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minister 臣
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Used in these characters:
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藏
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to hide away, to conceal, to harbor, depository
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Top: plant 艹, below: 臧 (fragment 爿, official 臣, halberd 戈)
The plant is the fragment that the official with the halberd is hiding away. |
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卧
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to lie (for sleeping), lie down
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Left: minister, official 臣 (= eye wide open), right: divine 卜 (here: a rotated cover 亠)
For the staring eyes you need a (rotated) cover if you want to lie down to sleep. |
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臣
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| minister, official in charge, statesman
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臣
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An eye wide open represents the attentiveness of a minister. |
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姬
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JLPT no HSK |
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| concubine, woman
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Left: woman 女, right: minister, state official 臣 (An eye wide open represents the attentiveness of a minister)
The woman for the state official is the concubine. |
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熙
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JLPT no HSK |
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| prosperous, splendid
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Top: 巸 (minister 臣 [eye wide open], self 己), bottom: fire 灬
The minister himself must light the fire, to make it splendid. |
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宦
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JLPT no HSK |
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| court eunuch, imperial official
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Top: roof 宀, bottom: minister 臣 (An eye wide open represents the attentiveness of a minister)
Under the roof is this minister: the eunuch. |
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颐
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cheek, lower cheek, chin, jaw, to nourish
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Left: minister, offical 臣 (here: image of left cheek 匚 with mouth ロ), right: page, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The cheek at the head stands for: cheek or to nourish. |
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