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twisted threads 丩
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叫
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to shout, to call
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Left: mouth 口, right: twisted 丩(image of two intertwined threads)
The mouth is distorted when shouting.
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互
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| mutually, reciprocally
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Image of a spool with threads in a crosswinding. - (Please notice the similarity with the radical for intertwined threads 丩)
Threads crossing mutually.
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收
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to receive, to accept, to collect
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Left: twist丩 (= intertwined threads) But here: part of sprout 屮, right: strike 攵 (but here: 攵 as a part ノ of that sprout in a hand 
From the sprout the hand collected sth. to receive it.
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纠
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to correct, to entangle, to investigate
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: intertwined 丩 (image of twisted threads)
(At the loom:) Threads that are twisted should be corrected.
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绞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to twist (strands into a thread), to wring
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅)
(When making a rope) Threads come into an exchange, when they are twisted together.
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彝
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JLPT no HSK |
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| govern, normal nature of man, laws and rules
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From top: Part of spool 互, rice 米, thread 糸, two hands 廾
When you (wrap) on a spool some rice grains using a thread and both hands, you 'govern'.
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