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business 业
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Image of a hollow volcano vent
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业
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| business, occupation, study, estate, property
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It is shown a hill with an extinct volcanic vent. As radical it is understood as "hollow". Here however, as a tray 一 with a glass || and other things.
A loaded tray stands for the business sector.
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严
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| tight (closely sealed), strict, father
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Top: relatively weak / inferior 亚 (Put a plank 一 on the hollow volcanic vent 业 because it is relatively weak.), below: cliff 厂
With a cover 一 the hollow peak of the cliff is tight and strict.
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亚
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| relatively weak, inferior, second, Asia, sub-
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Top: one 一 (here: a board or plank), below: business, occupation 业 (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak)
Put a plank over the hollow volcanic vent because it is relatively weak.
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显
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| visible, to illustrate, to display, conspicuous
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Top: sun 日, bottom: business, occupation 业 (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak)
When the sun is (directly) above the hollow vent, it is visible therein.
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湿
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| moist, wet
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Left: water 氵, right: visible 显 (If the sun 日 is [directly] over a hollow volcanic vent 业, it is therein visible.)
Water makes a sunny hole (= vent) wet. Or: Water is visible, when it is (= i.e. the floor) is wet.
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虚
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| emptiness, void, unoccupied, humble, in vain
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Top: tiger 虍, below: hollow 业 business, occupation (It is shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak.)
The tiger's hole is empty.
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壶
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| pot, tea pot, bottled liquids
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From top: scholar 士 (here: handle 士 at a cover 冖), cover 冖, business, occupation 业 (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak)
A handle at a cover on sth. hollow is in total: a (tea) pot.
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墟
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| ruins, grave, mound
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Left: earth 土, right: void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 is void. )[业= hollow volcanic vent]
The earth is void when with ruins and graves.
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凿
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to bore a hole, to chisel or dig, certain
záo, zuò
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凵
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Top: business, occupation 业 (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak), bottom: container 凵 with Yen ¥
A hollow container is cut with a drilling bit, when: boring a hole.
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嘘
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JLPT no HSK |
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| exhale, hiss
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Left: mouth 口, right void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 is void.) [业 = hollow volcanic vent]
The sound (= what comes out of a mouth) from the tiger's hole is a: hiss.
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噗
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JLPT no HSK |
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| heavy breathing, sound of escaping laughter, to water
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Left: mouth 口, right: thicket, tedious 菐 (In hollow 业 things the orchid 兰 grows and the person 人 takes it out of the: thicket)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when a tray 一 with things || is loaded onto a sheep 羊 that it goes to its knees 八 is a: heavy breath.
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觑
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to spy, watch for
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Left: void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 is void.) [业 = hollow volcanic vent], right: to see 见/見
If the tiger hole is void we can see, by: watching for.
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俨
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JLPT no HSK |
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| majestic, dignified
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Left: person 亻, right: tight, thicket 严 (With a cover 一 the hollow peak 业 of the cliff 厂 is tight and strict.)
A person who appears tight, is majestically.
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璞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| unpolished gem
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Left: king, jade 王, right: thicket, tedious 菐 (In hollow 业 things the orchid 兰 grows and the person 人 takes it out of the: thicket)
If the jade appears like in a 'thicket', it is still an: unpolished gemstone.
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