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聊
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to chat, to depend upon (literary), temporarily, just, slightly
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Left: ear 耳, right: year of the rabbit 卯 [Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers] or egg 卵 (but here: a rabbit 卯 with dots as ears)
Whether the ear of a rabbit corresponds to an egg, is what we chatted about temporarily.
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昂
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to lift, raise one's head, soaring, expensive
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Top: sun 日, bottom: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right])
Looking at the sun, the bowed person has: raised. (Or: In sunshine 日 the one-legged 卬 rabbit 卯 will raise the head.)
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仰
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to admire, to face upward, to look up, to rely on
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Left: person 人, right: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right])
The person is odd but bows down deeply, because he: admires.
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抑
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| press down, restrain, restrict, suppress, or
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Left: hand 扌, right: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right])
The hand that makes an 'odd' person to 'bow down deeply' is: repressing or restraining.
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卿
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JLPT no HSK |
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| high ranking official (old), honorific (old)
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Outside: rabbit 卯 (Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers), inside: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
'Rabbit' is not good as an official honorific term.
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柳
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JLPT no HSK |
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| willow (tree)
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Left: tree 木, right: rabbit 卯 (Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers) or variation of egg 卵 (= pictograph of fish roe)
The tree with the 'eggs' (= pussy willow catkin) is a willow.
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孵
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JLPT no HSK |
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| breeding, to incubate, to hatch
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Left: egg 卵, right: trust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting) [cf. milk, breast 乳]
The egg needs to be entrusted to sb. for: breeding.
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卵
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JLPT no HSK |
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| egg, ovum, spawn
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Similar to: rabbit 卯 (Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers)
Pictograph of eggs of fish or frog, which are aligned in a row.
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卯
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JLPT no HSK |
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| 4th earthly branch: Rabbit, mortise (slot for wooden tenon)
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Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers.
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