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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| appearance, manner, pattern, way, shape
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Left: tree 木, right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep.)
Trees and sheep have different appearance. |
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本
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| roots or stems of plants, book, origin
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A tree 木 with roots 一
The tree comes out of the roots as origin and becomes a book. |
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机
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| machine, engine, opportunity
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Left: tree 木, right: table 几 (cf. ordinary: 凡)
This tree turns into a table by use of a machine. |
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果
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| fruit, result, indeed
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Top: field 田, bottom: tree 木
The 'fields' at the trees are their: fruits. |
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校
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| school, to check, to compare, to proofread
jiào, xiào
木
交
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Left: tree 木, right: exchange, crossing 交 (developed from the image of a person is sitting cross-legged)
Next to the tree, at the intersection, there is: the school. |
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桌
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| table
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Top: excellent 卓 (Before the day happens: Fortune telling 卜 early at the morning 早 is excellent. ), below: part of tree 木
It is excellent to use wood for: a table. |
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菜
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| vegetable
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Top: plant 艹, below: to pluck 采 (A hand 爫 plucks from above at a tree 木.)
Plants you can pluck from above from a 'tree', are the vegetables. |
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茶
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| tea, tea plant
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From top: plant 艹, person 人 and a tree 木
The plant (the leafs), which are plucked by a person from a tree, is tea. |
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杯
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| cup, glass, (classifier for glasses)
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Left: tree 木, right: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!)
A tree is not yet a cup/glass. |
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椅
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| chair
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Left: tree/wood 木, right: strange 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility (opportunity) 可, but it looks strange.) [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]
With wood you have big possibilities, such as making: a chair. |
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新
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| new, newly, recent
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Left: parents 亲 (They stand 立 as supervision in the tree 木), right: axe 斤
Out of a standing tree, the axe makes something new. |
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条
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| long strip, (long thin things), article, clause (of law or treaty)
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Top: crossed legs/upturned foot 夂, below: tree 木
If sb. is sitting crossed-legged in a tree, he appears (from distance) like a long strip. |
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乐
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| happy, laugh, cheerful
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At top: a kind of protection 厂, below: tree 木
A protected tree is happy. |
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床
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| bed, couch
chuáng
广
木
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Top: building 广, below: tree 木
It is in the building and wooden: The bed. |
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休
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| to rest, to cease, to stop doing sth.
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Left: person 亻or 人, right: tree 木
The person goes to a tree to have a rest. |
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树
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| tree, to plant
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Left: tree 木, right: to reply 对 (Once again 又 to give a skillful 寸 answer.) [又 shows a hand]
You need a tree and both hands (this hand 又 and your skillful hand 寸) to plant that tree. |
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根
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| root, basis, classifier for long slender objects (cigarettes)
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Left: tree 木, right: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
(not usable as timber) The tree is not good at the roots. (... or if it is too slender) |
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检
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to check, examine, inspect, exercise restraint
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Left: tree 木, right: together 佥 (A person 人 as one 一 is with three ツ together.)
The trees are all together checked. |
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相
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| mutually, each other, one another, appearance
xiāng, xiàng
相
目
木
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Left: tree 木, right: eye 目
At the tree they watch mutually their appearance. |
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极
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| extremely, pole (geography, physics), utmost, top
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Left: tree 木, right: to reach 及 (A hand  stretched with a stick 丿 to reach something.)
The tree reaches the extreme utmost. |
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楼
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| house with more than 1 story, storied building
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Left: tree 木, right: to collect 娄 (Rice grains 米 are by women 女 been: collected.)
You need wood for this and you put the rice upstairs (= upper floor, thus protected from e.g. rats), while you yourself 女 are downstairs (= ground floor): in the multi-storey building. |
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板
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| plank, board, plate, stiff
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Left: tree 木, right: opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
The tree is opposing against becoming a plank. |
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束
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| bundle, to bind, bunch
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In the background a tree 木, in front an embracement 口. - The tree 木 stands for many plants 禾, which are bound/lashed with with a ribbon 口 (cf.: double 兼)
"Trees" bound by a ribbon make a bundle. |
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末
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| end, tip, final stage
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Shows a longer upper branch 一 at a tree 木
The top branch is the tree`s end. |
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查
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to examine, to research, to check
chá, zhā
木
旦
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Top: tree 木, bottom: sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 is just above the horizon 一) - (Here: 旦 as a tree 日 lying flat on the ground 一)
Place the tree 木 flat 日 on the ground 一 for: examining. |
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李
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| plum
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Top: tree 木, bottom: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一)
The tree that has something for the children is: the plum. |
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朵
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| blossom, flower, earlobe
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Top: table 几 (Here: image of a closed blossom), below: tree 木
Ihe image of a blossom in a tree stands for: 'blossom'. |
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梯
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| ladder, stairs, steps
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Left: tree 木, right: younger brother 弟 (A feathered 丷 arrow λ from the bow 弓 of my younger brother.)
It is wooden and for my younger brother (to make him as tall as me): a ladder. |
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标
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| surface, sign, to mark, award, indication
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Left: tree 木, right: to show 示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and drippling blood 八)
(Looking towards the horizon:) Trees show at the surface. |
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概
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| general, approximate
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Left: tree 木, right: previous/before 既 (It is 'not good' 艮 with a 'false tusk' 牙, that's already since, ..)
A tree and a not-good tusk (as drawn) are approximately in general (the same)? |
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杂
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| mixed, miscellaneous, various, mingle
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Top: nine 九, below: tree 木, simplified from 雑, which was with bird 隹
Nine trees [even without birds] are miscellanous and mixed. |
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困
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to surround, sleepy, tired, distress
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Outside: enclosure 囗 as a fence, inside: tree 木
The fenced tree is surrounded and in distress. (cf. to protect 保 = Even though the person 亻wanted a fence 口 over the tree 木 to protect 保 it.) |
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亲
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| parent, relative/intimate, close, kiss
qīn, qìng
亲
立
木
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Top: to stand 立, bottom: tree 木 (simplified from: 親, which comprised 'to see' 見)
They stand in a tree and look after the close ones: The parents |
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松
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| loose, to loosen, to relax, pine (=tree)
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Left: tree 木, right: public 公 (Eight 八 noses 厶 form the public.)
A tree for the public is the pine tree. |
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案
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| proposal, record, (legal) case, incident
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Top: peaceful 安 (A woman 女 in the house 宀 makes it peaceful.), below: tree 木
Peace in the trees is my proposal. |
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材
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| material, timber, ability
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Left: tree 木, right: talent, skills 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented.)
Use a tree and your talent to make: timber. (Or: Wood with 'talent', [= good properties] is used as construction timber.) |
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森
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| forest
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Three trees 木 symbolize the forest. |
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植
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to plant, plantation
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Left: tree 木, right: straight 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the base line __ which is straight.)
(In a nursery the trees are planted in a matrix:) The trees are straightly planted. |
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染
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to dye, catch (a disease), contaminate
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Top: water 氵, nine 九, bottom: tree 木
You need water (= liquid) in 9 (colors, namely the 7 colors of the rainbow + black/white), obtained from trees, to dye with it. |
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深
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| deep, profound, dark (of color)
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Left: water 氵, right: 罙 (var. or hole 穴, tree 木)
The water hole at the tree is deep. |
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桥
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| bridge
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Left: tree 木, right: tall 乔 (top:夭, here: sky 天: [Sky-天-long legs 丿| make tall])
It is made of trees, that were sky-tall: The bridge. |
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格
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| grid, lattice, pattern, square, standard
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Left: tree 木, right: each/every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
(In a tree nursery?) The trees, namely every, are in a grid. |
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术
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| skill, method, technique
shù, zhú
木
丶
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Tree 木 with emphasis 丶
To hang something up in a tree, you need skills. |
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棵
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
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Left: tree 木, right: fruit, result 果 (= The "rice field" 田 at the tree 木)
Trees that bear fruit are to be counted. |
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棒
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| stick, bat, cudgel, smart, strong
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Left: tree 木, right: offer 奉 (Three 三 persons 人 stretch out hand 扌,手 respectfully for the offering.)
A tree is suitable (= it offers itself) for making: sticks and poles. |
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桶
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| bucket, (trash) can, barrel (of oil etc)
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Left: tree 木, right 甬 (bent person マ, use/usage 用 [= A fence 用 can be used.])
It's made of wood and the bent person uses it: The bucket. |
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橡
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| oak, acorn
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Left: tree 木, right: elephant 象 (A trunk ⺈ and two big ears 罒 make a pig 豕 appear like an elephant.)
A tree as tall as an elephant: The oak. |
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柿
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| persimmon
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Left: tree 木, right: town/market 市 (You will get covers 亠 and cloth 巾 in the city on the market.)
(It can not be stored for a long time) From the tree (directly) to the market: the persimmon. |
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架
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| framework, to support, frame, rack, kidnapping
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Top: to add 加 (For getting power 力 your mouth 口 needs sth. to be 'added' [= to eat]), bottom: tree 木
Add a tree to get a framework. |
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模
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| model, mold, matrix, standard, norm, to imitate
mó, mú
木
莫
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Left: tree 木, right: negative 莫 (to sink/go down: sunset 日 between plants 艹, 艹= 大) [To compare: sunrise is: 旦 or  ]
Wood is used as a 'negative'-mold for making a standard model. |
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杀
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to kill, to murder
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Top: marking 㐅, below: tree 木
The marking at the tree shows, where he was killed. |
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某
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| a certain, some(thing), such-and-such
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Top: sweet 甘 (Laughing mouth 廿 with sth. 一 in), bottom: tree 木
Sweets from the tree for a certain person. |
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木
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| tree, wood, wooden
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Image of a (fir) tree with trunk and some branches. |
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权
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| (human) rights, authority, power
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Left: tree 木, right: (once)again, also 又 (image of a hand)
(To touch) a tree by hand is (everybody's) right. |
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枪
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| firearm, rifle, spear
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Left: tree 木, right: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse)
It is built with wood (at least the handle?) and it turns a person 人 into a slumped person 㔾: the firearm! |
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村
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| village
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Left: tree 木, right: unit of length 寸 (often seen as: "skillful hand"
(Historically a palisade [= a fence] was used as defense around the village) Trees are erected with skillful hands to (protect): the village. |
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呆
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| foolish, stupid, expressionless
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Top: mouth 口, below: tree 木
A mouth eating a tree is foolish. |
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闲
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| leisure, free time, unoccupied, not busy
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Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: tree 木
Through the gate out to the trees, when you are at leisure. |
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柔
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| soft, flexible, supple, yielding
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Image of a spear 矛 (= developed from a barbed lance) that is positioned in the top of a tree 木, where the wood is still weak.
A spear made out of the top of a tree is soft and flexible. |
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集
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to gather, collect, collected works
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Top: bird 隹 (alternative to 鸟/鳥), below: tree 木
The Birds on a tree are: gathering. |
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荣
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| thriving, prosperous, booming, glory
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Top: plant 艹 (here: a lot of green), bottom: cover 冖, tree 木
If there are 'lots of green' as the cover of a tree, it is: thriving. |
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档
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| file, shelve, official records, grade (of goods)
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Left: tree 木, right: act as 当 (Also a small 小 hand /彐 acts as such.)
A tree can also act as a file or shelve. |
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桃
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| peach
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Left: tree 木, right: sign, omen, trillion 兆 (cracks in a turtle shell [used for divination])
The tree with a stone like a turtle shell is: the peach. |
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柴
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| firewood, lean (meat), thin (person)
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Top: this, these 此 (He stopped 止 and sat 匕 down: This person), below: tree 木
This wood is thin and thus firewood. |
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柜
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| cupboard, cabinet, wardrobe
guì, jǔ
木
巨
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Left: tree 木, right: huge 巨 (staring eye)
Made of wood and huge: The cupboard. |
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析
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to analyze, to divide, to separate
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Left: tree 木, right: axe 斤
The tree is divided with an axe for the: analysis. |
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棋
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| chess
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Left: tree 木, right: image of a grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing that is used for throwing up the grain rhythmically [ thus used in period 期] to divide the grain from the husk) [here: 其 as the play field]
There is a wooden play field at: chess. |
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未
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| not yet, earthly, year 8 of the Sheep
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Tree 木 with upper shorter branch 一
As the upper branch is still shorter, the tree is "not yet". |
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述
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to narrate, to state, to tell, formulate
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Left: movement 辶, right: skill, method 术 (To hang something 丶 up in a tree 木, you need skills)
About the movements of the marked tree it has been narrated. |
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核
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| nucleus, nuclear, stone (of a fruit), to examine
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Left: tree 木, right: (zodiac) pig 亥/豕 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶)
Trees and pigs also consist of atomic nuclei. |
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嗓
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| throat, voice
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Left: mouth 口, right: mulberry tree 桑 (three times hand 又, harvesting in the tree 木)
The mouths when harvesting in the mulberry tree (are singing) with full throat. |
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构
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to construct, to form, to compose
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Left: tree 木, right: hook, sketch 勾 (two hooks 勹, 厶 in engagement)
(in truss construction) When trees are "hooked-in", you: construct. |
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梳
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| a comb, to comb
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Left: tree 木, right: 㐬 ("newborn baby" as a child 子 turned upside down  : the child 子 comes with head first, with amniotic fluid 川) [[here: see 㐬 as a simplification of "to flow, stream" 流]])
This wood can stream 流 through (the hair), because it is: a comb. |
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梨
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| pear (fruit)
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Top: profit 利 (Harvesting rice plants 禾 with a knife刂 brings profit.), bottom: tree 木
A profitable tree is the pear. |
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椒
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| pepper
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Left: tree 木, right: younger uncle 叔 (sweet pepper plant 尗, hand 又)
From a tree is this pepper is taken by hand: the pepper. |
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桔
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| tangerine
jié, jú
木
吉
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Left: tree 木, right: happy 吉 (simplification of 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy.)
The tree that makes you happy is the tangerine. |
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杜
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| birchleaf pear (tree), to stop, to restrict
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Left: tree 木, right: earth 土
A tree that is especially depending on the earth is the: pear tree. |
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枚
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| classifier for coins, rings, rockets, tree trunk
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Left: tree 木, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
From a tree you strike (=cut) coins, rings or trunks. |
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枝
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| branch, sticks, rods, pencils
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Left: tree 木, right: support/branch 支 (hand 又, holding a twig 十.)
A tree with a branch as a symbol for branch or long item. |
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棉
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| cotton or kapok
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Left: tree 木, right: silk 帛 (= white 白 cloth 巾)
From a tree comes this 'silk' (= white cloth): cotton. |
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杆
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| pole, stick, lever, "long objects"
gān, gǎn
木
干
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Left: tree 木, right: dry 干 (laundry rack)
A tree that is dry (= dead), serves as a pole. |
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桑
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| mulberry tree
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Three hands 叒 又, tree 木
Three hands in a tree: This must be a mulberry. (Harvesting leaves for the silkworms) |
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朴
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| plain and simple, unadorned
pò, pǔ, piào, pō
木
卜
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Left: tree 木, right: divine 卜 (crack in the shell of a turtle used for divination)
That tree shall be guessed, which is plain and simple. |
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栏
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| column (of balance sheet), fence, hurdle, box
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Left: tree 木, right: orchid 兰 (three 三 petals)
As trees and orchids grow upwards, (the rows/cells 三 are) in columns of a spreadsheet. |
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探
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to explore, to search out, to visit
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Left: hand 扌, right: 罙 (var. of hole 穴, tree 木)
The hand in the hole of the tree is exploring. |
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横
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| horizontal, across, rude, unreasonable, perverse
héng, hèng
木
黄
共
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Left: tree 木, right: yellow 黄 (Together 共 the field 田 [in fall] turn yellow.)
(A cut or felled) tree turns yellow, when lying horizontally. |
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框
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| frame (e.g. door frame), casing, framework, template
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Left: tree 木, right: rectify 匡 (The country 国 of the king 王 is not complete, which must be rectified.)
The (missing) wood 丨 is for a rectified frame 囗. |
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枯
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| withered, dried up
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Left: tree 木, right: old 古 (originally: skull, but better as the image of a tomb stone)
The tree is old and withered. |
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晰
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| understanding
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Left: sun 日, right: analysieren 析 (The tree 木 is divided with an axe 斤 for analysing.)
In the (light of the) sun, the analysis is understandable. |
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刹
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| Buddhist monastery 剎多羅, to brake, stop
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Left: to kill 杀 (marker 㐅 in the tree 木, where he was killed), right: knife 刂
The cross at the tree was made with a knife and marks the area of the monastery. |
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棍
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| rod, stick, truncheon
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Left: tree 木, right: elder brother, insect 昆 (orignially image of an insect with carapace 日 and legs 比)
It is made of wood it can hit/bite like an insect: a rod or truncheon. |
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渠
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| ditch, drain, stream or canal
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Top: water 氵 and: huge 巨 (= staring eye), bottom: tree 木
The water came in huge volumes (and flowed) at the tree into the: ditch. |
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栽
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to plant, to grow, to insert
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Left: ten 十, tree 木 (cf. abundant 丰), right: halberd 戈
Using a halberd (i.e. used as a plow) ten trees were planted. |
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杖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| a rod, stick, cane, walking stick
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Left: tree 木, right: unit of length 丈 (3.3m = big person 大 with a wide step)
(You need it when stumbling [= big step]) The wood for the big step is the (walking) stick. |
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椎
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| spine, vertebra, backbone, mallet
chuí, zhuī
木
隹
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Left: tree 木, right: bird 隹
Like a tree (better a branch) on which birds are sitting appears: the backbone with its spines. |
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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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株
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| tree(s)trunk, stump (tree root), [classifier]
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Left: tree 木, right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?)
The tree turns red seeing that he is used as a classifier. |
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朽
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| decay, rotten, degenerate
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Left: tree 木, right: seaweed 丂
Trees become like seaweed when they are decaying. |
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榜
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| public list of names (i.e. examinees)
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Left: tree 木, right: one side, beside 旁 ([The servants] are in one direction 方 (side) of the emperor 帝 [modified]: at his side.)
At the tree's side is: a list of names. |
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枕
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| pillow, to rest one's head
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Left: tree 木, right: 冘 (person 大 with broken arms 冖 and a broken leg 乚)
Under the tree, there is sb. with broken limbs. Bring him a pillow! |
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柱
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| pillar, pole, post
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Left: tree 木, right: master 主 (I emphasize 丶, the king 王 is the master.)
The tree feels like a "master", if it serves as a pillar. |
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捆
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to tie together, bundle, a bunch
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Left: hand 扌, right: surrounded, distress 困 (By the enclosure 囗 the tree 木 is in distress)
The hand "surrounds" sth, if it ties together as a bundle. |
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栋
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| ridgepole of building, classifier for buildings
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Left: tree 木, right: east 东/東 (here: 木 as ridge beam, located horizontal at the roof's top, which supports at both sides boards 日 to form the roof)
The tree located at the top, which supports the roof's boards 日 is the ridgepole. |
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杰
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| heroic, outstanding person, prominent
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Top: tree 木, bottom: fire 灬 (here: many roots)
A tree with such many roots stands heroically. |
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棕
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| palm tree, palm fiber, coir (coconut fiber)
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Left: tree 木, right: religion/teaching 宗 (The 'roof' 宀 over the altar 示 [=to show] is the religion.)
The tree that has a roof 宀 to show 示, is the palm tree. |
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梢
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| tip of branch
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Left: tree 木, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月/肉 are alike.)
The trees are alike at the tips of the branches. Or: The three has small bodies at the tip of the branches. |
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揉
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to knead, to massage, to rub
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Left: hand 扌, right: soft, flexible 柔 (A spear 矛 from the upper part of a tree 木 is soft&flexible)
The hand makes it soft and flexible when kneading at the massage. |
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枉
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| twisted, crooked, in the wrong, in vain
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Left: tree 木, right: king/jade 王 (jade itself is also: 玉)
If the whole tree is fully (hung) of jade, it becomes (due to the weight) twisted and crooked. |
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桨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| paddle, oar
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Top: bed 丬(here: simplification of fragment 爿 cf. 片) and evening 夕 (here: image of a paddle), bottom: tree 木
A (whittled) fragment, that looks like a paddle 夕, and is made of wood: the paddle. |
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柬
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| card, letter, note, notice
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Bundle 束 (The tree 木 stands for many plants, which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 or the like (cf. 兼) with extra parts 丷
The bundle with two wrapped items 丷 as a: notice or letter. |
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杠
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| carrying pole, horizontal bar, lever, crowbar
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Left: tree 木, right: build 工
Wood serves at construction /building as a: carrying pole. |
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梁
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| beam of roof, ridgepole, bridge
liáng
木
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Top: water 氵and 刅 (double-edged 丷 sword 刀), bottom: tree 木
It can over-'bridge' a water and the sword worked it into a double-sided wood/tree: The beam. |
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渣
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| slag (smelting), remainder, dregs
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Left: water 氵, right: examine 查 (the tree 木 at the sun rise 旦)
When washing 氵 wood 木 on a grid 日, dirt 一 falls down and forms the slag. |
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椭
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| ellipse, oval, elliptic
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From left: tree 木, hill 阝, exist, have 有 (I have hand and body 月, thus I am existing.)
(not a round cross-section) Trees that have sth. "hill-like" in their existence are: oval. |
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沐
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to bathe, to cleanse, to receive
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Left: water 氵, right: tree 木
The water at the tree is for bathing. |
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橙
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| orange tree, orange (color)
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Left: tree 木, right: to climb, ascend 登 (The volcano 癶 spits beans 豆: let's ascend it.)
The tree, you climb, is the: orange tree. |
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榨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to squeeze (out juice), to extract, salted vegetable
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Left: tree 木, right: narrow 窄 (The opening 穴 [= slit/notch] made by a saw 乍 is narrow.)
If the tree shall pass through the narrow, it must be squeezed. |
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梅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| plum (=ume), Japanese apricot
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Left: tree 木, right: every 每 (every person 人 =  has a mother 母.)
The tree for everybody is the plum tree. |
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梭
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to move back and forth, shuttle (textiles)
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Left: tree 木, right: to dawdle 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
The wood, with a nose at the front, legs at the end and upturns is a shuttle (at the loom). |
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棺
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JLPT no HSK |
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| coffin
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Left: tree 木, right: government 官 (Under one roof 宀 with connected ノ rooms 吕)
They are wooden and below a cover the coffins 吕 are piled. |
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桂
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JLPT no HSK |
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| laurel, cassia, abbr. for Guangxi 广西壮族自治区
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Left: tree 木, right: piled earth 圭 (= 2x earth 土)
The tree on the piled earth is the laurel. |
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桐
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites cordata)
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Left: tree 木, right: the same 同 (All container 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and it is the same.)
These trees look alike: the wood-oil trees. |
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杉
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JLPT no HSK |
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| fir, pine, cedar
shā, shān
木
彡
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Left: tree 木, right: hair 彡
A tree with hair is the cedar or fir. |
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樱
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cherry
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Left: tree 木, right: infant, baby 婴 (Sucking mouths 冂 at the nipples 人 of the woman 女 indicate infants/babies - Here: 贝 as hanging cherries
The tree with hanging cherries for the woman is: the cherry. |
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杏
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JLPT no HSK |
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| apricot
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Top: tree 木, bottom: mouth 口
(The storage life is limited.) From the tree straight into the mouth: The apricot. |
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枣
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JLPT no HSK |
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| dates, jujube
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Top: Tree 木 with thorns 朿, bottom: two fruits 二
The thorned tree with fallen fruits is the: dates-(palm). |
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棘
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JLPT no HSK |
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| thorns
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Shows twice a tree 木 with thorns 朿 |
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棚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| shed, canopy, shack
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Left: tree 木, right: friends 朋 (Two bodies 月/肉 next to each other are friends.)
This tree will be within two months: a shed. |
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棱
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JLPT no HSK |
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| edge, arris (=sharp ridge), corner, protrusion
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Left: tree 木, right: slowly, dawdle 夌 (Who walks over the earth 土 with legs 儿 that are crossed 夂, is dawdling.)
The trees are slow (in growth) at: the (mountain's) ridge. |
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栖
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to perch, to rest (of birds), dwell, live, to stay
qī, xī
木
西
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Left: tree 木, right: west 西 (sun 日 moves 儿 below horizon 一 at sunset in the west.)
At the tree with the evening-sun (= west side) is a good place to rest. |
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柏
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cedar, cypress
bǎi, bò, bó
木
白
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Left: tree 木, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white)
(The wax surface of the needles reflects silvery) The tree that is white is the cedar. |
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柄
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JLPT no HSK |
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| handle or shaft (of tool), stem (flower or fruit)
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Left: tree 木, right: number 3: 丙 (here: image of a handle)
A tree that is third class, is used for handles/shafts. |
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梗
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JLPT no HSK |
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| stem, stalk, to block, to hinder
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Left: tree 木, right: further, more over 更 (The sun 日 goes with each unit of length 丈 further and more.) [丈 = Big 大 person with a wide step.]
The tree has furthermore a stem. |
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栓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| plug, bottle stopper, wooden pin
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Left: tree 木, right: all 全 (The person 人 of the king 王 means all.)
The trees will all be plugs. |
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棠
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cherry-apple
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Top: esteem, to value 尚 (A small 小 house 宀 with a window 口 is furthermore esteemed.), below: tree 木 ( 呆=stupid, foolish)
There is esteem for this tree: the cherry-apple. |
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桩
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JLPT no HSK |
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| post, stake, stump, pile, affair
zhuāng
木
庄
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Left: tree 木, right: farmstead 庄 (building 广 at the earth 土)
The trees at the farmstead become: posts. |
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槽
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JLPT no HSK |
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| trough, manger, groove, channel
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Left: tree 木, right: class/group 曹 (The seedlings 由 from the field 田 are tied-up 一 and put into baskets 日 for: classification.)
Trees of the same class are used for making thoughs or mangers. |
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栅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| fence, grid
zhà, shān
木
册
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Left: tree 木, right: book, booklet 册 (here: image of a fence)
Using trees you build this fence. |
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柳
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JLPT no HSK |
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| willow (tree)
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Left: tree 木, right: rabbit 卯 (Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers) or variation of egg 卵 (= pictograph of fish roe)
The tree with the 'eggs' (= pussy willow catkin) is a willow. |
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榻
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JLPT no HSK |
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| low bed, couch
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Left: tree 木, right: sun 日 (here: pillow) and wings/feathers 羽 (here: feather bed or comforter)
Made of wood, with a pillow, and a feather-bed (duvet): a bed or couch. |
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橱
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JLPT no HSK |
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| wardrobe, closet, cabinet
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Left: tree 木, right: kitchen 厨 (The kitchen table 厂, at which beans 豆 are processed with skillful hands 寸, is in the kitchen.)
Its made of wood and is in the kitchen: the wardrobe. |
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杨
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JLPT no HSK |
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| poplar
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Left: tree 木, right: easy 易 (= warming sunshine)
This tree is slender, so you have warming sunshine next to it: The poplar. |
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檐
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JLPT no HSK |
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| eaves, ledge or brim
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Left: tree 木, right: verbose, excellent 詹 (Who, when looking upwards 厃, is using eight 八 words 言, is verbose.)
The tree is excellent as: eaves. |
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槐
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica), Japanese pagoda tree
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Left: tree 木, right: demon, devil 鬼
The tree of the deval is the: Chinese scholar tree |
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桓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi)
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Left: tree 木, right: extend wholly 亘 (from sunrise to sunset 亘 (the sun 日 above 旦 and below the horizon 一)
The tree as with a soap 日 between two 二 hands: The soapberry-tree. |
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宋
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JLPT no HSK |
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| the Song dynasty (960-1279)
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Top: Roof 宀, below: tree 木
The Song Dynasty as the last of the 5 dynasties had roofs over the trees? |
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栈
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JLPT no HSK |
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| palisade, wood or bamboo trestlework, warehouse, inn
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Left: tree 木, right: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈)
When a tree is (split) into two using a halberd, then for a palisade or warehouse. |
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札
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JLPT no HSK |
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| wooden board for writing, short note
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Left: tree 木, right: kneeling person 乚 (here: image of a board)
Using a tree you make boards for notes. |
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涤
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JLPT no HSK |
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| wash, cleanse
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Left: water 氵, right: strip, long thin things 条 (If sb. is sitting with crossed legs 夂 in a tree 木, he appears [from distance] like a long strip.)
(Steady supply of fresh water) Water should flow in long strips when: washing. |
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楞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| corner, edge, square beam
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Left: tree 木, right: drag net/eye 罒, direction, square 方
Made of wood and you can arrange three 罒 in a direction: the cornered square beams. |
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枫
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JLPT no HSK |
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| maple
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Left: tree 木, right: wind 风/風 (insect 㐅=虫 in a sail 几)
This tree has (large) leaves that are blown by the wind: the maple. |
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榆
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JLPT no HSK |
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| elm
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Left: tree 木, right: to assent, approve 俞 (When the arrowhead  gets into the body 月/肉 to cut 刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The tree for the tip of an arrow 箭 is: the elm. |
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樊
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JLPT no HSK |
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| fence, cage
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Top: 棥 (two crosses 爻 as boundaries between two trees 木), bottom: big 大
Between the trees there are boundaries 爻 and form at a big: cage or fence. |
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喳
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JLPT no HSK |
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| twitter, chirp
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Left: mouth 口, right: examine 查 (For the trees 木 we need daylight 日 (after sunrise 旦) for examining them.)
The mouths (= beaks) in the trees after sunrise are: twittering. |
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寨
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JLPT no HSK |
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| stronghold, stockade, camp, village
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From top: roof 宀, a well 井, table  , tree 木
For (protecting) our roofs and wells, we use tables and trees to (build) a: stronghold. |
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柯
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JLPT no HSK |
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| handle of axe, stem
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Left: tree 木, right: possibility 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible)
Wood of a tree has the possibility to be used as a handle (of an axe). |
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梧
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Sterculia platanifolia
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Left: tree 木, right: I, my 吾
This tree is my: Sterculia platanifolia |
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栗
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JLPT no HSK |
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| chestnut, afraid, trembling
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Top: west 西 (sun 日 moves 儿 below the horizon 一 at sunset in the west.), bottom: tree 木
There is a downward movement (falling chestnuts) at this tree: the chestnut. |
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琛
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JLPT no HSK |
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| precious stone, gem, treasure
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Left: king, jade 王, right: 罙 (var. of hole 穴, tree 木
The 'jade' in the hole at the tree is a precious stone. |
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槛
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JLPT no HSK |
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| banister, balustrade, cage, door sill, threshold
jiàn, kǎn
木
监
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Left: tree 木, right: supervise 监 (For the cut bamboo 监 [= knife刂 & half bamboo 竹] is a bowl 皿 for its supervision)
Wood that 'supervises' is a banister or door sill. |
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樵
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JLPT no HSK |
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| firewood, gather wood
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Left: tree 木, right: scorched, burnt 焦 (The bird 隹 is on fire 灬 to be burnt.)
The tree that is scorched is: firewood. |
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檀
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JLPT no HSK |
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| sandalwood, hardwood
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Left: tree 木, right: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦)
The tree that grows in the shade (=covered) all around at sunrise: is the sandalwood. |
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橄
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JLPT no HSK |
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| olive
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Left: tree 木, right: to dare 敢 (One 乛 ear 耳 was hit 攵: how daring!), here: 乛 and 耳 as a press
(For oil extraction) The tree where you need a press and strikes, is the: olive. |
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枢
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JLPT no HSK |
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| hinge, pivot, hub
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Left: tree 木, right: district, ward 区 (Here: a pivot bearing 匚 with an engraved hole 㐅, in which a tree 木 is put for bearing. [cf: rotate 扭]
A tree in a pivot bearing as: hinge or pivot. |
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楷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| regular script (calligraphic style), model, pattern
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Left: tree 木, right: every/each 皆 (I compare 比 but the rays ノ of the sun 日 make it white 白: all & everything!)
Like trees are all (= of the single strokes) in the regular script. |
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桅
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JLPT no HSK |
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Left: tree 木, right: danger 危 (The bent person ⺈ on the cliff 厂 could (by falling) change into a slumped person 㔾: That's the danger!) [厄= unlucky]
(When you climb up) The tree that brings danger is: the mast. |
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榄
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JLPT no HSK |
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| olive
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Left: tree 木, right: to look at, to view 览 (The cut 刂 bamboo 竹 is what I am looking 见/見 at)
At this tree you should look at: the olive. |
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橘
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JLPT no HSK |
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| mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata), tangerine
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Left: tree 木, right: 矞 (spear 矛, variation of sell 商)
At this tree you pluck with a spear and sell: the mandarin. |
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枷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cangue (wooden collar as punishment)
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Left: tree 木, right: to add 加 (For getting power 力 your mouth 口 needs sth. to be 'added' [= to eat])
If 'wood' is added to you, then in form of a cangue. |
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楠
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| Machilus nanmu, Chinese cedar, Chinese giant redwood
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Left: tree 木, right: south 南 (It costs ten 十 Yen ¥, for the entrance 冂 towards south 南.)
The tree with the proununciation 'nán', as used at 'south' is the: Nanmu. |
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桢
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JLPT no HSK |
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| hardwood, supports, posts
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Left: tree 木, right: faithful 贞 (Who divines 卜 for money 贝 must be faithful.)
The tree is faithful when it is hardwood. |
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栩
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JLPT no HSK |
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| vivid, lifelike, oak (Quercus serrata)
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Left: tree 木, right: wing 羽
The tree (moves) like a wing because it is: vivid. |
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梓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Catalpa kaempferi, (Indian bean tree), printing blocks
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Left: tree 木, right: bitter, hot (taste) 辛 (image of a tattoo needle)
The tree that is bitter is: the Indian bean tree. |
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榴
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JLPT no HSK |
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| pomegranate
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Left: tree 木, right: remain 留 (The bent person  with the sword 刀 shall on the field 田 to remain)
(In contrast to the apricot 杏 it has a long storage life:) It comes from a tree and can remain [long-time]: The pomegranate. |
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杭
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JLPT no HSK |
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| City Hangzhou 杭州
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Left: tree 木, right: overbearing 亢 (The sturdy navigator 亢 known from navigation 航 with a broad neck and wearing a cap.)
Trees and sailors are in the coastal city of Hangzhou. |
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蹂
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JLPT no HSK |
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| trample
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Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: soft, flexible 柔 (A spear 矛 from the upper part of a tree 木 is soft & flexible)
The feet destroy until everything is soft and flexible, when: trampling. |
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杞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| boxthorn (Lycium chinense), willow
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Left: tree 木, right: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.)
The tree that can be winding [like at: 己], is a willow (boxthorn). |
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楔
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| to wedge, wedge
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Left: tree 木, right: to carve, contract 契 (Cut into a tally stick  with a sword 刀 in big 大 letters: the contract.)
The wood, that is carved serves as: a wedge. |
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桦
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JLPT no HSK |
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| birch tree, Betula japonica
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Left: tree 木, right: magnificent, flowery 华 (The change 化 makes it tenfold 十 as magnificent)
(The bark and sap are usable:) The tree that is magnificent is the birch. |
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枭
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JLPT no HSK |
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| owl, brave, smuggler, drug pusher
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Top: bird 鸟/鳥, bottom: tree 木
The bird in the tree is: the owl. |
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椰
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JLPT no HSK |
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| coconut palm
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Left: tree 木, right: (phonetic yē) 耶 i.e. Jesus
The tree with the pronounciation 'yē' is the coconut palm. |
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檬
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| lemon
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Left: tree 木, right: deceive, cheat 蒙 (Under the plants 艹 and under the cover 冖 there shall be a/one 一 pig 豕?: You deceiver!)
(It is surprisingly sour) The tree that cheats is: the lemon. |
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榈
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JLPT no HSK |
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| palm tree
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Left: tree 木, right: 闾 (gate 门/門 und pitchpipe 吕 here: 2 jujube/dates)
The tree at the gate with the 2 jujubes: The palm. |
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