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铅
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| lead (chemical element)
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Left: metal 钅/金 (= Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: variation of valley 谷
(Found in lower places because of its weight.) The metal in the valley is: lead. |
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容
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| appearance, look, to hold, to contain
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Top: roof 宀, below: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口)
The roofs in the valley determine the appearance. |
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俗
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| custom, convention, popular, vulgar, coarse
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Left: person 人, right: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
People in the valleys have commonly coarse customs. |
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裕
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| rich, abundant
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
The clothes in this valley looks rich. |
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沿
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| along, following (a line)
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Left: water 氵, right: var. of valley 谷 (pictograph of a valley opening towards a plain)
The water in the valley: flows along. (that you can have your bath 浴) |
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谷
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| valley, grain, corn
gǔ, yù
谷
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Shows a valley between lateral slopes that opens into a plain 口 |
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溶
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to melt, to dissolve, soluble
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Left: water 氵, right: appearance 容 (The roofs 宀 in the valley 谷 are an appearance.)
Water comes from the roof into the valley, because it is melting. |
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浴
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| bath, to bathe
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Left: water 氵, right: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
The water flows into the valley, where you can have your bath. |
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欲
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| greed, to desire, passion, lust
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Left: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
In the valley (everything) is lacking, hence the greed and desires. |
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蓉
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JLPT no HSK |
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| lotus
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Left: plant 艹, right: appearance 容 (The houses 宀 in the valley 谷 have an appearance.)
(With the big pink blossom:) The plant for your good appearance is: The lotus. |
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豁
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JLPT no HSK |
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| opening, sacrifice, crack, slit, stake all, exempt (from)
huá, huō, huò
害
谷
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Left: damage 害 (Under the roof 宀 is a growing plant 丰 in a pot 口, which damaged it), right: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
The damage is like a valley: Such wide open. |
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熔
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to smelt, to fuse
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Left: fire 火, right: appearance 容 (The houses 宀 in the valley 谷 are an appearance.)
Fire causes the "appearance" of smelting. |
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壑
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JLPT no HSK |
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| channel, gully, narrow ravine, bed of torrent
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Top: 㕡 (Upper left resembles: cavity,hole 穴 and valley 谷 with other elements showing a channel itself) and hand 又), bottom: earth 土
(So that the water can flow away) A hole for running towards the valley was formed by the hand in the earth as a channel or canal. |
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