The Chinese Radical: 屰


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disobedient    屰

Explanation

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JLPT HSK 4
to model (a figure) in clay

Top: new moon, 1.day in lunar calendar (The disobedient [=A plant's shoot that grows crooked] moon is not shining at new moon), bottom: earth
At new moon take earth (clay) for modelling.
JLPT HSK 6
contrary, opposite, to go against, rebel

Left: movement , right: disobedient (A plant's shoot that grows crooked is disobedient.)
A movement, that is 'disobedient' is contrary.
JLPT no HSK
lose consciousness, to faint, his, her, their
jué
Outside: cliff , rest: 欮 (disobedient [(A plant's shoot that grows crooked is disobedient.], lack )
In particular at a cliff it is a "disobedient lack", when losing consciousness.
JLPT no HSK
to go upstream, to trace the source

Left: water , right: new moon (The disobedient moon is not shining at new moon) [disobedient = A plant's shoot that grows crooked is disobedient.]
(The moon is between sun and earth and can cause spring tides:) The water at new moon can flow upstream.
JLPT no HSK
new moon, beginning, first day of lunar month
shuò
Left: disobedient (A plant's shoot that grows crooked is disobedient.), right: moon
If the 'disobedient' moon does not shine, it is new moon.
JLPT no HSK
fault, deficiency, mistake
quē, què
Outside: gate / 門, inside: disobedient (A plant's shoot that grows crooked has a lack and is disobediant.)
(The door is stuck) The gate is 'disobedient': It has a fault.
JLPT no HSK
unruly, rampant, rude
jué
Left: wild animal , right: 厥 (cliff , disobedient [A plant's shoot that grows crooked is disobedient.], lack )
The animal that has been pushed to the cliff because of a disobedient lack is unruly.

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