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开
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to open, to start, to turn on
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Shows an open gate with a double cross-bar, as it is common at the entrance of buddhist temples and means: "open". |
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算
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to calculate, to compute, regard as, to figure
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From top: bamboo 竹, the image of an abacus 目 [= counting board], and two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined)
I use the bamboo abacus with both hands to calculate. |
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弄
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to juggle, play with, lane, alley, to fool with
lòng, nòng
王
廾
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Top: king 王 (here: four sticks: 三,丨), bottom: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined.)
With four sticks in the hands he is juggling, or playing in the alley. |
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戒
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| warning, guard against, to exhort, to admonish
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Left: two hands 廾 (= twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined), right: halberd 戈
Two hands are holding up a halberd to warn and admonish. |
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喷
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to spout, to spray, to spurt, to puff
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Left: mouth 口, right: 贲 (grasses/thirty 卉, money 贝)
The mouth spouts 30x money. |
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升
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| ascend, to raise, metric liter
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Two hands 廾 where the left hand is holding a bottle ノ with one liter. [Two hands 廾 = twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined]
(You should drink a lot when climbing:) Take the bottle in both hands on the ascent. |
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奔
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to hurry, rush, to run quickly, elope, towards
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Top: big 大, bottom: thirty, grasses 卉 (=ten 十, twenty 廾)
The big man hurries thirty-fold away. |
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舆
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| carriage, sedan chair, public/world
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Outside: mortar 臼 (= two hands E,ヨ pressing from the sides), inside: vehicle 车/車, below: two hands 廾 (= twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined)
The vehicle that requires four hands is the sedan chair. |
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弊
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| harm, defeat, detriment, fraud
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Top: shabby, (modest) I, myself 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), below: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 next to each-other and combined)
The four shabby pieces of cloth were striked by two hands and (now) are harmed. |
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异
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| different, other, unusual, separate
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(simplified from: 異) Top: year of snake 巳 (here: self 己 = Following the winding path I find myself.), bottom: two hands 廾 (= twice this hand 屮 next to each-other and combined)
The "self" of my two hands is different. |
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械
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| machine, appliance, tool, gear, mechanical
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Left: tree 木, right: admonish/warning 戒 (two hands 廾 holding a halberd 戈 to admonish)
If you use wood and your hands to make a halberd, you need: a machine. |
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愤
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| anger, furious, resentment, indignant
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Left: feeling 忄, right: 贲 (grasses or thirty 卉 and money 贝)
The feeling of paying thirty-fold money for these grasses is anger and indignation. |
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诫
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| commandment, to admonish, prohibit
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Left: word 讠/言, right: to warn 戒 (Two hands 廾 are holding a halberd 戈 to warn) [hands 廾 = twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined]
Words to warn as a commandment. |
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痹
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| paralysis, numbness
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Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), right: 畀 (Rice field 田, two hands 廾 without the upper parts)
The disease, when at the field's work the hands are (almost) missing: The paralysis. |
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拚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to reject, to disregard
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Left: hand 扌, right: 弁 (nose 厶, two hands 廾)
The hand is used to cover the nose with the hands and this means: rejection. |
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卉
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JLPT no HSK |
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| plants, grass
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Top: ten 十, bottom: twenty 廾 (also understood as two hands 屮,屮)
Like a meadow this stands thirty-fold for plants and grasses. |
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彝
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JLPT no HSK |
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| govern, normal nature of man, laws and rules
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From top: Part of spoool 互, rice 米, thread 糸, two hands 廾
When you (wrap) on a spool some rice grains using a thread and both hands, you 'govern'. |
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