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revolve, return 回
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回
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to revolve, to return, to go back
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Two squares rotate around a common axis, which represents a rotation and, in particular, a return movement.
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墙
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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Left: earth 土, right: stingy 啬 (Variant of squeeze in 夹 [to squeeze 夹 = A husband 夫 between two persons 丷 (= 2x 人; cf: 薔) is squeezed] and return/revolve 回)
The earth is squeezing you in and revolving: at the wall.
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颤
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to tremble, to shiver, to shake, to vibrate
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Left: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦), right: page, (fore)head 页 (= 頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
If under the cover all is rotating at sun rise in your head, you tremble and shiver.
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擅
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| without authority, to usurp, to monopolize, to be good at
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Left: hand 扌, right: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦)
(A rotatable blind [= jalousie] at the window) The hand that turns the cover, before the sunrise, does this: unauthorized.
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鄙
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| rustic, low, base, mean, to despise, to scorn
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Left: 啚 (mouth 口, ten 十, revolve, return 回), right: village⻏
The mouth is ten times revolved in the village and this appears: rustic and mean.
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徊
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to hesitate, irresolute, to dither
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Left: go 彳 right: return, revolve 回
You go in circles, when you hesitate and are irresolute.
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啬
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| stingy
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Top: simplification of gold 金 or squeeze in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons (= 人) is squeezed.) [cf. traditional 嗇], bottom: return, revolve 回
When the 'gold/money' 金 is (steadily) revolved, this guy is stingy.
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禀
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to make a report (to a superior), petition, to give
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From top: cover 亠, return, revolve 回, to show 示/礻
It is still covered (= confidential), but at the return I show: the report.
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凛
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JLPT no HSK |
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| freezing, shiver with cold or fear, strict, afraid, stern
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Left: ice 冫, right: report, petition 禀 (It is covered 亠 (= confidential) and at my return 回 I show 示: the report.)
At the ice-cold report I shivered of fear.
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檀
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JLPT no HSK |
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| sandalwood, hardwood
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Left: tree 木, right: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦)
The tree that grows in the shade (=covered) all around at sunrise: is the sandalwood.
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蔷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| wild rose
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Top: plant 艹, below: stingy 啬 (here: squeeze in 夹 [A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=2x人; cf:薔) is squeezed] and rotate 回)
(due to its thorns) The plant that squeezes-in if you rotate in it: is the wild rose.
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