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vertical line 丨
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Used in these characters:
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个
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| individual, this, that, size
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Top: person 人, below: one 丨
A person as a "singele one" is an: individual.
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中
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| middle, center, among, China
zhōng, zhòng
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The line 丨 in the center of the square 口 shows the middle.
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引
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to pull, to draw (e.g. a bow), to stretch sth
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A bow 弓 with its string丨
The bow's string is pulled.
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申
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to explain, to extend, (monkey in animal calendar)
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Sun/day日, lightning 丨
A flash of lightning in full daylight: What will that say to us? - Or better: A mouth 口 with a big "plus" + for the outgoing surplus when explaining.
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丰
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| abundant, plentiful, great, buxom
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Combination of three 三 and a vertical stroke 丨
A tree 木with many twigs is abundant.
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串
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to string together, chain, to conspire
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Twice mouth 口 or pearl, a tread (or needle)丨
Two pearls on a string form a chain.
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丫
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JLPT no HSK |
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| fork, branch, bifurcation, girl
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Image of a bifurcation
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渊
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JLPT no HSK |
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| abyss, deep, profound, to surge up
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Left: water 氵, right: two separators || rice 米
Like water, the rice container 凵 (with open bottom) can be deep (like an abyss).
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List of the characters |
List of the radicals
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