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to take / get 取
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最
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| most, the most, extreme, -est
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Top: sun 日, below: take/hold 取 (at the ear 耳 with the hand 又 to grasp)
The sun takes/captures [with its shine] mostly the extreme.
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趣
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| interesting, to interest
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Left: walk, leave 走 (On earth 土 feet 足 have to walk.), right: take/fetch 取 (sb. at the ear 耳 by hand 又)
When you walk away, try to take and hold (the memories) of: the interesting.
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聚
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to gather together, to congregate, to assemble
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Top: fetch/get 取 (At the ear 耳 by hand 又 to grasp him), bottom: stand side-by-side: 乑 (Image of many people 人 standing around randomly)
If you can grasp each other and stand side-by-side, you have gathered.
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取
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to take, to fetch, to get, to choose
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Left: ear 耳, right: hand 又
Take somebody's ear with the hand to fetch it.
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骤
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| sudden, abrupt, suddenly, unexpected
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Left: horse 马/馬 (.. with mane, four legs 灬 and tail ㄅ), right: to gather 聚 (If you can grasp 取 each other and stand side-by-side 乑, you have gathered)
Use the horse if the "gathering" is to take place suddenly.
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娶
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to take a wife, to marry (a woman)
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Top: take, fetch 取 (at ear 耳 by hand 又 to grasp), bottom: woman 女
To "take a woman" means to marry.
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撮
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to bring together, to shovel a heap, to gather
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Left: hand 扌, right: most, extremely 最 (The sun 日 takes/captures 取 [with its shine] mostly the extreme. [to take 取 = at the ear 耳 by hand 又]
The hand captures sth. extreme, when bringing things together.
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