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table 
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The interpretation as a table is not etymologically correct, but is helpful in many cases. Also this 几is seen as a table.
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Used in these characters:
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兴
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to flourish, thrive, to become popular
xīng, xìng
兴
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Top: flowers  , below: table  (The table is often also: 几)
The flowers on the table are blooming and thriving.
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共
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| together, common, general
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: table
Put the plants on the table: together.
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其
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| his, her, its, theirs, that, such, it (refers to sth preceding it)
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Image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing)
The basket on the table is his/hers.
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典
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| canon, law, standard work of scholarship, ceremony
diǎn
冊
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Top: variant of writing tablets 冊, below: table (or variant of: to bend 曲)
The writing tablets on the table are a standard-work/canon (for the ceremony).
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烧
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to roast, to cook, to burn, to stew
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Left: fire 火, right: Emperor Tang Yao 尧 (variation of halberd 戈, table )
The fire is at the side and the halberd serves as a spit/skewer over the table: for roasting.
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具
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| tool, device, equipment, instrument, to possess
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An eye 目 and a table
The eye sees on the table: a tool.
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举
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to lift, to raise, to hold up, enumerate, choose
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Top: flourish 兴 (The flowers on the table flourish.), bottom: hand 扌(Here: Understand as an illumination of the table)
(The trick of a magician:) Light shines on the table, with a hand below, to lift it.
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益
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| benefit, profit, advantage, to increase
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In the middle: table , with something on 丷 it and plates/bowl 皿 below
With a well-laid table and plates he (i.e. the restaurant owner) benefits and makes profit.
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寨
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JLPT no HSK |
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| stronghold, stockade, camp, village
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From top: roof 宀, a well 井, table , tree 木
For (protecting) our roofs and wells, we use tables and trees to (build) a: stronghold.
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碘
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JLPT no HSK |
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| iodine (chemistry)
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Left: stone 石, right: standard work, ceremony 典 (The writing tablets 冊 on the table are a standard-work/canon - for the ceremony.)
The 'stone' for the ceremony is: iodine.
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