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矮
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| low, short (in length)
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Left: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: entrust 委 (Rice plants 禾 can women 女 be entrusted.)
(A shot with a low/flat trajectory is more accurate than a steep shot.) The arrow can be trusted when it (= the trajectory) is low. |
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委
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to entrust, to accumulate, committee member
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Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: woman 女
Rice plants can women be entrusted. |
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萎
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| wither, spiritless
wēi, wěi
艹
委
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: to entrust 委 (Rice plants 禾 can women 女 be entrusted.)
The plants I entrusted you, are (all) withered. |
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魏
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JLPT no HSK |
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| 'Wei' (one of the Warring States)
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Left: entrust 委 (Rice plants 禾 can women 女 be entrusted.), right: devil 鬼
For the rice plants, the women quarreled like devils in the state: 'Wei' during the warring states. |
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巍
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JLPT no HSK |
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| lofty, towering
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Top: mountain 山, bottom: Wei-Dynasty 魏 (entrust 委 [Rice plants 禾 can women 女 be entrusted], devil 鬼)
The mountains in the Wei-dynasty were lofty. |
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倭
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Japanese (old derogatory term), dwarf
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Left: person 亻, right: entrust 委 (Rice plant 禾 can women 女 be entrusted.)
(especially trustworthy) The person who can be entrusted is the: Japanese. |
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