シュク, よし

uncle, youth

JLPT1 G7 S8 F1950

# shows a pendent, twisted bean vine (compare , , and ) + small/slender → slender, hanging vine (compare also ). adds hand/action indicator → pick beans from a slender, hanging vine → end → younger brother of one's father (← younger siblings on a figurative family vine ← beans on a vine; compare younger brother) → *uncle* (younger or older, either one).

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