Vocabulary
りょうきんはきをえらんですむ良禽は木を択んで棲む りょうきんはきをえらんですむ良禽は木を択んで棲む りょうきんはきをえらんですむ良禽は木を択んで棲む

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)
チュ
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
( 人 )
离
rare beast, strange, elegant
チ, リ
㐫
亠
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ
凶
villain, evil, bad luck...
キョウ
凵
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン
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
tree, wood
き, こ-, ボク
択
choose, select, elect...
えら.ぶ, タク
扌
( 手 ) hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
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
live, dwell
す.む, セイ
木
tree, wood
き, こ-, ボク
妻
wife, spouse
つま, サイ
丰
( CDP-89E5 ) abundant, lush, bountiful...
みめよ.い, しげ.る, ホウ
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
�
( CDP-8BAB )
コ
Katakana Ko
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
女
woman, female
おんな, め, ジョ
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