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| one, 1, single, a (article)
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One line: One finger
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不
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| (negative prefix), not, no
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Four strokes are not enough.
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来
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| to come, to arrive, ever since, next
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Top: one 一, bottom: rice 米 (with a long vertical stroke)
Because of one grain of rice I shall come?
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上
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| upwards, on top, upon, above
shàng, shǎng
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Ground 一, with a plant 卜 directing upwards. (opposite of下)
From the horizontal ground, a plant is directed upwards.
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下
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| down(wards), below, lower, later, next (week etc)
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Shows a line 一 as ground and a plant's root 卜 underneath.
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三
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| three, 3
sān
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Three lines = three fingers
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东
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| east
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Simplified from 東, which shows a sun 日 that rises behind a tree 木 in the east.
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师
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| master, teacher, expert
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Left: knife刂, right: one 一 (here: stick) and cloth 巾
He comes with a knife, a stick and good cloth: The master!
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七
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| seven, 7
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Looks like an arabic 7 upside down.
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丈
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| unit of length zhàng = 3.3 meters, gentleman
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Shows a big 大 person with a wide step to measure the distance of 1 zhàng.
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两
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| both, two, a few, tael(=50 grams unit = two ounces)
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Shows: inside 内 with one 一 further person 人, who is inside. (cf. third 丙)
Two connected 一 persons 人人 are inside 冂, thus both
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业
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| business, occupation, study, estate, property
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It is shown a hill with an extinct volcanic vent. As radical it is understood as "hollow". Here however, as a tray 一 with a glass || and other things.
A loaded tray stands for the business sector.
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万
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| ten thousand, a great number
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Derived from a swastika (Indian religious symbol) and stands for the ten thousand divinities/deities.
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夏
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| summer
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From top: cover 一 (against the sun), I, myself 自 (The emphasized ノ eye 目 is myself.), upturned foot (=sitting cross-legged) 夂
Covered (= in the shade) I myself sit cross-legged, because it is summer.
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且
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| further, moreover, and, yet more
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Image of a pile of stones (stone cairn) on which a stone is added, therefore: further, moreover.
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专
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| focused on one thing, concentrated, special, expert
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Simplified from 專. Appears like person on ski 专 in a downhill-squat with two poles 二 in the hands
When skiing, you have to be focused.
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与
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| with, and, (same as 欤)
yú, yǔ, yù
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An Arabic five 5 and the Chinese one 一
'Five' and 'one' is an "and"-connection.
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丽
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| beautiful, pretty, elegant, fine
lí, lì
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Top: one/cover 一, below: twice variant of usual 凡 (A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.)
If you put a cover (tablecloth) over the two scratched tables, they again are beautiful.
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丢
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| to lose, to put aside, to abandon
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Top: any object ノ, below: to leave 去 (Below ground 土 is the nose 厶, which has left.)
An object, that has left: is lost.
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册
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| book, booklet, classifier for books
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Image of something bound, hold with a tie 一: A book
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亏
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| deficiency, deficit, luckily
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One 一 and winding seaweed 丂
If there is only one seaweed, it's a real deficiency.
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丝
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| silk, thread, trace
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Top: 2x thread 纟/糸, below: one 一
If the threads are fine like a 'one', it's silk.
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灭
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| to extinguish or put out, wipe out, to drown
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Top: a cover 一, below: fire 火
Cover the fire to extinguish it.
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丛
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| cluster, thicket, collection (of books)
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Top: follow, obey 从 (two persons), bottom: 一 (Here: a row)
When the two persons develop into a row/line, it becomes a cluster.
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丙
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| Third in order, 3rd heavenly stems 十天干
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One 一, inside 内 (originally altar with sth. placed on it)
One 一 outside, two λ strokes inside makes: no. 3.
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筛
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| sieve, filter, to sift, screening (medicine)
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: master, teacher 师 (He has a knife 刂, a stick 一 and good cloth 巾)
Bamboo 竹 was cut 刂 for it and the sieve 一 is made of cloth 巾: a sieve.
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贮
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| to store, to save, stockpile
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Left: money 贝/貝, right: roof 宀 and one 一
We need money, because under the roof a stockpile shall be stored.
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兀
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JLPT no HSK |
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| rising to a height, towering, bald
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Up to the measuring line 一 are the legs 儿, that's how high he is risen.
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丞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| deputy, assist
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Top: 氶, (乛, water 水), below: a stroke 一
The strokes at top 乛 and bottom 一 give a channel (= freedom of action) for the water, that has equally a deputy.
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丕
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JLPT no HSK |
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| grand, great, glorious
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Top and bottom: two 二, middle: small 小 (cf. negation 不)
Between two boundaries something small can be: great.
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