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to require, to need, to want, necessity, need
xū
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: beard 而 (closed mouth 一 with a beard 皿)
(For care:) Rain[water] on the beard is: required.
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and, as well as, and so, but (not)
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Closed mouth 一 with a beard 皿
Image of a beard
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capable of enduring, able to tolerate, patience
nài
Left: beard 而 (closed mouth 一 with a beard 皿), right: skillful hand 寸
(A lot of care-taking is necessary:) A beard needs a skillful hand that has endurance and patience.
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Confucius, scholar
rú
Left: person 人, right: require, need 需 (Rain[water] 雨 on the beard 而 is needed [for care])
People need confucianism. Or: The person in the rain with the (long) beard, is: Confucius.
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end, extremity, item, port, margin
duān
Left: to stand 立, right: concentrated 耑 (like a mountain 山 of beards 而)
(e.g. a hunter) He stand on the mountain with a beard at the edge.
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to play with, to juggle
shuǎ
Top: beard 而 (closed mouth 一 with a beard 皿), bottom: woman 女
The beards are liked by women: To play with.
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study room, building, vegetarian, to give alms
zhāi
Top: text, language 文 (image of a folding table, on which a text is written), bottom: beard 而 (closed mouth 一 with a beard 皿)
Immersed in a book, the beard grows in the study room.
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