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drum 壴
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Used in these characters:
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鼓
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| drum, to rouse, to beat, convex
gǔ
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壴
豆
支
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Left: 壴 (twig 十 over bean 豆 [here: image of a drum 豆 on a stand]), right: twig, support 支 (With a twig 十 in the hand 又, I am supporting)
With a twig over the drums and another in the hand, he beats the drums.
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嘉
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| excellent, auspicious
jiā
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壴
豆
加
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Top: drum 壴 (twig 十 over a bean 豆 [here: image of a drum 豆 on a stand]), bottom: 'to add' 加 (For getting power 力 your mouth 口 needs sth. to be 'added' [=to eat])
If a drum is added, it will be excellent.
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膨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| swollen, to swell, inflated, expand
péng
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肉
壴
彡
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Left: body('s part) 月/肉, right: drums 彭 (壴 [twig 十 over bean/drums 豆], right: hair 彡)
This body's part is big as 10 beans and hairy, and is: swelling.
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澎
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JLPT no HSK |
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| sound of waves, splatter
péng
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氵
壴
彡
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Left: water 氵, right: drums 彭 (壴 [twig 十 over bean/drums 豆], right: hair 彡)
When the water is drumming until the hair is slanted, then: it roars.
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彭
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JLPT no HSK |
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| surname Peng
péng
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壴
豆
彡
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Left: drum 壴 (twig 十 over bean/drum 豆), right: three hairs 彡
The one at the drum with the three sticks is: the 'Péng'.
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| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
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