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single, individual 单
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单
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| single, individual, only, bill, list
chán, dān, shàn
单
丷
日
十
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From top: coming out 丷 (here: rays or shine), sun 日, ten 十
It shines the sun in a group of ten (with nine planets, including Pluto) as the single one.
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弹
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| bullet, shot, pluck (a string instrument), pellet, elastic
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Left: bow 弓, right: sole, single 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets including Pluto] as the single one.)
The bow "singles" [=making it single] the bullet at the shot.
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阐
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to disclose, express, to enlighten, clarify
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Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: single, merely 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets, including Pluto] as the single one.)
The reason why he was at the gate as a single, he had to disclose (to the guard).
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惮
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| fear, dread, dislike
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Left: feeling 忄, right: single, individual 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets] as the single one)
The feeling when you are single, is: fear.
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禅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Zen, meditation, dhyana (Sanskrit)
chán, shàn
示
单
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Left: to show, altar 礻/示, right: single, merely 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets] as the single one)
The altar has to be a single/simple in: Zen meditation.
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蝉
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cicada
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Left: Insect 虫, right: single, individual 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets] as the single one)
(They never are in a group:) The insect that stays single is the cicade.
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婵
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JLPT no HSK |
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| beautiful, graceful
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Left: woman 女, right: single, individual 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets] as the single one.)
The woman is the only/single beautiful.
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