KANJIDAMAGE

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章 emblem / chapter

立 (stand up) + 早 (early)
★★☆☆☆
11 strokes
JERKBETAPN
JERK (it literally means 'badge or emblem' but usually is used in the context of 'sentence' or 'chapter.')

Onyomi

SHOU

Mnemonic

Stand up fast and SHOW me your badge.

Jukugo

文章(ぶんしょう)

sentence ★★☆☆☆
文 (culture/ sentence) + 章 (emblem / chapter) = 文章 (sentence)

第7章(だいななしょう)

chapter 7 ★★☆☆☆
第 (rank or number in series) + 章 (emblem / chapter) = 第7章 (chapter 7)

腕章(わんしょう)

armband ★☆☆☆☆
腕 (arm / skill) + 章 (emblem / chapter) = 腕章 (armband)

armband. Anytime you see an unemployed grand-dad with an armband, you can be sure he will poke his nose in someone's business and try to wreck their fun:"No smoking!" "No bicycle parking!" "No hammocks!"

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
童 kid VILLAGE 里
章 emblem / chapter EARLY 早

The kid is from the VILLAGE,

so he got his badge EARLY.

(it's the village where they make the badges, I guess. Who knows at this point)

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