良禽は木を択んで棲む (りょーきんわきをえらんですむ) — a wise retainer chooses a great lord to serve, a wise bird chooses a good tree in which to roost | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

a wise retainer chooses a great lord to serve and a wise bird chooses a good tree in which to roost

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

良禽は木を択んで棲む

a wise retainer chooses a great lord to serve, a wise bird chooses a good tree in which to roost

りょうきんはきをえらんですむ

良

good, pleasing, skilled

よ.い, -よ.い, リョウ

丶

dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)

艮

northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)

うしとら, コン, ゴン

禽

bird, captive, capture

とり, とりこ, キン

𠆢

离

rare beast, strange, elegant

㐫

亠

kettle lid radical (no. 8)

凶

villain, evil, bad luck...

凵

open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)

㐅

禸

rump, footprint radical (no. 114)

あしあと, ジュウ, ニュ

冂

upside-down box radical (no. 13)

キョウ, ケイ

木

き, こ-, ボク

択

choose, select, elect...

えら.ぶ, タク

扌

( 手 ) hand, hand radical (no. 64)

尺

shaku, Japanese foot, measure...

さし, シャク, セキ

尸

corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)

かたしろ, シ

八

eight, eight radical (no. 12)

や, や.つ, ハチ

八

eight, eight radical (no. 12)

や, や.つ, ハチ

棲

す.む, セイ

木

き, こ-, ボク

妻

丰

( CDP-89E5 ) abundant, lush, bountiful...

みめよ.い, しげ.る, ホウ

十

とお, と, ジュウ

�

( CDP-8BAB )

コ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

女

おんな, め, ジョ

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