葦の髄から天井を覗く (よしのずいからてんじょーをのぞく) — to have a narrow view of things, to peek at the ceiling through the pith of a reed | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

to have a narrow view of things and to peek at the ceiling through the pith of a reed

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

葦の髄から天井を覗く

to have a narrow view of things, to peek at the ceiling through the pith of a reed

よしのずいからてんじょうをのぞく

葦

あし, よし, イ

艹

( 艸 ) grass, radical number 140

韋

tanned leather radical (no. 178)

そむ.く, イ

𫝀

㐄

口

くち, コウ, ク

髄

marrow, pith, essence

骨

skeleton, bone, remains...

冎

わ.ける, さ.く, カ

冂

upside-down box radical (no. 13)

キョウ, ケイ

⺼

⺆

冫

( 氷 ) two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)

こおり, ヒョウ

迶

ゆ.く, ユウ, ウ

辶

walk, walking, road radical variant (no. 162)

有

possess, have, exist...

あ.る, ユウ, ウ

𠂇

月

つき, ゲツ, ガツ

天

heavens, sky, imperial

あまつ, あめ, テン

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

大

おお-, おお.きい, ダイ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

人

ひと, -り, ジン

井

well, well crib, town...

い, セイ, ショウ

二

two, two radical (no. 7)

ふた, ふた.つ, ニ

廾

twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)

にじゅう, キョウ, ク

二

two, two radical (no. 7)

ふた, ふた.つ, ニ

十

とお, と, ジュウ

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

十

とお, と, ジュウ

覗

peep, peek, come in sight

のぞ.く, うかが.う, シ

司

director, official, govt office...

つかさど.る, シ

𠃌

𠮛

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

口

くち, コウ, ク

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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