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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| good, well, proper
hǎo, hào
女
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Left: woman 女, right: child 子 (A child with an outsized head 乛, body 丿 and two support-seeking arms 一.)
Women and children are good.
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她
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| she
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Left: woman 女, right: also/too 也 (shows a twisted creature like snake or scorpion.)
A woman is also a "She".
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女
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| female, woman, daughter
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Image of a sitting woman with crossed legs and spread arms.
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妈
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| mother, mom
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Left: woman 女, right: horse 马 (=馬 with mane, four legs 灬 and tail ㄅ)
The woman who works as hard as a horse, is my mother.
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姐
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| elder sister
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Left: woman 女, right: furthermore 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
(From a child's point of view) The woman as tall as a stone-pile is my elder sister.
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始
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| to begin, to start, then, only then
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Left: woman 女, right: stage, tribune 台 (The nose 厶 is above the mouth 口 as if on a tribune.)
The woman came on the tribune/stage and started.
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要
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| a need, to demand, to request, must
yāo, yào
西
女
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Top: west 覀/西 (Under the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west.) [Here: 覀 as a handbag with a big handle], bottom: woman 女
A handbag is for women: a need.
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妻
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| wife, to marry off (a daughter)
qī, qì
十
女
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From top: ten 十, hand  /彐, woman 女
(very hardworking) The ten-handed woman: that's my wife.
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姓
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| family name, surname
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Left: woman 女, right: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  stands for life.)
The woman lives under her family name.
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妹
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| younger sister
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left: woman 女, right: not yet, immature 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet".)
This woman, who is "not yet a woman", is my: younger sister.
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奶
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| breast, milk, breast-feed
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Left: woman 女, right: therefore, thus 乃 (pregnancy belly [side view] cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃)
A woman with a pregnancy belly has breasts for feeding.
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如
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| as, as if, such as
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Left: woman 女, right: mouth 口
The women's mouths are as such.
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安
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| peaceful, calm, content, safety
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Top: roof 宀, below: woman 女
Under the roof, a woman makes it peaceful.
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婚
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to marry, marriage, wedding, to take a wife
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Left: woman 女, right: dusk/nightfall 昏 (The family 氏 sits in the sun 日 at dusk.) [氏 = A distorted person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with a "plus +" as a multiplier results in a family.]
The woman comes into the family/clan 氏 at the day 日 of the marriage.
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接
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to contact with, to connect, to welcome sb., to receive
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Left: hand 扌, right: stand 立, woman 女
(Shake) hands and stand up for the woman you want to make contact with.
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姨
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| mother's younger sister, aunt
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Left: woman 女, right: barbarian 夷 (= They have big 大 bows 弓) - (Here: variation of younger brother 第. His bamboo 竹 was simplified to a line 一)
The woman, who is like my younger brother is the younger aunt.
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妙
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| clever, wonderful, splendid, fantastic
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Left: woman 女, right: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
Among women, there are few who are clever and wonderful???
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娘
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| mother, young lady, bride
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Left: woman 女, right: good 良
The woman who is good, is the mother.
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婆
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| grandmother, mother-in-law, matron
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Top: wave 波 (The water 氵has this skin 皮) [skin 皮 = A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂], below: woman 女
The 'waved' (= with wrinkled skin) woman is my: grandmother.
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妇
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| married woman
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Left: woman 女, right: hand /彐 (traditional: 婦 with a broom in the hand)
The woman who gave her hand, (or is with a broom?) is a married woman.
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腰
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| waist, lower back, middle, loins
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Left: body part 月/肉, right: need/request 要 (A handbag 覀/西 is, what women 女 need.) [west 西 = Under the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west.]
(Asian women have less 'butt':) A body part of western 西 women is the waist.
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媒
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| intermediary, matchmaker, go-between, media/news
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Left: woman 女, right: a certain 某 (the sweet 甘 tree 木 is a certain)
The women go to the sweet tree, that is acting as intermediary (matchmaker).
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威
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| authority, power, prestige
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Outside: garrison 戍 (persons 人 (= ノ+ 一) with halberds 戈), woman 女
When the person with that halberd stands with one leg 一 above a woman, he has a powerful authority.
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嫩
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| soft, tender, delicate, light (color)
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Left: woman 女, right: imperial order 敕 (It comes in a bundle 束 and strikes 攵: the imperial order) [to strike 攵/攴= hand 又 with stick 卜]
(Manufacturing process for flax fiber by beating) By women the bundle is beaten to until it is: soft.
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姑
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| paternal aunt, husband's sister, husband's mother (old)
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Left: woman 女, right: old 古 (originally a skull, but better the image of a tomb stone)
The woman who is old, is the paternal aunt.
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妨
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| obstruction, hinder, harm
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Left: woman 女, right: direction/square 方
A woman at my side would be obstructing???
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姿
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| appearance, beauty, disposition, looks
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Top: next/following 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠 [yawning person], what comes next?), below: woman 女
My next woman will have a great appearance.
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委
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to entrust, to accumulate, committee member
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Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: woman 女
Rice plants can women be entrusted.
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姻
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| marriage connections
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Left: woman 女, right: cause/reason 因 (For the fence 囗 around the tall person 大 is a reason.)
Women are the cause of marriage connections.
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嫁
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| (of a woman) to marry, to shift (blame etc)
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Left: woman 女, right: household 家 (Under the roof 宀 with the personal pig 豕)
The woman for the household is the bride.
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宴
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| banquet, feast, repose
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From top: roof 宀, sun 日, woman 女
Under the roof the sunny woman hosts a banquet.
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娱
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| entertain, amuse
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Left: woman 女, right: 吴 (mouth 口 and sky 天)
A woman with a mouth that is heaven-like, can be entertaining.
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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/hold 取 (at the ear 耳 the hand 又 holds and grasps), bottom: woman 女
To "take a woman" means to marry.
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姥
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| grandmother (maternal), old woman
lǎo, mǔ
女
老
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Left: woman 女, right: old, experienced 老 (old man 耂 as a sitting person 匕)
The woman of the old sitting man is: the grandmother.
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姆
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| nanny, woman who looks after small children
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Left: woman 女, right: mother 母 (= woman 女 with emphasized, swollen bosom : when breast-feeding)
This woman supports the mother: The nanny!
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嫌
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to dislike, suspicion, resentment, enmity
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Left: woman 女, right: combine, twice, concurrently 兼 (A hand ナ/ヨ holds two rice plants 禾 combined.)
(Women want a monogamous partnership:) If women do it in combination, she dislikes it.
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娃
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| baby, doll, pretty girl
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Left: woman 女, right: double earth 圭
The woman brings behind the two heaps of earth the baby to the earth.
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妥
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| suitable, adequate, ready, settled
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Top: hand reaching down 爫, below: woman 女
The hands reaching down (= caring) of the women settle the suitable adequately.
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妄
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| absurd, fantastic, presumptuous, rash
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Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross-section), below: woman 女
He considered the death of his woman, to be: absurd.
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婴
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| infant, baby
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Top: 2x money 贝 (here: nipple 人 in a sucking mouth 冂), bottom: woman 女
Sucking mouths at the woman's nipples indicate infants/babies.
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嫂
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| older brother's wife, sister-in-law
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Left: woman 女, right: old gentleman 叟 (supports himself with hands E, 彐 on a stick 丨, which serves as 3rd hand 又.)
The woman of the old gentleman is that sister-in-law.
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娇
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| tender, frail, lovable, pampered, delicate
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Left: woman 女, right: tall 乔 (top:夭, here: sky 天: [Sky-天-long legs 丿| make tall.])
A woman with sky-long legs is tender and frail.
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耍
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to play with, to juggle
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Top: beard 而 (closed mouth 一 with a beard 皿), bottom: woman 女
The beards are liked by women: To play with.
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凄
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sad, mournful, ice-cold frigid, dismal, grim, bleak
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Left: ice 冫, right: wife 妻 (The ten 十-handed woman 女 is my [hardworking] wife.)
My ice-cold wife makes me: sad.
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媳
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| daughter in law
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Left: woman 女, right: breath 息 (I myself 自 and my heart 心 need a breath.)
The woman of him who derives from 'myself' and who has my heart: My daughter in law.
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妒
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to envy (success, talent), jealous
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Left: woman 女, right: sliding door 戸
The woman (behind) the sliding door is full of envy.
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妆
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| make-up, adornment, dress up
zhuāng
丬
女
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Left: bed 丬 (here: a mirror丨 at a wall holder (socket) 冫), right: woman 女
In front of the mirror is the woman doing the: make-up.
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嫉
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| jealousy, be jealous of
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Left: woman 女, right: illness/quick 疾 (The disease 疒 is arrow-矢-like fast, because it makes sick quickly.)
Men don't have it? (Only) women have this rapid-as-an-arrow disease: jealousy.
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奴
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| slave, servant
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Left: woman 女, right: hand 又
Women's hands work like slaves.
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婪
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| greedy, avaricious, rapacious, insatiable
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Top: forest 林, bottom: women 女
Whoever sees the "forest" (= personal property) above "women" (= social contacts) is greedy.
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姬
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JLPT no HSK |
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| concubine, woman
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Left: woman 女, right: minister, state official 臣 (An eye wide open represents the attentiveness of a minister)
The woman for the state official is the concubine.
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姜
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JLPT no HSK |
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| ginger
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Top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: woman 女
The sheep is spiced by the woman using: ginger.
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娜
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JLPT no HSK |
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| elegant, graceful
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Left: woman 女, right: this, those 那 (A double-二 edged sword 刀 in the village⻏, what means this?)
The woman with that double-edged sword in the village, wants to be elegant.
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妓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| prostitute
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Left: woman 女, right: support, twig 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十)
The woman shows with a twig, that she is a prostitute.
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樱
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cherry
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Left: tree 木, right: infant, baby 婴 (Sucking mouths 冂 at the nipples 人 of the woman 女 indicate infants/babies - Here: 贝 as hanging cherries
The tree with hanging cherries for the woman is: the cherry.
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娥
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JLPT no HSK |
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| good, beautiful
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Left: woman 女, right: I, me 我 (In my hand 手 a halberd 戈 and I am myself.)
The woman of mine is good and beautiful.
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绥
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to pacify, soothe, to appease
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: to settle sth. adequately 妥 (The hands 爫 of the women 女 settle the suitable)
(When taming animals) Threads settle adequately the: pacifying.
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婉
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JLPT no HSK |
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| graceful, tactful
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Left: woman 女, right: "as if", similar 宛 (When I at home 宀 in the evening 夕 slump 㔾 (e.g. on the TV-coach) it's always just similar.)
(a particular ideal of beauty) Women who are similar, are for him: appealing.
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娅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| address term between sons-in-law
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Left: woman 女, right: relatively weak 亚 (Put a plank 一 on the hollow volcanic vent 业 because is relatively weak.)
The woman with the weak (family relation) is the: daughter-in-law.
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姊
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JLPT no HSK |
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| older sister
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Left: woman 女, right: variant of younger brother 弟
The woman who takes care of the half-finished younger brother is: the older sister.
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妖
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JLPT no HSK |
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| witch, devil, demon, goblin, enchanting
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Left: woman 女, right: early death 夭 (don't mistake with sky 天)
The woman, who brings the early death is a witch.
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婶
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JLPT no HSK |
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| wife of father's younger brother
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Left: woman 女, right: to examine, to investigate 审
The woman who talks (very much) under the roof is: this aunt.
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婢
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JLPT no HSK |
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| maid servant, slave girl
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Left: woman 女, vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar.)
The woman which is vulgar/low is: the maid servant.
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奸
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JLPT no HSK |
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| traitor, adultery, wicked, crafty
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Left: woman 女, right: dry 干 (laundry rack)
The woman who is conspicuously "dry" is the traitor.
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媚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| flatter, charm
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Left: woman 女, right: eyebrow 眉 (The eye 目 is framed 尸 by a lateral eyebrow.)
Women can use the eyebrows for flattering.
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婿
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JLPT no HSK |
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| son-in-law
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Left: woman 女, right: 胥 (var. of correct/proper 正, body 月/肉)
The woman wants a "proper body" as son-in-law.
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汝
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JLPT no HSK |
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| you, thou
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Left: water 氵, right: woman 女
Water and women, that is needed by: you!
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嫦
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JLPT no HSK |
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| a legendary beauty who flew to the moon, the lady in the moon
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Left: woman 女, right: usually 常 (His esteem 尚 is given to this cloth 巾 usually.)
A woman should usually be in the moon.
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妮
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JLPT no HSK |
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| girl, phonetic "ni" (in girl's name)
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Left woman 女, right: Buddist nun 尼 (buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕)
A woman, sitting like a nun, is: a girl.
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妞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| young girl
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Left: woman 女, right: ugly 丑 (The devil 鬼 was simplified to the ugly: 丑, here: part of mother 母)
The woman, who is only a part of a mother is: a young girl.
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娴
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to be skilled at, refined, elegant
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Left: woman 女, right: leasure, free time 闲 (Through the gate 门/門 out to the trees 木, when you are at leisure)
(With experience, the work goes faster) If the woman wants free time, she has to be skilled.
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娟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| graceful, beautiful
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Left: woman 女, right: small worm 肙 (The head 口 is as big as the body 月/肉)
(elegant restraint) A woman who is like a small worm, is considered as graceful?
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妾
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JLPT no HSK |
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| concubine, female servant
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Top: to stand 立, bottom: woman 女
The standing woman is the: concubine.
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妃
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JLPT no HSK |
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| imperial concubine
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Left: woman 女, right: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.)
The woman herself is a concubine.
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姚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| handsome, good-looking
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Left: woman 女, right: sign, omen 兆 (cracks in a turtle shell, used for divination.)
A woman has the "signs" of good looking.
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菇
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JLPT no HSK |
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| mushroom
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: paternal aunt 姑 (the woman 女 who is old 古)
The plants (collected) by the old women, are the: mushrooms.
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霎
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JLPT no HSK |
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| all of a sudden, drizzle
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Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), right: concubine 妾 (The standing 立 woman 女 is the: concubine.)
In the rain is standing a woman (and says:) It came suddenly.
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嬉
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JLPT no HSK |
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| amusement
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Left: woman 女, right: to be happy, enjoy 喜 (A scholar 士 with beans 豆 in his mouth 口 is happy.)
Women are happy with amusement.
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嫖
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to visit a prostitute
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Left: woman 女, right: ticket, bank note 票 (In the west 覀/西 you show 示 your ticket) [West: 西 = Under the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west]
For the woman you need a ticket, when: visiting a prostitute.
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堰
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JLPT no HSK |
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| dam, embankment, dike, bank, weir
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Left: earth 土, right: 匽 (frame 匚, sun 日 (here: simplified field 田), woman 女)
The earth that (protects) as a frame the (simplified) fields and the women is: a dam.
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鹦
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JLPT no HSK |
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| parrot
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Left: infant, baby 婴 (Sucking mouths 冂 at the nipples 人 of the woman 女 indicate infants/babies), right: bird 鸟
Like an infant (talks) this bird: the parrot.
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嫣
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JLPT no HSK |
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| beautiful, sweet, captivating, engaging
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Left: woman 女, right: where, how 焉 (Is it correct 正, that the bird 鳥 has no head: How? Where?)
The woman does it correctly when being like a bird: captivatingly beautiful.
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妊
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JLPT no HSK |
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| be pregnant
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Left: woman 女, right: burden 壬 (spindle on which a thread is wound up)
The woman carries the burden of pregnancy.
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娼
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JLPT no HSK |
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| prostitute
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Left: woman 女, right: to flourish 昌 (Two suns 日 and it is flourishing)
The woman like two suns is: the prostitute.
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娠
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JLPT no HSK |
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| pregnant
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Left: woman 女, right: early morning 辰 = image of: plowing (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农.)
Women who were "plowed" are pregnant.
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婷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| graceful
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Left: woman 女, right: pavilion, kiosk 亭 (Tall like a high 高 nail 丁 is this pavilion.)
The woman (vendor) at the kiosk (pavilion) is graceful.
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嫡
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JLPT no HSK |
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| direct line of descent, son of first wife
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Left: woman 女, right: old emperor (mixture of emperor 帝 and old 古) [emperor 帝 = Stand up 立 and cover 冖 yourself with cloth 巾, the emperor is coming.]
The (first) wife of the old emperor stands for the line of descent.
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姗
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to proceed slowly, leisurely, to deprecate, agile, graceful
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Left: woman 女, right: book, booklet 册 (Here: two person 冂 walking hand-in-hand 一)
When women go 'hand-in-hand', they: proceeding slowly.
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媲
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to match, to pair, equal, to compare, to marry
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Left: woman 女, right: variation of trash can 㐫, to compare: 比 (There are two sitting 匕 persons: Compare them)
When the woman puts something in the trash can and then compares it, everything inside is in: matching /pairing.
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婵
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JLPT no HSK |
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| beautiful, graceful
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Left: woman 女, right: single, individual 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets] as the single one.)
The woman is the only/single beautiful.
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嫔
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JLPT no HSK |
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| imperial concubine
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Left: woman 女, right: guest, visitor 宾 (Under your roof 宀 a soldier 兵 is billeted as your guest.)
The woman for the guests is a concubine.
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娓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| enchanting, agreeable, active, comply with
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Left: woman 女, right: tail, remainder 尾 (The hair 毛 at the buttocks 尸)
Women with (horse)tails can be enchanting.
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