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husband 夫
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Explanation |
The big 大 person with the extra 一 caring arms. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled才, bending マ,卩 or slumped 㔾 person)
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Used in these characters:
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夫
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| husband, man, manual worker
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Two 二 and person 人
The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband. |
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铁
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| iron (metal)
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Left: metal 钅/金 (Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ (= accent ノ) it is the husband 夫 who loses) [husband 夫 = big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一]
The metal, you can safely lose (due to its little value) is iron. |
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失
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to lose, to miss, to fail
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Top left: accent ノ (for emphasis), rest: husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.)
I emphasize: the husband will lose. |
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规
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| regulation, a rule, to admonish, to scheme
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Left: husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.), right: see/look 见/見 (An eye 目 on legs 儿 = looking around)
The husband looks after the regulations. |
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肤
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| skin
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Left: body part 月/肉, right: husband 夫 (here: person 人 & two 二 for several layers)
The body part that a person has in several layers is: the skin. |
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扶
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to support with hand, to help sb up
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Left: hand 扌, right: husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.)
The hand of the husband is a support. |
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夹
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| squeezed in, wedged between, middle layer (to sandwich)
jiā, jiá
夫
夹
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Husband 夫 and two persons 丷 (=人) on the sides, which squeeze in. (It was traditional 夾)
The squeezed husband stands for being: squeezed in. (OR: He has squeezed sth. under his arms.) |
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替
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to replace, on behalf of, to substitute for
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Top: 2 x husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.), bottom: sun 日
The two husbands 夫 are during sunshine 日 (= good times) exchangeable. |
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跌
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to tumble, to drop, to fall
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Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ the husband 夫 will lose.)
If a foot is 'lost', you: tumble. |
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潜
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to submerge, to dive, hidden, secret, to conceal
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Left: water 氵, right: exchange/substitute 替 (The two husbands 夫 are during sunshine 日 (= good times) exchangeable.)
[If you can't see] in the water the two husbands despite the sun[-light], they are submerged or hiding. |
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峡
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| gorge, ravine
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Left: mountain 山, right: squeezed in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed.) [traditional: 峽]
The mountain is squeezing in: at the gorges. |
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窥
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to watch, to spy on, to peep, to pry into
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Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: rule, regulation 规 (The husband 夫 looks 见/見 after the regulations)
(The penetrant) The holes in the regulations need to be watched on. |
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芙
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JLPT no HSK |
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| lotus (=芙蓉), Hibiskus
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Top: grass, plant 艹, bottom: husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.)
The plant, the husband brings, is: lotus. |
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撵
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to expel, to oust
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Left: hand 扌, right: 辇 (2x husband 夫 and vehicle 车/車
A hand (pushes) the gay couple (=2 husbands) on a vehicle, because they are expelled. |
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