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冗談

じょうだん

joke

Mnemonic

Somebody under a roof with nothing to do, and talk warming up next to a double fire. Joe じょう and Dan だん have been at it an hour and none of it was true: じょうだん.

Worth knowing

冗談でしょ is you are joking. 嘘 うそ is a lie meant to deceive; a 冗談 is not.

Built from

superfluous
宀 a roof over 儿 legs. Somebody underneath it with nothing much to do.
talk, discuss
言 speech on the left with a double fire beside it. Talk that goes on long enough to warm up.

Words sharing these kanji

consultation, advice

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