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remaining, excess 余
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A heap  remained on the altar, and thus is in excess.
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除
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to get rid of, to remove, to exclude
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Left: hill 阝, right: excess/rest 余 (A heap  is still on the altar 示 [= to show], thus there in excess.)
(The mole control was almost successful:) A hill is in excess: let's get rid of it.
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余
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| remaining, extra, surplus
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Top: a heap , bottom: Variant of show 示 (= This shows an altar 丁, with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 dropping down.)
A heap on the altar shows that something is in excess.
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叙
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to narrate, to chat, relate to a story
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Left: excess/rest 余 (A heap is still on the altar 示 [= to show], thus in excess.), right: hand 又
He needs an extra hand for narrating.
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涂
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to apply (salve, paint), to smear, to daub, scribble
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Left: water 氵(here: liquid), right: excess/rest 余 (A heap is still on the altar 示 (= to show), thus in excess.)
If liquid is in excess, we can apply it like a salve/ointment.
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斜
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| inclined, slanting, oblique, tilting
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Left: excess/rest 余 (A heap is still on the altar 示 [= to show], thus in excess.), right: measure of volume (1 Dou= 18 l), stylized ladle with sth. on it)
An 'excess' in the ladle makes it: inclined.
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途
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| road, way, route
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Left: movement 辶, right: excess/rest 余 (A heap is still on the altar 示 [= to show], thus in excess.)
(Too much traffic) Movement is in excess on the roads and ways.
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徐
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JLPT no HSK |
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| slowly, gently
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Left: go 彳 right: excess/rest 余 (A heap is still on the altar 示, thus in excess.), below: cross beams)
He goes excessively slow.
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荼
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JLPT no HSK |
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| thistle, common sowthistle, bitter (taste), cruel
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: excess, remain 余 (A heap is still on the altar 示, thus in excess.)
(The cattle do not eat it:) The plant that remains is: the thistle.
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