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子
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| child, son, small thing, seed, egg
zǐ, zi
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乛
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A child with an emphasized head 乛, a body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一 seeking help.
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学
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| learn, study, science
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From top: beam of light  , cover 冖, child 子 (Image of a child with an oversized head 乛, a body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一 seeking help)
There is a crown  above the child when it is busy in learning.
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好
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| good, well, proper
hǎo, hào
女
子
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Left: woman 女, right: child 子 (A child with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two support-seeking arms 一.)
Women and children are good.
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字
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| character, letter, symbol, word
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Top: roof 宀, bottom: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一 seeking help.)
Under the roof a child is sitting to study: the characters.
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教
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| to educate, teach, religion
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Left: filial obedience 孝 (... An old man 耂 with a stick/cane ノ teaches them to a child 子), right: strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a further stick 卜)
On this earth children a striked with a stick as: education.
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孩
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| child
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Left: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一), right: (zodiac) pig 亥 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶)
A child like a pig, is really a child.
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李
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| plum
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Top: tree 木, bottom: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一)
The tree that has something for the children is: the plum.
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季
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| season, period, the last month of a season
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Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一)
Rice plants and children develop with the seasons.
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孙
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| grandson, descendant
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Left: child 子 (A child with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一), right: small 小 (A person 亅 with the arms 八 close to the body is small)
The child who is the smallest is the grandson.
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存
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| exist, deposit, store, keep, survive
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Left: var. of talent 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented.), right: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一)
With his talent, the child can exist and survive.
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厚
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| thick, deep or profound, kind, generous
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From top: cliff 厂, sun 日, child 子 (.. a child with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一)
Under the cliff in the sun there is a child that is thick, but kind and generous.
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仔
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| small thing, child, chick (young animal), attentive
zī, zǐ, zǎi
亻
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Left: Person 亻, right: child 子 (... with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一)
A person has to give attentions to small things, like chicks.
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享
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to enjoy, to benefit, have pleasure
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Top: var. of high/tall 高, bottom: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一)
The tall child is enjoying.
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孕
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| pregnancy, pregnant
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Top: therefore/thus 乃 (side view of a pregnancy belly), below: child 子
From the womb a child is born at the pregnancy.
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孝
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| filial piety or obedience, mourning apparel
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Top: old man 耂, below: child 子
Towards an old man, a child has the: filial duties.
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脖
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| neck, collar
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Left: body part 月/肉, right: 孛 (from above: head 十, emphasized broad neck 冖, small rest 子 of the body)
The body part that is here emphasized is the neck.
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荐
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to recommend, grass, straw mat
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Top: plant, grass 艹, bottom: exist 存 (With this talent 才 the child 子 can exist.)
Grass exists and [I recommend its use] as a straw mat.
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浮
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to float, unstable, superficial, excessive
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Left: water 氵, right: trust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting.)
Into the water, a hand reaches down for a child that is floating.
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猛
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| ferocious, violent, suddenly, fierce, abrupt
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: eldest brother 孟 (child 子, bowl/plate 皿)
The animal has a child in its bowl: It was ferocious and violent.
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孔
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| hole, dwellings, Confucius
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Left: child 子, right: kneeling person 乚
A child is kneeling in front of the hole Confucius used to live in.
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勃
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| flourishing, vigorous, prosperous, suddenly
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Left: 孛 Combination of ten 十 and character, symbol 字, right: strength 力
Ten symbols of his strength are flourishing suddenly.
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孤
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| lone, lonely, orphan
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Left: child 子, right: melon 瓜 (image of a melon hanging from a frame)
The child and the single hanging melon are lonely.
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吼
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| roar or howl of an animal, bellow of rage
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Left: mouth 口, right: dwellings, Confucius 孔 (A child 子 is kneeling 乚 in front of the hole Confucius used to live in.), here: variant of breast, milk 乳
A baby's mouth 口 that wants milk 乳 is roaring.
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逊
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to abdicate, modest, unpretentious, inferior to
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Left: movement 辶, right: grandson 孙 (The child 子 who is the smallest 小 is the grandson.)
(Reached the age limit:) The movement, when the grandson comes is to abdicate modestly.
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孽
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JLPT no HSK |
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| crime, sin, disaster, evil
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Top: 薛 (grass 艹, anal penetration, torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口, needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture), bottom: child 子
In the grass, anal penetration with a child is a: crime.
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悖
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to go against, to be contrary to, perverse, rebellious
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Left: feelings 忄, right: comet 孛 (It crosses 十 the orbits of the planets in the firmament 冖 and is (big as a) child 子)
(It does not follow a planetary orbit:) The feeling with a comet that it: goes against.
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孜
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JLPT no HSK |
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| hard-working, industrious
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Left: child 子, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
The child is beaten to make it: hard-working.
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孵
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JLPT no HSK |
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| breeding, to incubate, to hatch
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Left: egg 卵, right: trust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting) [cf. milk, breast 乳]
The egg needs to be entrusted to sb. for: breeding.
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孚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to trust, to believe in
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Top: hand reaching down 爫, bottom: child 子
A hand reaching down is what a child can trust in.
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悸
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to palpitate, fearful, afraid, perturbed
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Left: feelings 忄, right: season, period 季 (Rice plants 禾 and children 子 develop with the seasons.)
The feeling with periods is: the palpitating heart with fear.
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籽
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JLPT no HSK |
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| seeds
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Left: rice 米, right: child 子
The rice has 'children', namely: the seeds.
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孟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| eldest amongst brothers, first month of a season
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Top: child 子, bottom: bowl 皿
The child who got a bowl (as a present at birth) is the eldest brother.
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