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happiness 吉
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| Explanation |
This radical is a simplification of 喜, which also means “happiness”. There, a scholar 士 has a mouthful of beans 豆 and is happy.
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Used in these characters:
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喜
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to be happy, to like, to enjoy, glad
xǐ
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喜
吉
士
豆
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From top: scholar 士, beans 豆, mouth 口. (This character has also been simplified to 吉)
A scholar with beans in his mouth is happy.
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结
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to tie, to bind, knot, bond, to bear fruit, to produce
jié, jiē
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糸
吉
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: luck/joy 吉 (simplification of 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy.)
Threads of joy tie us.
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调
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| tone/tune, accent, view, harmonize, adjust
diào, tiáo
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讠
周
吉
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Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: circumference 周 (A framed 冂 luck 吉, sets its circumference) [joy 吉 = simplification of happy 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in his mouth 口 and is happy.]
Words in their circumference are a: tone/tune.
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周
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| circumference, week, cycle, complete
zhōu
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周
吉
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Outside: frame 冂, inside: luck 吉 (simplification of 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy)
A framed luck, sets its circumference.
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桔
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| tangerine
jié, jú
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木
吉
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Left: tree 木, right: happy 吉 (simplification of 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy.)
The tree that makes you happy is the tangerine.
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洁
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| clean, to purify
jié
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氵
吉
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Left: water 氵, right: happy 吉 (simplification of 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy.)
The water makes you happy, if it is clean.
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吉
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| lucky, giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
jí
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口
吉
喜
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Top: scholar 士, below: mouth 口 (This character is a simplification of happy 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy)
The scholar's mouth wishes good luck.
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诘
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JLPT no HSK |
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| investigate, restrain, scold
jié
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讠
吉
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Left: word 讠(=言 sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: happy 吉 (simplification of 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy.)
Use words towards the scholar to get something (= out of his mouth 口) when: investigating.
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颉
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JLPT no HSK |
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| fly upward (bird), soar, contest
xié
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吉
頁
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Left: happy 吉 (simplification of 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy.), right: page, head 页 (=頁; head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The happiness (above) the heads is: to fly upwards.
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秸
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JLPT no HSK |
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| straw, stalks left after threshing
jiē
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禾
吉
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: happy 吉 (simplification of 'happy' 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy.)
The rice plants make us happy, when they became straw.
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| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
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