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ordinary 凡
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A table 几 with a scratch 丶 makes it ordinary.
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丽
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| beautiful, pretty, elegant, fine
lí, lì
一
凡
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Top: one/cover 一, below: twice variant of usual 凡 (A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.) [cf. superfluous 冗 = A tablecloth 冖 on the table 几 is superfluous.]
If you put a cover (tablecloth) over the two scratched tables, they again are beautiful.
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恐
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| afraid, frightened, to fear
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Top: craftsman 工, ordinary, general 凡 [= A table 几 with a scratch 丶 is ordinary.), bottom: heart 心
Craftsmen are generally in their hearts: fearful.
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赢
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| to win, gain, to beat, to profit
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From top: 亡 (coffin in cross-section), mouth: 口, body 月, money 贝, usually 凡 [A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.]
If your coffin is as small as a mouth and your body pays money for it, then (the seller) usually makes: a profit.
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筑
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to build, to construct, Zhú = five-string lute
zhù, zhú
竹
凡
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Above: bamboo 竹, below: 巩 (work 工, ordinary 凡 [A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is ordinary.])
With bamboo and labor the scratched table was built.
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凡
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| ordinary, commonplace, temporal
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A table 几 with a scratch 丶
Tables with scratches are sth. ordinary.
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巩
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| solid, to secure, to consolidate
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Left: work, build 工, right: ordinary 凡 (A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is ordinary.)
A worker makes a table ordinarily (=typically): solid!
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帆
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sail, canvas
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Left: cloth 巾, right: sail 几 with something 丶 (cf. ordinary/common 凡 = A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.) [cf. wind 风, which is simplified from 風]
Cloth is commonly used for sails.
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梵
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| Buddhism, Sanskrit
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Top: forest 林, bottom: common, usually 凡 [= A table 几 with a scratch 丶is common.]
(In nature ethics:) Forests are common in Buddhism.
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