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outstanding, excellent 卓
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| Explanation |
Fortune telling 占 early at the morning 早 is excellent.
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Used in these characters:
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桌
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| table
zhuō
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卓
卜
木
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Top: excellent 卓 (Before the day happens: Fortune telling 卜 early at the morning 早 is excellent. ), below: part of tree 木
It is excellent to use wood for: a table.
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掉
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to fall, to drop, to lag behind
diào
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扌
卓
卜
早
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Left: hand 扌, right: excellent 卓 ([before the day happens:] Fortune telling 卜 early at the morning 早 is excellent.) [卜 = divining = crack in turtle's shell]
(As a support/hold when falling) A hand is excellent, when you fall.
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卓
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| outstanding, excellent
zhuó
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卜
十
占
卓
早
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Top: divination 卜/占 (crack 卜 in the shell of a turtle used for divination), below: early/fast 早
[before the day happens:] A divination at the early morning is: excellent.
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罩
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| cover, fish trap (basket), shade
zhào
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网
卓
卜
早
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Top: net 罒, bottom: excellent 卓 ([Before the day happens:] Fortune telling 卜 early at the morning 早 is excellent)
A net is excellent as a cover.
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悼
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| mourn, lament
dào
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忄
卓
卜
早
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Left: feeling 忄, right: excellent 卓 ([Before the day happens:] Fortune telling 卜/占 early at the morning 早 is excellent)
Can feelings be excellent, when you are mourning?
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绰
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JLPT no HSK |
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| spacious, wide, generous, ample, well-off, to grip
chuò
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糸
卓
卜
早
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: excellent 卓 ([Before the day happens:] Fortune telling 卜 early 早 at the morning is excellent)
Threads are excellent when they are spacious (=long?).
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淖
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JLPT no HSK |
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| slush, mud
nào
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氵
卓
车
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Left: water 氵, right: excellent 卓 ([Before the day happens:] Fortune telling 卜 early at the morning 早 is excellent.) Here: see 卓 as a variation of the traditional character for vehicle 車, which comprised an axle 丨, a loading area 日 and two wheels 二 (seen from above)
Due to the water, half of a wheel of the vehicle 車 and the middle of the axle are already immersed: into the slush.
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