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前
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| front, ahead, before, first, former
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Top: a part 䒑 of the head/horns of a sheep 羊, bottom: meat 月/肉, knife, cut刂
The horns and the flesh are cut (beginning) at the front position.
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师
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| master, teacher, expert
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Left: knife刂, right: one 一 (here: stick) and cloth 巾
He comes with a knife, a stick and good cloth: The master!
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到
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| to arrive, to (a place), until (a time), up to
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Left: get to/reach 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 comes to the earth 土: reaching it.), right: knife刂 (phonetically knife 刀 dāo)
Arriving with a pronunciation similar to "knife" means: to arrive.
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别
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| to separate, to distinguish, to leave, to classify, do to not
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Left: another 另 (If it doesn't work with words 口, you have to try it with force 力: That's sth. different.), right: knife 刂
If you make another thing by cutting, this is 'separating'.
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班
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| squad, team, class, work shift, group
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Left and right: king 王, center: knife 刂
If there are the 'knifes' between the kings, it is their squads.
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刻
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to carve, quarter (hour), to cut
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Left: (zodiac) pig 亥/豚 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶), right: knife刂
(piece-rate work at the slaughterhouse) The pig is cut with a knife (= carved) within a quarter hour.
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刚
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| hard, firm, enduring, just, barely
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Left: hill 冈 (image of a hill), right: cutting/knife 刂
(Is probably a gristle/cartilage in the meat?) A "hill" (= a thickening) is for cutting with a knife: particularly hard.
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刷
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| brush, to paint, to brush
shuā, shuà
尸
巾
刂
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Left: buttocks in side view 尸 with cloth 巾 is here understood as tail [to be correct: 尾 means tail], right: knife刂
At the buttocks the 'cloth' [="tail"] is cut and used as: a brush.
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刮
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to blow (of the wind), to scrape, to shave
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Left: tongue 舌, right: knife 刂
You do it with the tongue: blowing, or with the knife: scraping.
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列
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| row, to arrange, to line up, series
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Left: evil, bad 歹 (image of a bare bone, vertebra), right: knife 刂
(i.e. backbone) The bones are lain bare by knife: arranged in a row.
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利
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| favorable, profit, interest, to benefit, sharp (knife)
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: knife 刂
(Harvesting rice plants with a knife is favorable and brings profit.
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划
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to scratch a surface, to row/paddle, to plan
huá, huà
戈
刂
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Left: halberd 戈, right: knife, to cut 刂
A halberd is for cutting, but also for scratching, paddling or planning.
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剧
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| drama, play, show, severe
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Left: reside/live 居 (Where the buttock 尸 [side view] becomes old 古, he has his residence), right: knife, to cut 刂
It plays at his residence with a knife: this drama.
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则
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| rule, standard, norm, principle
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Left: money 贝/貝 (cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八 as shell-money), right: knife, to cut 刂 (here: to divide)
Money [= the capital] and knives [= violence] determine the rules and standards. Or: The money 贝 is divided 刂 according to rules.
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倒
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to fall, to collapse, to go bankrupt
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From left: person 亻, get to/reach 到 (至 arrow falling back to earth 土), knife 刂
The person reaches the knife and falls into it.
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剩
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to remain, to be left, to have as remainder
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Left: to use, take advantage of 乘 (When the two people 丬,匕 lean against the shade-giving 一 tree 木, they: are using it.), right: to cut/knife刂
When using a knife, there are always remainders.
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帅
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| handsome, graceful, commander in chief
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Left: knife/cut刂, right: cloth/fabric 巾
If you use the knife for cutting the cloth, you will be handsome.
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判
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to judge, to sentence, to discriminate, to discern, decide
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Left: half 半 (A knife 丨 cuts a birthday cake 二 with candles 丷 in half.), right: knife 刂
If sth. is cut to half with a knife, you shall judge is somebody is discriminated.
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坚
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| strong, solid, firm, unyielding, resolute
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Top: knife 刂 and hand 又, below: earth 土
With a knife in my hand I am on the earth: strong and resolute!
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罚
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to punish, to penalize
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Top: variant of eye 罒, bottom: word 讠/言, knife 刂
You can use a (deprecating) stare, words or knifes for: punishing.
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制
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| system, to control, to manufacture, to regulate
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Left: cow 牛, cloth 巾; right: knife刂
A cow wrapped in cloth and with a knife: what a system!
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归
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to go back, to return, to resign, conclude
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Left: knife 刂, right: hand  /彐; simplified from 帰 or 歸. Showed originally a man with a sword who returns to his wife 帚 (=hand with broom)
When the man with a sword is at his wife 妇 (today: hand without broom) he has returned.
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创
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| a wound, injury, trauma, to inaugurate
chuāng, chuàng
仓
刂
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Left: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse.), right: knife刂
Go to the warehouse (for bandages) if a knife made a wound.
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刺
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| thorn, sting, to pierce, to stab
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Left: thorn 朿 (Originally a tree 木 with a pointed triangle symbolizing a thorn.), right: knife刂
Use a thorn or a knife for piercing.
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狮
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| lion
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: master, teacher 师 (knife刂, 帀 = 一 as head and fabric 巾 as fur)
(The lion's fur is popular) The animal that you skin with a knife over its head is: the lion.
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删
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to delete, abridge, simplify, cancel
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Left: book, booklet 册, right: knife, to cut刂
"From the booklet it was cut", means (this page) was: deleted.
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浏
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| clear, deep (of water), swift, to skim over / to browse
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Left: water 氵, right: 刘 (script, culture 文 [Image of a folding table for writing a text], knife 刂 [here: two pages])
Like "through the water" you read scripts (2 pages each), when skimming over.
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临
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| just before doing sth., to face sth, approach
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Left: knife, to cut刂, right: half of bamboo 竹, two mouths 口
He divided the bamboo with the knife. This he did just before giving it to the two mouths.
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剑
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| double-edged sword
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Left: together 佥 (A person 人 as one 一 is with three ツ together.), right: knife, to cut 刂
A 'together' for cutting is the: double-edged sword.
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削
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to peel, scrape, reduce, shave, to cut (down)
xiāo, xuē
肖
刂
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Left: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.), right: knife 刂
Small bodies are cut with a knife, when scraping, whittling or peeling.
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辨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to differentiate, distinguish, recognize
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Twice: bitter, sharp 辛 (tattoo needle), middle knife刂 - Thus a double-bladed knife
A double-bladed knife has sharpnesses (at each blade), that differentiate.
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剥
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to peel, to skin, to shell, to shuck, to flay
bāo, bō
录
刂
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Left: diary, record 录 ("to squeeze out" = part of green 绿 where fibers 糸 are squeezed by hand 彐 a green 绿 liquid 水 emerges), right: knife, to cut刂
What can be squeezed or cut, can be peeled.
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副
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| deputy, assistant, secondary, auxiliary, vice-
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Left barrel of rice wine 畐 (originally image of a barrel to offer at the temple, therefore also wealth and luck 福), right knife 刂 (Here刂 as a variation of two 二)
This sake barrel is the second, as auxiliary - as a 'deputy'.
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剂
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| dose, medical substance
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Left: be in the same level 齐 (A written text 文 lays flatly on two vertical sticks丿|, that are in the same level.), right: knife, to cut刂
For achieving the same (=correct) level/amount, you cut it and get the dose.
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刑
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| punishment, penalty, sentence
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Left: open, start 开 (image of the entrance gate of a buddh. temple), right: knife 刂
Who openly uses his knife, will be: punished.
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刹
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| Buddhist monastery 剎多羅, to brake, stop
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Left: to kill 杀 (marker 㐅 in the tree 木, where he was killed), right: knife 刂
The cross at the tree was made with a knife and marks the area of the monastery.
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剖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to cut open, to analyze
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Left: spit 咅 (stand 立 with open mouth 口 and spit), right: knife刂
Spit on the knife before you cut sth. open.
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割
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to cut, to cut apart, harvest
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Left: damage 害 (Under the roof 宀 is a growing potted plant 丰,口, which damaged it.), right: knife 刂
A damage is caused with the knife by cutting apart.
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喇
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sound of wind, trompet, horn
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Left: mouth 口, right: 剌 (bundle 束 [Plants 木/禾 like sheafs of rice (cf. 兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle], knife 刂)
From the mouth a bundle of cutting (sounds): The trompet!
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刊
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to print, to publish, publication
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Left: dry 干 (laundry rack), right: knife刂 (Here: see the knife as printing plates 刂)
You need dry printing plates for printing & publishing.
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剔
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| pick (at teeth), to scrape (meat from bone)
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Left: easy 易 (warming sunshine), right: knife刂
It is easy to use a knife for picking or scraping.
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筛
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sieve, filter, to sift, screening (medicine)
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: master, teacher 师 (He has a knife 刂, a stick 一 and good cloth 巾)
Bamboo 竹 was cut 刂 for it and the sieve 一 is made of cloth 巾: a sieve.
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涮
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to rinse, hold briefly into boiling water
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Left: water 氵, right: brush 刷 (The "tail" [= cloth 巾 at the buttocks 尸] is cut刂 and used as a brush) [cf. tail 尾]
Use water and a brush for rinsing.
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剃
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to shave (beard), to weed
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Left: younger brother 弟 (A feathered 丷arrow λ from the bow 弓 of my younger brother.), right: knife, to cut刂
My younger brother (still) cuts himself when shaving.
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钊
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JLPT no HSK |
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| encourage, endeavor, to cut, to strive
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Left: metal 钅/金, right: knife, to cut刂
The metal became a knife to cut. Therefore it was: "encouraged".
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刘
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Surname: Liu
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Left: text/language 文 (image of a folding table, on which a text is written), right: knife, to cut刂
Who manages the texts and the cutting: Family Liu.
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剌
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JLPT no HSK |
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| unreasonable, perverse, absurd
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Left: bundle 束 (Plants 木 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle), right: knife, to cut刂
The bundle was cut with the knife, which was unreasonable.
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剿
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to extirpate, to plagiarize, to destroy
chāo, jiǎo
巛
果
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Left: nest 巢 (three beaks 巛 in a nest 田 in a tree 木), right: knife, to cut 刂
(All in) the nest I (kill) with the knife when extirpating.
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刨
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to level, to make smooth, eliminate, to question
bào, páo
包
刂
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Left: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.), right: knife, to cut刂
At the enwrapped it is cut, when leveling it to make it smooth.
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刽
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to cut off, to amputate, slaughter
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Left: to meet, possible 会 (When persons 人 are speaking 云 together as "two 二 noses 厶" they meet.), right: knife, to cut 刂
At a 'meeting' of blades, something is: cut off.
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