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friend 友
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Used in these characters:
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爱
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to love, affection, to be fond of, to like
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From top: hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖 friend 友 (They shake hands  ,又 because they are friends.)
When I reach down though a cover to a friend, then because of love. (Or: To receive 受 a hand from sb., due to: love.)
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友
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| friend
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Comprises twice a radical for hand: , 又 as shaking hands
They shake hands because they are friends.
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发
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to send out, to show (one's feeling), to happen
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Top: mountain 山 (drawn untidy), below: hand 又
(e.g. in a draft letter) The mountain was drawn by the hand very messy, but now we have to send (the letter) out.
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拔
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to pull out, pluck, pick, outstanding, to surpass
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Left: hand 手, right: 犮 (friend 友 [= They shake hands ,又 because they are friends.] and emphasis 丶)
You need three hands for that 丶, to be pulled out.
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跋
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JLPT no HSK |
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| travel, walk
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Left: foot 足, right: 犮 (friend 友 (= two hands [= They shake hands ,又 because they are friends] with emphasis 丶)
Using feet the emphasized friends meet, when: traveling.
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