Learning to Read and Write Kanji Row 29

As with other posts in this series, this is the results of a test I took today, Friday, Aug 13th, 2021.

kanji test row 29

窓 遊 季 赤 怖 句 続 性 具 君 事 場 痛 低 打 音 号 寂 嬉 配 承 万 疲 顔 節 越 専 最 戸 接

I got 4 wrong, all of which were from previous rows. I cheated on two from this row, which means I need to learn them today. They are and . For 節 I blanked and for 越 I drew the part, but forgot the part. Note how this grade 8 kanji is made up of a kanji not in the jouyou kanji and a grade 2 kanji. Because it's so simple, 戊 is acceptable as part of a jouyou kanji. When I say simple, I mean it's the pike radical with a stroke added to make it more structurally sound. If you're incredulous about my structurally sound claim, I hope I can convince you.

import kanjiradical1_3
b = kanjiradical1_3.radicals['戈']
c = []
stabilizer = []
for k in b:
    stabilizer.append(k in kanjiradical1_3.radicals['ノ'])
    found_in_jouyou = False
    for i, grade in enumerate(kanjiradical1_3.grades):
        if k in grade:
            c.append(i)
            found_in_jouyou = True
            break
    if not found_in_jouyou: c.append(11)

In this script, I determine which of the kanji that have the pike radical 戈 have the stabilizer radicalノ and which grade each of them has.

grade_stabilized = [c[i] for i in range(len(stabilizer)) if stabilizer[i]]
[11, 8, 11, 11, 11, 8, 8, 6, 11, 8, 11, 11, 8, 8, 9, 9, 8, 11, 6, 11, 8, 11, 9, 6, 11, 10, 11, 10, 11, 6, 11, 3, 6, 11, 11, 11, 4, 4, 11, 11, 11, 11]

grade_unstabilized = [c[i] for i in range(len(stabilizer)) if not stabilizer[i]]
[9, 11, 11, 5, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 4, 11, 10, 5, 9, 8, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 8, 11, 11, 11, 11, 8, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 4, 11, 11, 8, 9, 8, 8, 11, 11, 6, 11, 11, 11, 11, 8, 11, 11, 8, 11, 11, 5, 11, 8, 11, 8, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 10, 11, 6, 10, 5, 11, 11, 8, 11, 8, 11, 8, 9, 11, 8, 11, 8, 10, 6, 11, 11, 11, 4, 5, 8, 11, 9, 11, 11]

We find that there are more kanji without the stabilizer than with the stabilizer. Let's find out how many are not in jouyou.

len([x for x in grade_stabilized if x <= 8])
16

16/42 of the stabilized are in jouyou (38%). 27/100 of the unstabilized are in jouyou (27%). Of the jouyou, what is the average grade?

sum([x for x in grade_stabilized if x <= 8])/16
6.5625
sum([x for x in grade_unstabilized if x <= 8])/27
6.777777777777778

We find that the average grade of stabilized kanji is 6.6. We find the unstabilized kanji are slightly higher grade of 6.8. Let's quickly check to see that I didn't make an error in the way I checked the presence of the stabilizer in jouyou kanji.

kanji_stabilized = [(b[i], c[i]) for i in range(len(stabilizer)) if stabilizer[i] and c[i] <= 8]
[('憾', 8), ('幾', 8), ('戚', 8), ('城', 6), ('威', 8), ('滅', 8), ('蔑', 8), ('歳', 8), ('蔵', 6), ('茂', 8), ('臓', 6), ('誠', 6), ('感', 3), ('盛', 6), ('機', 4), ('成', 4)]

Of the kanji considered stabilized, two were not: 幾 and 機. 幾 is grade 8, 機 is grade 4. That would bring the average grade down, so we can do that.

kanji_unstabilized = [(b[i], c[i]) for i in range(len(stabilizer)) if not stabilizer[i] and c[i] <= 8]
[('義', 5), ('議', 4), ('減', 5), ('戯', 8), ('伐', 8), ('犠', 8), ('戦', 4), ('栽', 8), ('戴', 8), ('賊', 8), ('域', 6), ('惑', 8), ('閥', 8), ('職', 5), ('越', 8), ('畿', 8), ('裁', 6), ('織', 5), ('餓', 8), ('繊', 8), ('儀', 8), ('載', 8), ('戒', 8), ('我', 6), ('械', 4), ('識', 5), ('箋', 8)]

Of the kanji considered unstabilized, only 減 is stabilized. It is grade 5, so it will bring the average grade down. Note that this must be a mistake, considering the radicals radkfile.txt says this kanji has are: 亅 口 汁 and 戈.

grade_unstabilized.pop(12)
5
grade_unstabilized.extend([8, 4])
grade_stabilized.pop(5)
8
grade_stabilized.pop(-6)
4
grade_stabilized.append(5)
sum([x for x in grade_stabilized if x <= 8])/15
6.533333333333333
sum([x for x in grade_unstabilized if x <= 8])/28
6.785714285714286

The average stabilized grade is 6.5. The average unstabilized grade is 6.8. If this doesn't convince you, I recommend you try constructing the kanji with steel wire and poking the bottom through foam. The 戊 should have more stability than the 戈. Let me know if you try this. Another way to describe this stroke is that it turns the horizontal line 一 into a cliff radical 厂. Why is it called the cliff radical? For one, it looks like a cliff. Also the cliff kanji is . In that kanji, there is the cliff radical 厂, earth radical 土, and mountain radical 山. Note how they decided that it wasn't enough to use a cliff to draw a cliff. They wanted mountain, earth (twice), and cliff to make quadruply sure that readers know what they're talking about. It's not that often that I complain about unnecessary verbosity in a kanji, but this one is pretty obvious.

I added on 5 random kanji that I was having trouble remembering yesterday, which should make each test I do more difficult. In this test they were: , , , , and . I drew a wrong version of instead of because of a type 1 (synonym) and type 2 (loss of detail) error. I did the same thing with and . I made a type 1 error on writing . I forgot despite thinking about it recently.

What else is going on in my life? I swam on Tuesday 火曜日に泳ぎました. It's hot again また暑いです. I'm using keigo (polite ます-form and です) just because I can. You can clearly see how informal this blog is, but I don't want to start off with informal speech, which I can definitely do.

Until next time!

I'll hopefully post all tests as I pass them. Wish me .

Previous episodes:
Learning to Read and Write Kanji
Learning to Read and Write Kanji Row 5
Learning to Read and Write Kanji Row 6
Learning to Read and Write Kanji Row 7
Learning to Read and Write Kanji Row 8
Learning to Read and Write Kanji Row 9
Learning to Read and Write Kanji Row 10
Learning to Read and Write Kanji Row 11
Learning to Read and Write Kanji Row 12
Learning to Read and Write Kanji Row 13
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Learning to Read and Write Kanji Row 28

Javantea out.

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