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乐
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| happy, laugh, cheerful
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At top: a kind of protection 厂, below: tree 木
A protected tree is happy.
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久
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| (long) time, (long) duration of time
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Pictograph: bent person ⺈, person 人
The bent person has been here for a long time.
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乎
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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This distorted variant of flat/even 平 (= image of a scales, here with a rounded 亅 bottom) shows the doubt of a question.
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乒
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| table tennis (ping-pong)
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Like a soldier 兵 (At the hill 丘 there are eight 八 soldiers) who stands on one leg or the other when playing table tennis. Or phonetically 乒 (pīng) 乓 (pāng) as a double sound, like in table tennis.
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乓
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| onomat. bang
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Like a soldier 兵 who stands on one leg or the other when playing table tennis. Or phonetically 乒 (pīng) 乓 (pāng) as a double sound, like in table tennis.
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乏
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| short of, lack, deficient, tired
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Of obscure origin. Top can be read as one 一 or person 人, below as zigzag 之
A person going zigzag is lacking sth.
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乌
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| black, dark, crow, abbr. for Ukraine 乌克兰
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Variation of bird 鸟/鳥 (without eye)
At the bird 鸟 you can't see the eye 丶 because it is a dark. (or is it a crow?)
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尹
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to administer, to oversee, to run, magistrate (old)
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Hand 彐 or  with stick ノ
With a stick in your hand, you: administer.
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乃
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JLPT no HSK |
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| therefore, thus, then, thereupon, to be
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This character is part of "pregnancy 孕", where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃
Image of a pregnancy belly.
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乍
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JLPT no HSK |
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| suddenly, unexpectedly, for the first time
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Image of a saw
The saw fells [the tree] suddenly and unexpectedly.
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