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row, to arrange 列
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A bare bone 歹 (e.g. dorsal vertebrae) that has been opened with a knife刂 so that the vertebrae are lined up.
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Used in these characters:
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列
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| row, to arrange, to line up, series
liè
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列
歹
刂
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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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例
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| example, precedent, rule, instance
lì
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亻
列
歹
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Left: person 亻, right: row 列 (A [back-]bone 歹 is exposed with a knife刂 in a row.)
A person queuing in a line/row sets an example.
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烈
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| burning fiercely, intense, ardent
liè
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列
歹
灬
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Top: row 列 (wicked 歹 [bar bone] is exposed with a knife刂 in a row [i.e. backbone]), bottom: fire 灬
A row of fires burns fiercely.
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裂
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to tear, split, crack, to break open, to rend
liè
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列
衣
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Top: row 列 (wicked 歹 [= bar bone] is exposed with a knife刂 in a row [i.e. backbone]), bottom: clothes 衣
In a row (=direction of looming) clothes are teared.
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咧
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JLPT no HSK |
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| child's cry, draw back corners of mouth
liē, liě
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口
列
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Left: mouth 口, right: row 列 (wicked 歹 [bar bone] is exposed with a knife刂 in a row [i.e. backbone])
If the mouth is (long as) a row: it is crying.
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| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
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