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师
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| master, teacher, expert
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Left: knife刂, right: one 一 (here: stick) and cloth 巾
He comes with a knife, a stick and good cloth: The master! |
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常
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| usually, frequently, often, common, general
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Top: esteem, still 尚 (A small 小 house 宀 with a window 口 is furthermore esteemed.), bottom: cloth 巾
Esteem is given to this cloth: usually. |
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希
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| rare, infrequent, hope/expect
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Top: cross-stitch 㐅, below: cloth 布
A cross-stitch on a cloth is rare. |
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帮
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| to help, to assist, to support, side (of boat etc)
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Top: country/nation 邦 (= abundance 丰 in the villages⻏) [abundance 丰 = flourish plant], bottom: cloth 巾
If there is abundance in the villages you can give cloth as a help. |
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带
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| belt, to raise
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From Top: thirty 卅 (here: three settings at a belt 一), to cover 冖, cloth 巾
It can be set in three positions and it covers the clothes: The belt. |
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市
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| market, city
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Top: a cover 亠, below: fabric/cloth 巾
You get covers and cloth in the city on the market. |
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帽
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| hat, cap
mào
巾
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Left: cloth 巾, right: emit (smoke) 冒 (Under the cover 冂 steam 二 is visible 目, because it is uprising.), but here 冂 and 二 together as: sun 日
The cloth to keep the sun 日 out of the eyes is: a cap. |
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刷
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| brush, to paint, to brush
shuā, shuà
尸
巾
刂
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Left: bottocks in side view 尸 with cloth 巾 is here understood as tail [to be correct: 尾 means tail], right: knife刂
At the bottocks the 'cloth' [="tail"] is cut and used as: a brush. |
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帅
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| handsome, graceful, commander in chief
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Left: knife/cut刂, right: cloth/fabric 巾
If you use the knife for cutting the cloth, you will be handsome. |
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巾
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| towel, general purpose cloth
jīn
巾
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Pictograph showing a thread in a piece of cloth 巾 (or a shirt with sleeves) |
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币
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| money, currency, coins
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Character is similar to city: 市 (cover 亠 and cloth 巾)
Similar to the city it is related to money and currency. |
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席
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| banquet, woven mat, seat (in an assembly, theater)
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Outside: building 广, below: var. objects 廿, cloth 巾
In the building, they use things of cloth: as seats. |
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幕
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| curtain, screen, canopy, tent
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Top: negative 莫 (to sink/go down: The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.) [sunrise is: 旦 or ], bottom: cloth 巾
Sinking cloth is a curtain. |
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制
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| system, to control, to manufacture, to regulat
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Left: cow 牛, cloth 巾; right: knife刂
A cow wrapped in cloth and with a knife: what a system! |
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幅
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| width, roll, banner, extent, range
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Left: cloth 巾, right: barrel of rice wine 畐 (originally image of a barrel as an offering to the temple, thus signifying wealth and luck 福)
This cloth is like a wine barrel: sufficient width for a banner. |
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佩
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| admire, to respect, to wear (belt etc)
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Left: person 亻, right: sail 几 (cf. wind 风) and cloth 巾
The person sees in the sail a piece of cloth, admires it and wants to wear it. |
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饰
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| decoration, ornament, adorn, conceal
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Left: food 饣/食, right: lying person , cloth 巾
If the food is laid on a cloth, it is: a decoration. |
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布
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| cloth, to declare, to announce
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Left: hand , right: cloth 巾
The hand is holding a cloth. |
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狮
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| lion
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: master, teacher 师 (knife刂, 帀 = 一 as head and fabric 巾 as fur)
(The lion's fur is popular) The animal that you skin with a knife over its head is: the lion. |
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帘
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| curtain, flag used as a shop sig
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Top: hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), bottom: cloth/fabric 巾
In front of the hole we put a fabric: The curtain. |
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怖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| terror, terrified, afraid, frightened
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Left: feeling 忄, right: cloth 布 (Here a hand and shoulders 巾, which are composed of a backbone 丨 and two arms 冂)
The feeling with a hand on my shoulder is fear and being terrified. |
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帝
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| emperor
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From top: stand 立, cover 冖, cloth 巾
Stand and cover yourself with cloth, the emperor is coming. |
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吊
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to hang up, hang a person, suspend (agreement)
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Top: mouth 口 (here: crane or winch), below: fabric/cloth 巾
The crane is using a fabric for hanging things and make them suspended. |
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帐
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| account book, covering veil, canopy, tent
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Left: cloth 巾, right: long 长/長 (Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)
Cloth that is long, was used as an account book or as a canopy. |
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滞
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| inhibit, block, sluggish
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Left: water 氵, right: belt 带 (A belt 一 in 3 positions as a cover 冖 for the cloth 巾)
(To build a pond with a dam/dike) The water within the 'belt' is inhibited & sluggish. |
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砸
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to smash, crush, to fail, to get it wrong
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Left: stone 石, right: 匝 (embracement 匚, cloth 巾
(A stone in a loop/hanger of cloth is like a slingshot:) A stone in an sling of cloth is used to smash things. |
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帆
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sail, canvas
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Left: cloth 巾, right: sail 几 with something 丶 (cf. common 凡 = A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.) [cf. wind 风, which is simplified from 風]
Cloth is commonly used for sails. |
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幢
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| banner, classifier for buildings
zhuàng, chuáng
巾
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Left: cloth 巾, right: child 童 (Standing 立 in the village 里: a child.)
A cloth [as small as] a child is: a banner. |
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帜
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| flag, banner, ensign
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Left: cloth 巾, right: alone 只 (Here: piece of cloth 口 above two arms 八)
The cloth that is hold above the arms is a flag. |
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帖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| fitting snugly, appropriate, to obey, invitation (message)
tiē, tiě, tiè
巾
占
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Left: cloth 巾, right: divine 占
A cloth to devine, that it is appropriately fitting snugly. |
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筛
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sieve, filter, to sift, screening (medicine)
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: master, teacher 师 (He has a knife 刂, a stick 一 and good cloth 巾)
Bamboo 竹 was cut 刂 for it and the sieve 一 is made of cloth 巾: a sieve. |
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涮
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to rinse, hold briefly into boiling water
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Left: water 氵, right: brush 刷 (The "tail" [= cloth 巾 at the buttocks 尸] is cut刂 and used as a brush) [cf. tail 尾]
Use water and a brush for rinsing. |
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帕
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JLPT no HSK |
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| handkerchief, to wrap, headscarf
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Left: cloth 巾, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.)
The cloth in white is: the handkerchief. |
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嫦
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JLPT no HSK |
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| a legendary beauty who flew to the moon, the lady in the moon
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Left: woman 女, right: usually 常 (His esteem 尚 is given to this cloth 巾 usually.)
A woman should usually be in the moon. |
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幌
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JLPT no HSK |
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| advertising sign, pretense, facade, pretext
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Left: cloth 巾, right: dazzle, swing 晃 (The sun 日 has light 光 that is dazzling, like swinging around.)
The cloth that is dazzling, is the: advertising sign. |
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幡
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JLPT no HSK |
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| banner
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Left: cloth 巾, right: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)
This cloth shows, what is foreign: The banner! |
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帷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| curtain, screen
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Left: cloth 巾, right: bird 隹
(in the breeze:) The cloth that (moves like) a bird is: the curtain. |
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幔
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JLPT no HSK |
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| curtain
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Left: cloth 巾, right: handsome 曼 (.. when the sun 日 shines on the eyes 罒 with long eyelashes 又)
The cloth that is handsome is the: curtain. |
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帧
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JLPT no HSK |
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| frame, counter for pictures, one of a pair (scrolls)
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Left: cloth 巾, right: faithful 贞 (Who divines 卜 for money 贝 must be faithful.)
(For a canvas you need a strong fabric:) With fabric that is faithfully (=sufficient strength), you can make a frame/picture. |
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帚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| broom
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Shows at the top a hand and at the bottom: a broom. |
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帛
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JLPT no HSK |
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| silk
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Top: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white), bottom: cloth, fabric 巾
The white cloth is: silk. |
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