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The Radical: 齒
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Hanzi-Trainer
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tooth 齒
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Used in these Kanji:
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龄
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| age, years of life
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Left: Zahn 齿/齒 (Below the nose 止 an open mouth 凵 with teeth 人), right: order 令 (A lid  on the bent person卩, was ordered)
(From the teeth of horses you can read the age:) The teeth got the order to show the: age. |
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齿
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| tooth, teeth
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Top: to stop 止 (here: nose), bottom: open mouth 凵 with teeth 人
Below the nose is an open mouth with teeth. |
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龋
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JLPT no HSK |
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| dental caries, decayed teeth
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Left: Zahn 齿/齒 (Below the nose 止 an open mouth 凵 with teeth 人), right: Yu the Great 禹 (special insect 虫)
In the teeth, the special insect causes caries. |
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龈
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to bite, to gnaw, gums (of the teeth)
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Left: tooth 齿/齒 (Below the nose 止 an open mouth 凵 with teeth 人), right: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
(They destroy something:) The teeth are not good when they: bite. |
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