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生
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| life, to be born, to grow, raw/uncooked
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Accent/emphasis ノ (here: a twig) at a growing plant  /丰 [cf. abundant 丰]
The twig at the growing plant stands for life.
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年
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| year
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Comprises the trunk 丨 of a tree with three 三 branches, which is understood as a growing plant /丰. Additionally with two accents ノ,丨 which are understood as fruits.
When the growing plants bear fruit, it has passed: another year.
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么
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| "referring to", exclamatory final particle, interrogative
má, me, mó, yāo
丶
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Top: accent for emphasis 丶, bottom: self, personal 厶 (shows a nose)
The emphasis on one’s own nose is this reference.
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系
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| connection, link, system, relation
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Top: accent ノ for the emphasis, bottom: thread 糸
An emphasized thread for: the connections in a system.
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少
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| few, little
shǎo, shào
少
小
ノ
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Top: small 小 (A person 亅 with the arms 八 close to the body is small), bottom: extra stroke ノ
Such a small stroke is too few.
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考
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| to check, to verify, to test, to examine
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At top: old man 耂, below: wound seaweed 丂
From the ground 土 with a stick ノ the seaweed 丂 is checked.
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刻
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to carve, quarter (hour), to cut
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Left: (zodiac) pig 亥/豚 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶), right: knife刂
(piece-rate work at the slaughterhouse) The pig is cut with a knife (= carved) within a quarter hour.
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该
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| should, ought to, probably, must be
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Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: (zodiac) pig 亥 (head 亠, fat body ノノ and small tail 丶)
Like words towards a pig, that's how it should be.
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自
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| self, oneself, since, from
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Eye 目 with an emphasis ノ
The accented (= emphasized) eye shows the own self.
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才
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| talent, just now, not until
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When the big 大 person balances on one foot, he is talented.
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必
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| certainly, must, will, necessarily
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Heart 心, lance ノ
The heart is pierced by the lance - certainly!
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失
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| to lose, to miss, to fail
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Top left: accent ノ (for emphasis), rest: husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.)
I emphasize: the husband will lose.
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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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秘
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| secret, secretary
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: certainly 必 (The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!)
(They are so fructuous) Rice plants certainly have a secret!
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群
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| flock, group, crowd, herd
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Left: monarch, master 君 (He strikes with a stick ノ in a hand on a mouth 口), right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
If a monarch has sheep, then a whole flock.
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核
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| nucleus, nuclear, stone (of a fruit), to examine
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Left: tree 木, right: (zodiac) pig 亥/豕 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶)
Trees and pigs also consist of atomic nuclei.
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升
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| ascend, to raise, metric liter
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Two hands 廾 where the left hand is holding a bottle ノ with one liter. [Two hands 廾 = twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined]
(You should drink a lot when climbing:) Take the bottle in both hands on the ascent.
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伊
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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 to administer)
The person with the stick in his hand point to him/her.
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睾
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JLPT no HSK |
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| testicle, marsh
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From top: emphasis ノ, eye, net 罒, happy 幸 (Between two 丶丶 earths 土 [the lower mirrored 干] is the happiness.)
Below the penis ノ are the testicles 罒 and they make happy: the testicles.
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