one's metal inkstone from constant studying

ませんてっけん

磨

grind, polish, scour...

みが.く, す.る, マ

麻

hemp, flax, numb

あさ, マ, マア

广

dotted cliff radical (no. 53)

ゲン

厂

wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)

林

木

木

石

口

穿

put on (to the feet), dig, pierce...

うが.つ, は.く, セン

穴

hole, aperture, slit...

あな, ケツ

宀

shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)

ベン, メン

冖

wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)

ベキ

八

eight, eight radical (no. 12)

や, や.つ, ハチ

牙

tusk, fang, tusk radical (no. 92)

きば, は, ガ

亅

feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)

かぎ, ケツ

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

鉄

金

失

lose, error, fault...

うしな.う, う.せる, シツ

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

夫

大

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

人

person

ひと, -り, ジン

一

one, one radical (no.1)

硯

石

口

見

see, hopes, chances...

み.る, み.える, ケン

目

eye, class, look...

め, -め, モク

儿

legs radical (no. 10)

がい, ジン, ニン

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磨穿鉄硯

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