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enclosure 囗
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This radical is enclosing other items. A small square 口 within a character is understood as mouth.
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国
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| country, nation, state, national
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Outside: enclosure 口, inside: jade, king 玉 (At the feet of the king 王 is his jade/jewels 丶)
Like an enclosed jewel (jade): That's my country.
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回
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to revolve, to return, to go back
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Two squares rotate around a common axis, which represents a rotation and, in particular, a return movement.
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四
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| four, 4
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Image of a fist with four fingers (without thumb) seen from inside.
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因
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| reason, cause, because
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Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: big 大 person
The fence around the big person has its reason.
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园
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| land used for growing plants, park
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Outside: frame 囗, inside: yuan, origin 元 (=two 二 legs 儿)
With your garden 囗 you can earn Yuan 元, if you use it for growing plants.
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图
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| picture, diagram, drawing, chart
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Frame 囗 and inside: Winter: 冬 (With an upturned foot 夂 on the ice 冫- it's winter) [夂 is typically seen as image of sitting cross-legged]
In the frame is a winterly picture.
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困
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to surround, sleepy, tired, distress
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Outside: enclosure 囗 as a fence, inside: tree 木
The fenced tree is surrounded and in distress. (cf. to protect 保 = Even though the person 亻wanted a fence 口 over the tree 木 to protect 保 it.)
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围
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to encircle, to surround, enwrapped
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Left: enclosure 囗, right: soft leather 韦/韋 (Two layers 二 are separated with a special sword 刀 to make leather.)
(Think of a shoe 鞋) It makes it enclosed by leather, to be well encircled.
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固
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| hard, strong, solid, undoubtedly
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Outside frame 囗, but here: mouth 口, inside: old 古 (= tomb stone). [Some things like the meat of old animals or full-grown vegetable becomes hard with age.]
In the mouth old things taste: hard. [In contrast: In the mouth 口 have young things (= this is "not yet 未") a special taste 味]
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圈
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| confined, circle, loop, to lock up, surround
juān, juàn, quān
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卷
龹
㔾
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Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: spool 卷 (border guard 龹 [person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二], slumped person 㔾)
In an enclosure a guard secures a slumped person, that is confined.
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团
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| regiment, corporation, group, round, circular
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Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: talent 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented.)
If you have your talents within the enclosure, you form a round regiment.
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圆
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| round, circle, spherical, full(-moon)
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Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: member 员/員 (Who has a mouth 口 and money 贝/貝 can become a member.)
When the members are within the enclosure, it becomes a round thing.
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捆
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to tie together, bundle, a bunch
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Left: hand 扌, right: surrounded, distress 困 (By the enclosure 囗 the tree 木 is in distress)
The hand "surrounds" sth, if it ties together as a bundle.
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菌
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| mold, mildew, germ, bacteria, fungus
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: 囷 (enclosure 囗, rice plant 禾)
Plants enclosed like this rice plant will be affected by mold.
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囚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| prisoner
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Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: person 人
The person inside the enclosure is a prisoner.
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圃
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JLPT no HSK |
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| garden, orchard
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Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: just now 甫 (A hand  for holding an item 丶 is what I need 用 just now)
Within the enclosure, I make just now my gardening.
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囱
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JLPT no HSK |
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| chimney
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Above: emphasis 丶 (here: image of a chimney), outside: frame 囗 (here: room), inside: turned foot / cross-legged 夂
You sit cross-legged in a room below the chimney.
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卤
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to brine, salt, stupid, gravy
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Above: devine 卜 (Here: handle of a cover), below: Barrel 囗 with something 㐅 in
The lid on the pickle barrel with something that is brined.
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