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候
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| wait, later, season, expect, visit, weather
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In the middle vertically: stick 丨, left and right: marquis 侯 (The person 人 to whom another person ⺈ with an arrow 矢 bows down, is a marquis.) - Here: ユ as variation of: work, craft 工
When a person takes a stick 丨 to craft/carve 工 it into an arrow, you need to wait (until a later season). |
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医
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| medical, doctor, to cure
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Outside a box 匸 and within an arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天)
(Think of acupuncture in TCM:) In the box are arrows for the medical treatment. |
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知
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| to know, to be aware
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Left: an arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: a mouth 口 (here: a target)
The arrow hits the target, if it knows it. |
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短
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| short or brief, to lack, weak point, fault
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Left: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: bean 豆
An arrow of the size of a bean is very short. |
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矮
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| low, short (in length)
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Left: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: entrust 委 (Rice plants 禾 can women 女 be entrusted.)
(A shot with a low/flat trajectory is more accurate than a steep shot.) The arrow can be trusted when it (= the trajectory) is low. |
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族
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| clan, race, nationality, ethnicity
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Left: direction/square 方, right: horizontal person , arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天) - Better right: Two lying persons and big 大
It develops in one direction, if the two lying persons [= the parents] (breed) something big, namely: into a clan/race. |
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疑
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to doubt, to misbelieve, to suspect
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Left: sitting person 匕, arrow 矢; right: bent person マ, correct 正
The sitting person with the arrow and the bent person are right with their doubt. |
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唉
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| 'oh dear' or grunt/sigh of agreement, 'yes'
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Left: mouth 口, right: end-particle 矣 (Ìf the nose 厶 is hit by an arrow 矢, it is the end.) [arrow 矢 = An arrow ノ in the sky 天]
The mouth gives at the end: the approval. |
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矩
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| rule, rectangular, carpenter's square, torque
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Left: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: huge 巨 (staring eye, here: set square = measurement angle)
With the (pointed) tip of the arrow and a set square 巨, you can (draw) the regular angle. |
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疾
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sickness, disease, hate, envy, swift
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Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天)
A sickness caused by an arrow is a sickness, that comes swiftly. |
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挨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| adjacent, close to, to endure, in sequence
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Left: Hand 扌, right: end-particle 矣 (If the nose 厶 is hit by an arrow 矢, it is the end.) [arrow 矢 = An arrow ノ in the sky 天]
A hand's width (distance) from the nose was that arrow: That was closely adjacent. |
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嫉
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| jealousy, be jealous of
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Left: woman 女, right: illness/quick 疾 (The disease 疒 is arrow-矢-like fast, because it makes sick quickly.)
This woman is sick of jealousy. |
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矢
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JLPT no HSK |
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| arrow, dart, vector
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Left: a stroke ノ which is seen as an arrow, right: heaven/sky 天
The stroke in the sky is an arrow. |
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矣
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JLPT no HSK |
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| classical final particle, similar to modern 了
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Top: nose 厶, bottom: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天)
If the nose is hit by an arrow, it is the: end! |
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簇
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JLPT no HSK |
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| bunch, crowded, gathered, gather foliage
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: clan, nationality 族 (It moves in one direction 方 and has lying people or moving as fast as an arrow 矢: the clan)
The bamboo forms a 'clan', when gathered as a bunch. |
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矫
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to correct, to rectify, to redress, brave, to feign
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Left: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: tall 乔 (young death 夭, but here: sky 天 [Sky-天-long legs 丿| make tall])
(just bend it straight) An arrow that is big can be corrected. |
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埃
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JLPT no HSK |
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| dust, dirt, Ångström (=10^-10 m), Egypt
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Left: earth 土, right: end-particle 矣 (If the nose 厶 is hit by the arrow 矢, it is the end) [here: 厶 as arrowhead]
The earth is hit by the head 厶 of the arrow and turns into: dust. |
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俟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| until, wait for
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Left: person 亻, right: end-particle 矣 (If the nose 厶 is hit by the arrow 矢, it is the end) [arrow 矢 = An arrow ノ in the sky 天]
When the person is at the end, it means: 'until ...' |
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