Week 16: Joyo Kanji Challenge

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Character	Definition
投	トウ, なげる, -なげ throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
拾	シュウ, ジュウ, ひろう pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten
持	ジ, もつ, -もち, もてる hold, have
指	シ, ゆび, さす, -さし finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
放	ホウ, はなす, -っぱなし, はなつ, はなれる, こく, ほうる set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
整	セイ, ととのえる, ととのう organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music)
旅	リョ, たび trip, travel
昔	セキ, シャク, むかし once upon a time, antiquity, old times
族	ゾク tribe, family
昭	ショウ shining, bright
暑	ショ, あつい sultry, hot, summer heat
暗	アン, くらい, くらむ, くれる darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
曲	キョク, まがる, まげる, くま bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
有	ユウ, ウ, ある possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
服	フク clothing, admit, obey, discharge
期	キ, ゴ period, time, date, term
板	ハン, バン, いた plank, board, plate, stage
柱	チュウ, はしら pillar, post, cylinder, support
根	コン, ね, -ね root, radical, head (pimple)
植	ショク, うえる, うわる plant
業	ギョウ, ゴウ, わざ business, vocation, arts, performance

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