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有
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to have, there is, there are, to exist, to be
yǒu
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有
肉
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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
yǒu
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友
又
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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
shì
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亅
口
十
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From top: ten 十, mouth 口, hand /彐
Ten mouths and only one hand: What an affair!
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左
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| left, unorthodox
zuǒ
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左
工
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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
yòu
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右
口
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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
xuě
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雨
彐
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Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: hand /ヨ
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
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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
jí
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急
彐
心
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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
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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
zhēng
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争
尹
亅
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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
fù
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父
ノ
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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
táng
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米
广
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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
lù
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录
彐
水
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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
fù
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女
彐
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Left: woman 女, right: hand /彐 (traditional: 婦 with a broom in the hand)
The woman who gave her hand, (or is with a broom?) 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
guī
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刂
彐
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Left: knife刂, right: hand /彐; simplified from 帰. Originally showed a man with a knife returning home (where the broom 帚 is)
When the man with the knife 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
líng
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彐
火
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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
huì
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非
彐
心
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Top: comet 彗 (It does not 非 fall into your hands /彐: The comet), bottom: heart 心 [非 = reversed wings]
Anyone who converts reversed wings 非 by hand into double wings and has a heart is intelligent.
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寻
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to search, to look for, to seek
xún
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彐
寸
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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)
dàng
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木
彐
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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
bù
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布
巾
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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
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扌
小
彐
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Left: hand 扌, right: act as 当 (Also a small 小 hand /彐 acts as such.)
With a hand, a small hand can be kept off.
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谦
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| modest, humble
qiān
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讠
兼
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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
táng
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土
广
口
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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)
yōng
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广
用
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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-...
yǐn
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阝
急
彐
心
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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
táng
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广
口
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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
qī
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冫
女
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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
jìn
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氵
彐
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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
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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)
yǐn
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尹
丿
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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
gēng
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广
人
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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
yī
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亻
尹
ノ
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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
huì
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非
彐
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Top: variation 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)
gēng
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广
人
贝
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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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