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now, here, this 兹
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Explanation |
Comprises twice the radical "mysterious 玄"
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Used in these characters:
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磁
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| magnetic, magnetism, porcelain
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Left: stone 石, right: now, here 兹 (2x mysterious 玄 (Here: mounting bracket 艹 with two hanging threads 糸)
These stones behave mysteriously (when hanging at treads), because they are: magnetic (or porcelain). |
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滋
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to nourish, grow, increase, to suscite, taste
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Left: water 氵, right: now, here 兹 (2x mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious)
Water is doubly mysterious: It nourishes and lets things grow. |
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慈
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| compassionate, gentle, kind, humane
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Top: now/here 兹 (2x mysterious 玄 [turning disc 亠, var. of thread 糸] or variation of magnet 磁 [= the mysterious stone]), below: heart 心
Like a magnet is his heart: so compassionate. |
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兹
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JLPT no HSK |
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| now, here, this, time
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(2x mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious)
Like a magnet without a stone, such mysterious is: this now and here. |
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玄
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JLPT no HSK |
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| mysterious, black
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Part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious (cf. threads 纟/糸)
The thread hanging from a bracket is mysterious. |
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