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at second position 乙
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Explanation |
Shows the number two 二 written quickly without lifting the pen.
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Used in these characters:
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书
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| book, letter, document
shū
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乙
聿
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This character was simplified from 書. It formerly showed a brush 聿 (hand with a pen 丨), which writes lines 一 on a paper 口.
With a brush in my hand I write the lines in the book.
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习
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to practice, to study, habit
xí
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乙
羽
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Shows half of feathers/wings 羽
With only half wings, you especially have to practice.
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也
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| also, too
yě
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乙
也
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Shows a twisting creature, like a snake or scorpion.
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艺
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| art, skills, talent, craft
yì
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艹
乙
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Top: plant 艹, below: at second position 乙 (Two 二 written quickly without lifting the pen.)
Plants can at the second position also be seen as art.
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忆
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| memory, to recollect, to remember
yì
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忄
乙
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Left: feelings 忄, right: at second position 乙 (The number 'two' 二 written quickly without lifting the pen.)
The feeling that comes after, in second place, is the memory.
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乙
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| second in order: a,b,c
yǐ
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乙
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Shows the number two 二, written quickly, without lifting the pen.
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亿
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| 100 million (=10^8)
yì
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亻
乙
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Left: person 亻, (here: "1"), right: 乙 at second position 乙 (Number 'two' 二 written quickly without lifting the pen.) (If you continue the line of 乙 to the upper left, you get an eight 8)
A "one" with 8 zeros -> 100 million.
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挖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to dig, to excavate, to scoop out
wā
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扌
穴
乙
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Left: hand 扌, right: 穵 (hole 穴, second 乙 [The number 'two' 二 written quickly, without lifting the pen.])
By hand the hole is made by the two of us: by digging.
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乞
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to beg
qǐ
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乙
乞
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Top: lying person as a person 人 that is horizontal, below: at 2nd position 乙 (two 二 written quickly without lifting the pen.)
There lies a disadvantaged person (= from the second 乙 class of the society): a beggar.
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乾
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JLPT no HSK |
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| warming principle of the sun, trad. form of dry 干
gān, qián
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乙
旦
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Left: 倝 sunrise (sun 日 rises between plants 艹) [sunset is: 莫], right: horizontal person , 2nd 乙 (two 二 written quickly without lifting the pen)
At sunrise, the horizontal person feels at second position the warming sun.
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