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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to have, there is, there are, to exist, to be
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Top left: hand  /彐 (The fingers are left and at the right the forearm.), below: body 月/肉
I have a hand and a body: I'm existing! |
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友
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| friend
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Comprises twice a radical for hand: , 又 as shaking hands
They shake hands because they are friends. |
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事
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| affair, matter, thing, item, work
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From top: ten 十, mouth 口, hand /彐
Keep ten mouths shut with one hand: what an affair! |
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左
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| left, unorthodox
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Left: hand /彐, right: build, work 工 (image of a carpenter's square)
The hand that assists, (=supports with the carpenter's square) is the left. |
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右
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| right side, on the right
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Top: hand /彐, below: mouth 口
The hand for the mouth (= You eat with it.), is your right. |
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雪
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| snow, snowfall
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Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: hand
Rain that you can hold in your hand is: snow. |
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妻
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| wife, to marry off (a daughter)
qī, qì
十
女
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From top: ten 十, hand /彐, woman 女
(very hardworking) The ten-handed woman: that's my wife. |
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急
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| urgent, pressing, rapid, hurried
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From top: inflected person ⺈, hand /彐, heart 心
The inflected person holds the hand to the heart, because he was in an urgent hurry. (and now is exhausted) |
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当
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to act as, match equally, suitable, adequate
dāng, dàng
小
彐
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Top: small 小, bottom: hand /彐
Even a small hand acts as such. |
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争
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| dispute, to strive for, to argue or debate
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Top: bent person ⺈, below: hand /彐, stick 亅
The bent person with a stick in his hand is looking for a dispute. |
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父
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| father
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A hand with a stick ノ
The father has a stick in his hand (for punishing). |
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糖
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| sugar, sweets, candy
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Left: rice 米, right: Tang dynasty 唐 (In the building 广 the hand with pestle 丨 and mortar 口 during Tang)
You use rice in a building to squeeze it with a pestle 丨 in a hand and a mortar to get: sugar. |
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录
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| diary, record, to hit, to copy
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Top: hand 彐, bottom: liquid 水 (Compare with: green 绿 where a hand /彐 squeezes fiber 纟 and green liquid 水 drops down.)
When the hand squeezes out a liquid this means: 'diary' or 'keeping records'. |
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妇
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| married woman
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Left: woman 女, right: hand /彐 (traditional: 婦 with a broom in the hand)
The woman who gave her hand, is a married woman. |
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归
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to go back, to return, to resign, conclude
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Left: knife 刂, right: hand /彐; simplified from 帰 or 歸. Showed originally a man with a sword who returns to his wife 帚 (=hand with broom)
When the man with a sword is at his wife 妇 (today: hand without broom) he has returned. |
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灵
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| spirit, departed soul, quick, alert, efficacious, effective
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Top: hand /彐, below: fire 火
Just as the hand cannot grasp fire, it is with the spirit. |
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慧
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| intelligent, wisdom, knowledge
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Top: comet 彗 (It does not 非 fall into your hands /彐: The comet), bottom: heart 心
If you make double wings from inverted wings 非 with your hands and you have a heart, you are intelligent. |
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寻
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to search, to look for, to seek
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Top: hand /彐, below: skillful hand 寸
Use both hands for searching. |
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档
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| file, shelve, official records, grade (of goods)
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Left: tree 木, right: act as 当 (Also a small 小 hand /彐 acts as such.)
A tree can also act as a file or shelve. |
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布
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| cloth, to declare, to announce
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Left: hand , right: cloth 巾
The hand is holding a cloth. |
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挡
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| keep off, to resist, obstruct hinder, to block
dǎng, dàng
扌
小
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Left: hand 扌, right: 当 (=small 小 hand /彐)
With a hand, a small hand is kept off. |
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谦
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| modest, humble
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Left: word 讠/言, right: twice, combined 兼 (a hand holding two rice plants 禾)
His words about the (many) rice plants in his hand, were modest and humble. |
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塘
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| dyke, embankment, pool or pond, hot-water bathing pool
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Left: earth 土, right: Tang dynasty 唐 (In the building 广 the hand with pestle 丨 and mortar 口 during Tang)
If by earth a "building" is made by hand as a surrounding mouth, it is a: dyke (embarkment) for a pond. |
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庸
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| ordinary, to use (often negative)
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Outside: building 广, below: hand , holding a pestle 丨, combined with use 用
When in a building a hand uses a pestle, it is very ordinary. |
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隐
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| concealed, secret, hidden, crypto-...
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Left: hill 阝, right: urgent/hurry 急 (The bent person ⺈ holds hand /彐 to heart 心, because he was in hurry (and now is exhausted)
He used the hill, for urgently hiding and concealing it. |
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唐
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to exaggerate, empty, in vain, Tang-Dynasty
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Outside: building 广, below: hand 肀, with pestle 丨, mortar 口
Buildings in which a hand uses a mortar were exaggerated in Tang China??? |
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凄
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sad, mournful, ice-cold frigid, dismal, grim, bleak
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Left: ice 冫, right: wife 妻 (The ten 十-handed woman 女 is my [hardworking] wife.)
My ice-cold wife makes me: sad. |
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浸
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to immerse, to soak, to steep, gradually
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Left: water 氵, right: var. of a hand holding a broom 帚
The water in the broom gets soaked up. |
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秉
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to grasp, to hold, to maintain
bǐng
禾
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Rice plant 禾 and hand
The rice plant has (by the hand) been grasped. |
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尹
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to administer, to oversee, to run, magistrate (old)
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Hand 彐 or with stick ノ
With a stick in your hand, you: administer. |
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庚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| age, 7th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 十天干
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Left: building 广, right: hand , person 人
In the building, a hand grasps a person with the question of: his age. |
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伊
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JLPT no HSK |
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| he, she, abbr. for Iraq or Iran
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Left: person 亻, right: to administer, rule 尹 (.. with a stick ノ in the hand you administer)
The person with the stick in his hand point to him/her. |
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彗
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JLPT no HSK |
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| comet
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Top: vari. of not 非 (shows opposite wings 羽), bottom: hand /彐
It does not fall into your hands: The comet. |
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赓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| persist, continue (as a song)
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Top: age, 7th Heavenly Stems 庚 (In the building 广 a hand grasps a person 人 with the question of: his age), bottom: money 贝/貝
If there are in the building three working (=they have hands) people with money, they can stay/persist (=continue) |
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