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to collect 娄
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| Explanation |
This radical is used with the meaning "to collect", because helpful mnemonics become possible, as for example with " to collect 搂", which is ethymological not correct.
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Used in these characters:
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数
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to count, to enumerate
shǔ, shù, shuò
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娄
攴
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Left: to collect 娄 (Rice grains 米 are by women 女 been: collected.), right: strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a stick 卜)
The rice grains are for the woman with a stick: to count them.
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楼
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| house with more than 1 floors/stories
lóu
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木
娄
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Left: tree 木, right: to collect 娄 (Rice grains 米 are by women 女 been: collected.)
You need wood for this and you put the rice upstairs (= upper floor, thus protected from e.g. rats), while you yourself 女 are downstairs (= ground floor): in the multi-story building.
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屡
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| repeatedly, frequently, again and again
lǚ
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尸
娄
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Left: buttocks 尸, right: collect 娄 (Rice grains 米 are by women 女 been: collected.)
The 'buttocks' shall collect: repeatedly.
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搂
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to gather, to collect, solicit, embrace
lōu, lǒu
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扌
娄
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Left: hand 扌, right: to collect 娄 (Rice grains 米 are by women 女 been: collected.)
The hands collect when gathering.
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缕
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JLPT no HSK |
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| thread, locks (of hair), detailed
lǚ
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糸
娄
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: to collect 娄 (Rice grains 米 are by women 女: collected)
Threads, that are collected [= aligned] stand for: threads or locks (of hair).
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喽
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JLPT no HSK |
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| (final particle equivalent to 了)
lóu, lou
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口
娄
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Left: mouth 口 (here: an empty field 田), right: collect 娄 (Rice grains 米 are by women 女 been: collected.)
From the field 口/田 everything has been collected: We are at the end / finished.
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髅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| skull
lóu
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骨
娄
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Left: skeleton 骨 (image of a vertebra, cover 冖, body/flesh 月), right: collect 娄 (Rice grains 米 are by women 女 been: collected.)
(As a souvenir?) From the skeleton this is collected: The skull.
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擞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| trembling, shake
sǒu
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扌
娄
攴
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Left: hand 扌, right: to count, to enumerate 数 (Rice 米 seeds for a woman 女 with a stick 卜 in a hand 又 to count them.)
A hand that counts is trembling.
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