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来
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to come, to arrive, ever since, next
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Top: one 一, bottom: rice 米 (with a long vertical stroke)
Because of one grain of rice I shall come? |
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米
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| (unboiled) rice, meter (classifier)
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Originally an image of the spike of grain, but later mixed with the rice plant 禾 to the present shape. |
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料
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| feed, material, to expect, to anticipate
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Left: rice 米, right: measure of volume 斗(1 Dou = 10 l; stylised ladle with sth. in it)
Rice of a dou is measured: as feed. |
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糕
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| cakes, pastry
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Left: rice 米, right: lamb 羔 (sheep 羊 [here: rising heat 丷 in an oven with three levels 王] with fire 灬)
It's made of rice in a 3-level-oven over the fire: The cake. |
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迷
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| confused, bewilder, crazy about, enthusiast
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Left: movement 辶, right: rice 米 (Here: From a central point it radiates into eight directions.)
Who moves in eight directions is confused and bewildered. |
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粗
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| coarse, rough, unfinished, rude, vulgar
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Left: rice 米, right: moreover 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
The (grains of) rice that you can pile up, are moreover: too coarse. |
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断
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| severance, to decide, break, judgement, definitely, to cut off
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From left: corner  , rice 米, axe 斤
If the rice is in a corner , you can use the axe to decide whether to cut it. |
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精
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| vitality, energy, essence, sperm, elite
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Left: rice 米, right: young, blue 青 (Growing plants  appear in the moonshine 月 blue and young.)
Rice that has been grown under the moon is full of vitality. |
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继
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to go on with, to continue, to succeed, to inherit, then
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: angle , rice 米
As long as a thread, we will manage with the rice in the corner to go on with. |
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糖
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| sugar, sweets, candy
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Left: rice 米, right: Tang dynasty 唐 (In the building 广 the hand  with pestle 丨 and mortar 口 during Tang)
You use rice in a building to squeeze it with a pestle 丨 in a hand and a mortar to get: sugar. |
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粮
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| provisions, food, tax paid in grain
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Left: rice 米, right: good 良
The rice is well suited as provisions. |
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糊
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| paste, cream, glue, muddled, scorched
hú, hù, hū
米
胡
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Left: rice 米, right: beard, non-Han-person 胡 (Like old 古 flesh 月/肉 are the beards of the non-Han people.)
You use rice and old bodies (= bone glue) for the paste that is a glue. |
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类
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| category, type, kind, class, similar
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Top: rice 米, bottom: big 大 (A person 人 with widely spread arms 一 appears: big.)
(For culturing or breeding:) For big rice they made categories and types. |
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糟
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| pickled in wine, rotten, messy, ruined
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Left: rice 米, right: class/group 曹 (The seedlings 由 from the field 田 are tied-up 一 and put into baskets 日 for: classification.)
Rice of the same class is pickled in wine. |
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苗
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| sprout, seedling, vaccine
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Top: plant 艹, below: field 田
(The tiny sprouts look like grass:) The 'grass' on the field are actually the seedlings. |
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粘
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| sticky, glutinous, to adhere
nián, zhān
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占
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Left: rice 米, right: divine 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle used for divination)
Rice is good for divination if it's sticky. |
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糙
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| coarse (in texture), rough
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Left: rice 米, right: to manufacture, build, construct 造 (The movement 辶 announces 告 that sth. shall be built.)
(No joke: Rice was used in the mortar of the Chinese Wall) Rice is suitable for construction, when it is coarse. |
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粉
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| powder, flour, whitewash
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Left: rice 米, right: to divide 分 (... with the sword 刀 in 8 八 pieces)
Rice is divided until it is powder/flour. |
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谜
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| riddle, enigma, puzzle
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Left: word 讠/言, right: to astray, bewilder 迷 (Who moves 辶 [from a center] into eight 米 directions is astrayed and perplex.)
The words are astraying in a riddle. |
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粒
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| grain, granule, [small round things]
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Left: rice 米, right: to stand 立
Where the rice stands, there is grain. |
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眯
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to squint, blind (as with dust)
mī, mǐ
目
米
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Left: eye 目, right: rice 米
The eyes are small as a grain of rice, when squinting. |
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粥
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| congee, gruel, porridge
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Outside: each bows 弓, inside: rice 米
Use "bowed" (= mashed) rice, to make congee (= rice porridge) |
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鞠
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to rear, to bring up, to raise
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Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: 匊 (enwrap 勹, rice 米)
The horned animal needs protection (= wrapping) and food (=rice) during rearing. |
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粹
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| pure, unmixed, essence
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Left: rice 米, right: soldier, suddenly 卒 (Between two rotary discs 亠,十 are soldiers 人 [who die] suddenly.)
Rice between two rotary discs is purified. |
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渊
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JLPT no HSK |
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| abyss, deep, profound, to surge up
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Left: water 氵, right: two separators || rice 米
Like water, the rice container 凵 (with open bottom) can be deep (like an abyss). |
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麟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| female unicorn (mythical creature)
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Left: deer 鹿, right: 粦 (rice 米 and opposed 舛 [=two twisted feet, like at: to dance 舞)
The deer, that only eats rice and has upturned feet, is the unicorn. |
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鳞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| scales (of fish)
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Left: Fisch 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: 粦 (rice 米, oppose 舛 [= two twisted feet, like at: to dance 舞])
At the fish is sth. 'rice-shaped' up until the feet 舛 (= fins/flipper) which are the scales. |
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粟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| millet, grain, goose pimples
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Top: west 覀/西 (sun 日 moves 儿 below the horizon 一 at sunset in the west.), bottom: rice 米
The 'western' rice is: millet. |
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粪
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JLPT no HSK |
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| excrement, manure, dung
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Top: rice 米, bottom: together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table  together.)
The rice becomes together (with all you eat): excrement. |
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磷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| phosphorus (chemistry), water in rocks
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Left: stone 石, right: 粦 (rice 米, opposed 舛 [two twisted feed like at: to dance 舞])
(Think of phosphorus fertilizer) The 'stone' for the rice, that comes into furrows drawn by feet is the: Phosphorus. |
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菊
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JLPT no HSK |
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| chrysanthemum
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From top: plant 艹, 匊 (wrap 勹, rice 米)
The plant that is first wrapped and then blossoms like the hanzi for rice 米 is: the chrysanthemum. |
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粤
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Cantonese, Guangdong 广东
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Top: container 口 with a handle 丶 and rice 米, bottom: winding seaweed 丂
Here's the island 口 Hong Kong, which became rich from rice 米, while the rest had only water plants 丂: the district of Canton. |
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咪
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JLPT no HSK |
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| sound to call cat
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Left: mouth 口, right: rice 米
(The cats hunt in the rice because there are the mice:) The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of the rice (= the barn) is a: miaow! |
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屎
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JLPT no HSK |
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| excrements, feces, ear wax, nasal mucus
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Left: buttocks 尸, right: rice 米
Coming out of the buttocks after (the consumption of) rice, are the: excrements. |
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籽
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JLPT no HSK |
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| seeds
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Left: rice 米, right: child 子
The rice has 'children', namely: the seeds. |
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粱
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JLPT no HSK |
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| sorghum
liáng
米
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Top: water 氵and 刅 (double edged 丷 sword 刀), bottom: rice 米
Use water and a double-edged sword and you get this 'rice': sorghum. |
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糜
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JLPT no HSK |
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| dissolved, rice-gruel, wasted
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Top: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp), bottom: rice 米
(Fraud at the drug dealer?) As the (ordered) hemp was only rice, he was murdered. |
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