经
JLPT HSK 2

jīng
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
Originally the vertical threads at a loom, which resulted in "longitude", through which the weft threads pass. (latitude 纬)

	怪
JLPT HSK 3

guài
Left: feeling 忄, right: upright/vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
Feelings so upright are weird.

	择
JLPT HSK 3

zé, zhái
Left: hand 扌, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.)
With your hand you pose vertically over (the desired goods) when: selecting.

	轻
JLPT HSK 3

qīng
Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart from above with axle 丨, load-area 日 wheels 二), right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
(Pulling) a vehicle by hand over the flat ground [= aligned to the vertical] is easy & light.

	释
JLPT HSK 4

shì
Left: 釆 (rice 米 with emphasis ノ), right: variant of vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above ground 土)
(It depends on the strong rice:) The emphasized rice stands vertically: That's how it can be explained.

	译
JLPT HSK 4

yì
Left: word 讠/言, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically above the ground 土)
Making words "vertically", is their translation.

	劲
JLPT HSK 5

jìn, jìng
Left: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically above the ground 土), right: force 力
(Think of gravity, thus lifting a load:) The vertical force is full of strength.

	泽
JLPT HSK 6

zé
Left: water 氵, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically over ground 土)
(The water can not run off) The water keeps it (when the ground is arranged to the vertical) moist and with lustre.

	径
JLPT HSK 6

jìng
Left: go 彳, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically above the earth 土)
Here you can go over the flat ground [= adjusted to the vertical] : At a footpath.

	圣
JLPT HSK 6

shèng
Top: hand 又, bottom: earth 土
The hand is vertically over an object when blessing it, thus when making it: 'holy'.

	颈
JLPT HSK 6

jǐng
Left: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The part with the 'vertical orientation' at the head is: the neck.

	竖
JLPT HSK 6

shù
Top: knife刂, hand 又 (Here: 又 as a variant of fork 叉 [= hand holding fork 丶]), bottom: stand 立
(When setting/laying a table, please align neatly.) When the knife and fork are standing, it should be vertically aligned (or erected).

	茎
JLPT HSK 6

jīng
Top: plant 艹, below: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.)
The plant has a vertical part, namely the: stem.

	绎
JLPT HSK 6

yì
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: vertical 圣 (hand 又 above the earth 土) [cf. longitude 经]
The thread that is vertically (at the loom) is the continuous one.

	痉
JLPT no HSK

jìng
Left: disease 疒, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
The disease where the muscles arrange "vertically", is a spasm.

	驿
JLPT no HSK

yì
Left: horse 马/馬, right: vari. of vertical 圣, but here: two different hands: 又 and 扌=手
(Here the riders changed horses.) A horse comes from one hand to another at: the relay station.

	氢
JLPT no HSK

qīng
Top: steam 气 (image of uprising steam), bottom: vertical 圣 (hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.)
The "steam" that rises vertically is: hydrogen.

	铎
JLPT no HSK

duó
Left: metal 钅/金, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically over earth 土)
It is made of metal and rises vertically: the large ancient bell.

	绛
JLPT no HSK

jiàng
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: "vertical stick" 夅 (Vertical 圣 with an extra stroke ノ as a stick plunged into the ground 土.)
(As a boundary marker?) The thread at the vertical stick is: purple-red.