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ugly, shameful 丑
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Used in these characters:
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羞
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| ashamed, shy, bashful, delicacies
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Left: var. of sheep 羊 (with bent leg ノ), right: ugly 丑 (var. of five 五)
For the sheep with five curved legs you should feel ashamed.
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丑
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| ugly, shameful, disgraceful, clown
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Traditionally 醜, which shows alcohol 酉 and the devil 鬼.
The devil was simplified to the ugly: 丑
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纽
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| button, traffic hub, knot, link
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: ugly 丑 (Here: button + in buttonhole ユ)
Connected with a thread at the buttonholes is: the button making a knot.
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扭
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| rotate, turn, twist, wring, sprain
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Left: hand 扌, right: ugly 丑 (ugly variation of hand 彐, here: bearing point コ with pivot +)
By hand at the bearing point around the pivot sth. can be rotated.
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钮
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JLPT no HSK |
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| button, knob
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Left: metal 钅/金, right: ugly 丑 (simplified from "alcoholic devil" 醜 here: button + in button hole ユ)
The metallic button in a buttonhole ユ.
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妞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| young girl
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Left: woman 女, right: ugly 丑 (The devil 鬼 was simplified to the ugly: 丑, here: part of mother 母)
The woman, who is only a part of a mother is: a young girl.
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