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night 夜
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Used in these characters:
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夜
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| night
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At top a cover/roof 亠 (of a building), below a person 亻/人 and a variant of moon 月
On the roof is a person watching the moon during the night.
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液
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| liquid, fluid
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Left: water 氵, right: night 夜 (On the roof 亠 is a person 亻/人 watching the moon 月 during the night.)
Water in the night remains liquid.
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腋
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JLPT no HSK |
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| armpit, axil (botany, angle between stem and branch)
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Left: body part 月/肉, right: night 夜 (On the roof 亠 is a person 亻/人 watching the moon 月 during the night.)
The part of the body where (it is as) dark as night is the armpit.
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掖
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to tuck (into a pocket), to hide, to conceal
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Left: hand 扌, right: night 夜 (On the roof 亠 is a person 亻/人 watching the moon 月 during the night.)
If the hand is in the 'night' it was tucked (into a pocket).
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