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death, to die 亡
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Used in these characters:
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忙
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| busy, hurriedly
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Left: feeling 忄 (var. of heart 心), right: dead 亡 (a coffin seen from the end)
Feelings died (Cardiac death?) caused by being too busy.
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望
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| to expect, to hope, to visit, to gaze (into the distance)
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Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross-section), body 月/肉, bottom: king 王
The dead body of the king goes with our expectations.
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忘
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to forget, to overlook, to neglect
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Top: dead 亡 (coffin in cross-section), bottom: heart 心
A dead heart is forgot.
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赢
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to win, gain, to beat, to profit
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From top: 亡 (coffin in cross-section), mouth: 口, body 月, money 贝, usually 凡 [A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.]
If your coffin is as small as a mouth and your body pays money for it, then (the seller) usually makes: a profit.
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茫
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| uncertain, vast, without clear boundary, hazy
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Top: grass 艹, bottom: 汒 (water 氵, dead 亡 [coffin in cross section])
Whether the grass (smoking) or the water will kill us is uncertain.
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亡
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to die, deceased, to lose, to flee
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(Originally: left:. corner  , in this corner character for "person" 人, which changed to "lid" 亠)
Coffin seen in a cross-sectional view as symbol for dying.
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盲
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| blind
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Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross section), below: eye 目
A dead eye is blind.
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妄
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| absurd, fantastic, presumptuous, rash
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Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross-section), below: woman 女
He considered the death of his woman, to be: absurd.
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荒
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| uncultivated, desolate, shortage, scarce
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Top: plant 艹, below: 巟 (dead 亡 (coffin in cross-section), river 川
The plants died due to the river and everything became uncultivated and barren.
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芒
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| club-awn (=gray hair grass), tip (of a blade)
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Top: plant/grass 艹, below: death 亡
The plant for (wrapping) the dead, was the club-awn.
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氓
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| ruffian, gangster, rogue, hooligan, vagrant
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Left: to die 亡 (coffin in cross-section), right: people, nation 民 (Many buttocks 尸 with the “plus +” as a multiplier form a people.)
The death of our people came due to these ruffians.
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惘
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JLPT no HSK |
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| disconcerted, discouraged, dejected, disappointed
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Left: feelings 忄, right: net for dead-capture 罔 (net 网, with a trawl 罒 and two trawl lines 冂, inside: to die 亡 [= coffin in cross-section])
When my feelings are caught in a net until they die, I am disconcerted.
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