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男 |
male, man
Top: rice field 田, bottom: power 力 In the rice field you need the power of a man. |
勇 |
brave, courage, righteous
Top: 甬 (bent person マ, use 用), below: force 力, better bottom: man 男 (In the rice field 田 is the strength 力 male.) If the bent person マ is a (real) man, then it's because he is brave. |
舅 |
maternal uncle
Top: 臼 (like two hands: E,ヨ), bottom: man 男 (In the rice field 田 is the strength 力 male.) Two [protecting] hands has this man: The maternal oncle. |
甥 |
nephew
Left: life, birth 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  stands for life.), right: man, male 男 (In the rice field 田 is the strength 力 male.) The born man is the: nephew. |
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