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eight 八
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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to divide, to separate, to distinguish, part, fraction
fēn, fèn Top: eight 八, bottom: sword 刀
Use eight swords for dividing.
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分
刀
八
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小
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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small, tiny, few, young
xiǎo
A person 亅 with the arms 八 close to the body appears: small.
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小
八
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八
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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eight, 8
bā
Side view of two hands with the four fingers (without thumb) streched which means eight in total.
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八
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六
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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six, 6
liù
One 丶 plus two 八 makes three. With a cut 一 it is divided, which provides six parts.
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六
八
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公
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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public, collectively owned, common, male (animal)
gōng Eight 八, nose 厶 (a nose in side view)
Eight noses stand for the public.
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公
八
厶
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只
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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just one of a several, unique, merely, only
zhī, zhǐ Image of a person consisting only of a mouth 口 and two legs 八
This person has a huge mouth, which is only one and unique.
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只
口
八
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具
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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tool, device, equipment, instrument, to possess
jù An eye 目 and a table
The eye sees on the table: a tool.
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八
具
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兵
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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soldiers, an army, military
bīng Top: hill 丘 (An axe 斤 in the ground 一 as a burial object in the [burial] mound/hill.), below: eight 八
At the hill are eight soldiers.
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丘
八
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兽
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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beast, animal, bestial, ferocious
shòu From top: out 丷 (here: widely), rice field 田, one 一 mouth 口
Widely open like a rice field is one mouth of the beast.
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八
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叭
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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sound of trumpet, horn or sharp noise (gunfire etc)
bā Left: mouth 口, right: eight 八
From a "mouth" that widens [towards the lower end] like an eight 八 comes the "sound of a trumpet".
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口
八
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趴
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to lie on one's stomach, to lean forward
pā Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: eight 八 (here: two legs)
When the feet are aside to the legs, you are lying on the stomach.
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足
八
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睦
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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friendly, harmonious, amicable, peaceful relations
mù Left: eye 目, right: 坴 (eight 八, 2 x land 土)
The view on all that land is friendly and harmonious.
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目
土
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扒
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to cling to, hold on to, push aside, strip off, rake up
bā, pá Left: hand 扌, right: eight 八, (here variant of: grab/catch 抓 [The hand 扌 as a claw 爪 for: grabbing or arresting]
The hand is claw-like for: clinging or holding.
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扌
爪
八
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兮
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JLPT no HSK |
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(exclamation particle in old Chinese)
xī
"Eight 八 seaweeds 丂" as exclamation
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八
丂
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冀
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to hope, wish, (abbr. for Hebei 河北)
jì Top: north 北 (2 people sit back-to-back because it is cold in: the north.), bottom: differ, extraordinary 異 (Put a rice paddy 田 together 共 (with other paddies) and you will see how much they differ.)
Also in the north, our fields shall be extraordinary: This is what we hope.
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北
異
共
八
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逵
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crossroads, thoroughfare
kuí Left: movement 辶, right: 坴 (2x earth 土, in the middle: two ways 八)
For the movement on two ways between twice 'earths' [hills?], there is: a crossing.
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辶
土
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