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devil, demon, ghost 鬼
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Used in these characters:
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鬼
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| devil, ghost, sly, crafty
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From top: death mask (accent ノ, field 田), legs 儿, nose 厶
The dead mask with legs and nose looks like a devil. |
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丑
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| ugly, shameful, disgraceful, clown
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Traditionally 醜, which shows alcohol 酉 and the devil 鬼.
The devil was simplified to the ugly: 丑 |
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愧
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| ashamed, remorse
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Left: feeling 忄, right: devil 鬼
The feeling in face of the devil is ashamed and remorseful. |
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魅
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| demon, devil, magic, to charm
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Left: demon 鬼 (death mask [accent ノ, field 田], legs 儿, nose 厶), right: not yet 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet")
The devil has not yet 'deviled'. |
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魔
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| devil
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Outside and top: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp), bottom: demon 鬼 (death mask [accent ノ, field 田], legs 儿, nose 厶>)
Hemp is a demon like the devil. |
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魂
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| soul, spirit
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Left: cloud 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds), right: devil 鬼 (death mask [accent ノ, Field 田], legs 儿, nose 厶)
The cloud next to the devil is his soul. |
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魄
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| soul, spirit, vigor
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Left: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.), right: demon/devil 鬼
The "white" devil determines your soul. |
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魏
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JLPT no HSK |
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| 'Wei' (one of the Warring States)
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Left: entrust 委 (Rice plants 禾 can women 女 be entrusted.), right: devil 鬼
For the rice plants, the women quarreled like devils in the state: 'Wei' during the warring states. |
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瑰
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JLPT no HSK |
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| extraordinary, (semi-precious stone)
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Left: king, jade 王, right: devil 鬼
The jade of the devil is extraordinary. |
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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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巍
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JLPT no HSK |
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| lofty, towering
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Top: mountain 山, bottom: Wei-Dynasty 魏 (entrust 委 [Rice plants 禾 can women 女 be entrusted], devil 鬼)
The mountains in the Wei-dynasty were lofty. |
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魁
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JLPT no HSK |
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| chief, head, outstanding, exceptional, stalwart
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Left: devil, demon 鬼, right: measure of volume 斗(1 Dou = 10 l; stylised ladle with sth. in it)
He is (strict) like a devil, but also distributes with a ladle: The chief. |
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傀
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JLPT no HSK |
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| puppet, strange, exotic
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Left: person 亻, right: devil 鬼
(Often used in a puppet shows) The person of the devil is a puppet. |
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