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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| calm, quiet, not moving
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Left: blue, young 青 (Growing plants  appear in the moonshine 月 blue and young.), right: dispute/fight 争 (A bent person ⺈ with a stick 亅 in hand  is looking for dispute)
A "young" dispute is still calm and quiet.
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净
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| clean, completely, only
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Left: ice 冫, right: dispute/fight 争 (The bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand looking for dispute) (simplified from 淨 (= water 氵, hand from above 爫, broom 帚)
About the use of ice it has been disputed, if you can clean with it. - Or: Using this "water" 冫=氵the bent person (is scrubbing) with the broom 亅 in the hand 彐 when cleaning.
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争
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| dispute, to strive for, to argue or debate
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Top: bent person ⺈, below: hand /彐, stick 亅
The bent person with a stick in his hand is looking for a dispute.
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挣
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| struggle to get free, throw off, earn (money)
zhēng, zhèng
扌
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Left: hand 扌, right: dispute/fight 争 (A bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand looking for a dispute.)
Use your hand in the fight to get free and earn money.
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睁
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to open (one's eyes)
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Left: eye 目, right: dispute/fight 争 (bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand looking for dispute)
(I want to sleep a little longer:) My eyes are in dispute with me, if I shall open them.
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铮
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JLPT no HSK |
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| clang of metals, clash, small gong
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Left: metal 钅/金, right: dispute/fight 争 (bent person ⺈ with a stick 亅 in hand looking for dispute)
The metal cause in a dispute a clang of metals.
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筝
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Guzheng (=long zither with 13 to 16 strings)
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: dispute 争 (The bent person ⺈ with a stick 亅 in hand looking for dispute.)
Made of bamboo and sounds like a dispute, the: Guzheng.
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