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Meanings Spotted an issue? オペラ 演 出と出演 Staging and performance in operaswiki 式典の 演 出として。 As stage effects in ceremonies.wiki to act (a part) to play (a role) to perform (a play, etc.) to put on (a production) to commit (e.g. a blunder) Radicals and components Components 氵 water 寅 sign of the tiger 宀 roof 冖 cloth cover 由 wherefore 日 sun 丨 line 八 eight
How it's built 演
氵 water left · 3 strokes · form of 水 → 寅 sign of the tigerphonetic right · 11 strokes →
Mnemonic (RtK) ⓘ water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · sign of the tiger · house · caterpillar · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · sprout · shoot · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)
From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2163
Compound words acting; performance speech; address lecture; address; speech musical performance drama; theatre; theater; play to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder) practice; exercise; drill; military exercise; manoeuvres direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect) to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder) enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad entertainment; performance operation; calculation rostrum; platform program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert) contest (between performers); competitive performance; competition between theatres putting on the same show appearing together (in a film, play, etc.); performing together (at a concert, etc.); acting together; co-starring; playing together (in a sports match) public performance; exhibition in a foreign country another showing (of a play); playing the same role again (i.e. of an actor); recapitulation demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance first performance; premiere supporting performance; playing a supporting role Context Examples ▲ Additional Examples
He played the guitar very well in his father's presence.tatoeba He cried in admiration of her performance.tatoeba There exist two types of competition, the naginata match and the naginata performance.wiki I shall speak to everyone and everything in the universe with the Wisdom of the Buddha.wiki In 1896, he made lectures traveling around Okayama Prefecture.wiki Drum performance by the local elementary school pupils.wiki 1953: Mainichi Theatrical Awardwiki Wakaba-kai, Tokyo Mainichi Shimbun Engeki-kaiwiki The woods for field practice owned by Kyoto Prefectural Universitywiki In this way the field practice forest was launched.wiki The samurai and his servant gesture at each other through the scene.wiki It also refers to an entertainer who performs such.wiki A pro Nohwaki plays the role of Nohwaki or wakizure.wiki Stroke Order 14 strokes
Perform. 氵 (water) + 寅 — unfolding an act like water spreading out. 演技 — acting.
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