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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| household, family, businesses, specialist
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Top: a roof 宀, bottom: a pig 豕 (see: 豚)
Under the roof is the pig part of the: household.
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院
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| courtyard, institution
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Left: hill 阝(If this radical is at the left of a character, it means "hill", otherwise: "village"), right: finished/complete: 完 (A roof 宀 needs an origin 元 [= groundwork, seating] to be finished and complete.) [Origin: 元 =two 二 legs 儿]
(An institute needs a lot of space:) The hill is completely used by the: Institute.
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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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客
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| guest, customer, visitor
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At top: roof 宀, bottom: every 各 (Sitting with crossed legs 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
He sits under the roof cross-legged on a cushion: Our guest!
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它
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| it, (used for lifeless things)
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Top: roof 宀, below: ladle/spoon 匕
Under the roof the ladle is a lifeless thing, an "it".
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室
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| room, apartment
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Top: roof 宀, below: to arrive 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 returns back to earth 土 and arrives there.)
When I arrive under the roof, I go to my room.
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完
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| complete, to finish, whole, entire
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Top: roof 宀, bottom: origin, chin. Yuan 元 (two 二 legs 儿)
(A building is complete when it has a roof. Thus:) A roof needs an origin (= groundwork, seating) to be finished and complete.
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宜
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| appropriate, proper, suitable
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Top: roof 宀, below: further/moreover 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
(To keep the wood pile dry when it rains:) A roof over the pile/stack is appropriate.
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宾
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| visitor, guest, object (in grammar)
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Top: roof 宀, bottom: soldier 兵 (At the hill 丘 there are eight 八 soldiers.)
(At compulsory billeting) Under your roof a soldier is accommodated as your: guest.
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害
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to damage, to cause trouble to, calamity
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From top: roof 宀, growing plant 丰 [cf. abundant 丰], pot 口
Under the roof (of the house) is a growing potted plant, which caused a damage.
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实
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| real, fact, true, honest
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Top: roof 宀, below: leader 头 (= The big 大 one with protruding eyes 丶)
(Only one master can rule the household) Under a roof is (just) one leader. This is a real fact!
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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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容
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| appearance, look, to hold, to contain
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Top: roof 宀, below: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口)
The roofs in the valley determine the appearance.
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赛
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| competition, match, to surpass, to excel sb.
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From top: roof 宀, a well 井 and table  (or variant of together: 共), money 贝/貝 (= cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八= shell-money)
Under the roof we (fight) together 共 'doubly 二' for money: in a competition.
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定
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to set, to fix, to determine, to order, surely
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Top: roof 宀, bottom: var. of correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.)
Under the roof, everything is o.k. if things are set and determined.
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碗
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| bowl, cup
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Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口.), 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)
They are made of stone(ware) and all are similar: The bowls and cups.
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察
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to examine, inspect, to look into
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Top: roof 宀, below: sacrifice 祭 (The body 月/肉 is put by hand  on the altar 示 as sacrifice)
(One wants to know what is sacrificed:) If the sacrifice is covered, it should be investigated.
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密
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| dense, crowded, intimate, close, secret
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From top: roof 宀, certainly 必 (The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!), montain 山
If there is under the roof certainly a mountains of ..., then it is be dense and thick.
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寒
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| cold, poor, to tremble
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From top: a roof 宀, a well 井, variant of six 六, variant of ice 冫
Under the roof, the well has six pieces of ice: It's cold!
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寄
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to depend, to live (in a house), to lodge
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Top: roof 宀, below: strange, odd 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it might look strange.) - [possible 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]
Under the roof, there are great possibilities, because you depend on each-other.
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管
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| tube, pipe, conduit, control, to care about
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: government 官 (Under one roof 宀 with connected ノ rooms 吕) (Here: see 官 as two tubes 口,口 in cross-section in a covered conduit 宀)
Made of bamboo, the tubes are in the conduit.
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擦
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| rubbing, to wipe, to clean, to polish
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Left: hand 扌, right: investigate 察 (Due to the cover 宀 over the sacrifice 祭, we want to know what is sacrificed and that is investigated.) [sacrifice = 祭 = The body 月/肉 is put by hand on the altar 示 to sacrifice.]
The hand investigates by rubbing.
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演
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to perform, to play, to act, to evolve
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Left: water 氵, right: 寅 (roof/house 宀, one 一, field 田, eight 八)
The water in the house at the single field is part of the eight performances.
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谊
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| friendship
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Left: word 讠/言, right: appropriate, proper 宜 (A roof 宀 over the pile 且 is appropriate.)
With words that are appropriate for the friendship.
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富
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| wealthy, rich, abundant
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Top: roof/house 宀, below: barrel of rice wine 畐 (originally pictograph of a barrel of rice wine as an altar offering; from there: wealth, luck 福)
A house with barrels of wine is wealthy.
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缩
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| shrink, to withdraw, pull back, abbreviation
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: lodge/hostel 宿 (Under the roof 宀 persons 人 in the hundreds 百 in the lodge.)
The threads (of bed linen) in the hostel will (after washing) shrink.
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官
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| official, government, organ of body
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Top: roof 宀, below: connected ノ rooms 吕
Under a roof with connected rooms is: the government.
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灾
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| disaster, calamity
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Top: roof 宀, bottom: fire 火
Under a roof, a raging fire is a disaster.
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宣
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to announce, to declare (publicly), proclaim
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From top: roof 宀, a first sun ray 一, sunrise 旦 (= sun 日 above the horizon 一)
(At sunrise the light shines on high places first) At the roof with a first sun ray the sunrise is announced.
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蛇
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| snake, serpent
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Left: insect 虫 (The body 口 and the sting 厶 of an insect.), right: it (lifeless) 它 (roof 宀, sitting person 匕)
The 'insect' next to the house with the sitting person is: a snake.
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寂
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| lonely, solitary, silent
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Top: roof, house 宀, below: parent's younger siblings 叔 (left: image of a pepper plant 尗, right: hand 又)
(They are just out harvesting pepper by hand:) The house of my younger uncle is lonely.
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宁
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| peaceful, rather, better, tranquil
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Top: roof 宀, below: nail 丁
(There is no risk that the building might collapse:) When the roof is built with nails, you have peace.
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宿
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| dormitory, hostel, to lodge, stay at, old, former
sù, xiǔ, xiù
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Top: roof 宀, below: 佰 (person 亻/人 and hundred 百 [tilt your head to the right to read 100])
The roof hosting hundred people is a lodge.
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守
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to guard, defend, protect, to observe (rules)
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Top: roof 宀, below: skillful hand 寸
A roof or a skillful hand can guard.
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蜜
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| honey
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Top: quiet, silent 宓 (roof 宀, certainly 必 [The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!]), bottom: insect 虫
Under the roof are certainly insects for making honey.
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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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宝
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| a treasure, jewel or gem, precious
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Top: roof/house 宀, bottom: jade, jewel 玉 (At the feet of the king 王 is his jade/jewels 丶)
Under the roof are jewels: A treasure!
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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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寓
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to reside, to imply, to contain
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Top: roof 宀, below: scorpion 禺 (scorpion with carapace 田, insect 虫 with sting 厶 and long legs 冂)
Under the roof even scorpions can reside!
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宠
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to love, to pamper, to spoil, to favor
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Top: roof 宀, bottom: dragon, imperial 龙 (The outstanding (emphasized) 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a winding dragon ノ)
Under your roof, the imperial dragon is what you should love and favor.
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寞
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| lonely, lonesome
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Top: roof 宀, below: negative 莫 (sink, go down: The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.)
Behind the roof the sunset happens, and it becomes lonely.
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宽
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| wide, broad, spacious, lenient
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Top: roof 宀, below: 苋 (plant 艹, see 见/見 (An eye 目 on legs 儿 = looking around)
From the roof, the plants, which I can see are (everywhere): widely and broadly.
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额
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| forehead, share, portion, amount
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Left: guest 客 (Under the roof 宀 is everybody 各 our guest.) [everybody 各 = is sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口], right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The guests get by head (or forehead) each their share.
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宏
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| magnificent, great, imposing, macro-
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Top: roof 宀, below: upper arm 厷 (here: ten 十, nose 厶)
If the roof covers ten noses, it is magnificent.
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宗
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| Religion, school of a teaching, ancestor
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Top: roof 宀, bottom: to show 示 (altar 丁 on which something 一 can be seen)
The 'roof' over the altar is the religion.
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宅
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| residence
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Top: roof/house 宀, below: plant 乇 with roots
The house with the rooted plant is my residence.
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宇
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| universe, cosmos, space
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Top: roof 宀, below: in,on,at 于 (similar to umbrella (cf.伞), I having in,on,at me. - Or with a handle 亅 and keeps 干 dry)
A roof that is like an umbrella is the universe.
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宪
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| statute, constitution
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Top: roof 宀, below: in advance, first 先 (A cow 牛 with only two legs 儿 walks preceding.)
When being under a roof, you first need a statute.
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穴
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| hole, cave, cavity, acupuncture point
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Top: roof 宀, below: eight 八 or the image of an entrance
It is covered and a narrowing path leads into: the cave.
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塞
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to block, to stuff, to squeeze in, obstruct, Serbian
sāi, sài, sè
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From top: roof 宀, a well 井, var. of six 六, earth 土
Despite the roof, the well was already six-times filled with earth and thus blocked/obstructed.
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审
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to investigate, to examine, carefully, to try (in court)
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Top: roof 宀, below: explain, speak 申 (A mouth 口 with a big "plus" + for the outgoing surplus when explaining.)
Under the roof an object 日 is cut up with a knife 丨 for: investigations.
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宰
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to manage, govern, rule, to slaughter livestock
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Top: roof 宀, below: hot/spicy/bitter 辛 (the image of a needle for tattooing)
Under the roof 'bitterness' is managed.
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溶
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to melt, to dissolve, soluble
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Left: water 氵, right: appearance 容 (The roofs 宀 in the valley 谷 are an appearance.)
Water comes from the roof into the valley, because it is melting.
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奥
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| obscure, mysterious, Austria 奥地利
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From top: var. of roof 宀, rice 米, big 大
Under the roof, he hides rice in big quantities and this is obscure in Austria.
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宫
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| palace, castle, temple
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Top: roof 宀, below: two rooms 吕, which stands for many rooms
Under one roof are the (many) rooms in: a palace.
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牢
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| cage, corral, prison, firm, sturdy
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Top: roof 宀, below: cow 牛
The roof serves for the cow as an enclosure, that is firm and sturdy.
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诧
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to be surprised, to be astonished
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Left: word 讠/言, right: residence 宅 (The roof 宀 with the rooted plant 乇 is my residence.)
His words about the house with the rooted plant surprised me.
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稼
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sow grain
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: household 家 (Under the roof 宀 is a personal pig 豕)
The rice plants for the household need to be sowed.
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寝
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sleep, dormitory, to lie down
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Top: roof/house 宀, left: bed 丬 (= image of a tree cut into half; cf. 片), right: var. of hand holding a broom 帚
Under the roof is a bed and a broom. That's where I sleep.
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宵
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| night
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Top: house 宀, bottom: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
The houses look alike in the night.
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淀
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sediment, deposits, precipitate
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Left: water 氵, right: to settle, to fix 定 (Under the roof 宀, everything is correct 正, if things are settled.)
For water that is covered, it is correct (normal) to form a sediment.
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宙
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| universe, cosmos
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Top: roof 宀, below: reason/cause 由 (Here: a rocket丨starting from a rice field 田)
Towards 'the roof' the rocket is starting from the field into universe.
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暄
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| pleasant, genius and warm
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Left: sun 日, right: announce 宣 (At the roof 宀 [= highest point] with a first sun ray 一 the sunrise 旦 is announced.)
When the sun announces, it becomes pleasant and warm.
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棺
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JLPT no HSK |
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| coffin
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Left: tree 木, right: government 官 (Under one roof 宀 with connected ノ rooms 吕)
They are wooden and below a cover the coffins 吕 are piled.
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贮
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to store, to save, stockpile
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Left: money 贝/貝, right: roof 宀 and one 一
We need money, because under the roof a stockpile shall be stored.
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喀
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JLPT no HSK |
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| sound of coughing or vomiting
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Left: mouth 口, right: guest 客 (Under the roof 宀 is everybody 各 sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 our guest)
His mouth is covering 宀 everybody 各, when: coughing.
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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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宦
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JLPT no HSK |
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| court eunuch, imperial official
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Top: roof 宀, bottom: minister 臣 (An eye wide open represents the attentiveness of a minister)
Under the roof is this minister: the eunuch.
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寡
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JLPT no HSK |
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| few, widowed
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From top: roof 宀, head/forehead (for person) 頁, divide 分 (with a sword 刀 in 8 八 pieces)
If under the roof there are (further) heads, the part/division for the widow becomes too little.
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to smelt, to fuse
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Left: fire 火, right: appearance 容 (The houses 宀 in the valley 谷 are an appearance.)
Fire causes the "appearance" of smelting.
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宛
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JLPT no HSK |
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| just like, as if, winding
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Top: roof 宀, below: 夗 (evening 夕, slumped Person 㔾)
At home [= under my roof], when I am slumped in the evening (e.g. on the television coach) it's always just the like.
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寥
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JLPT no HSK |
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| empty, lonesome, very few
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Top: roof 宀, bottom: sound of the wind 翏 (At feather 羽 or the beard 㐱 you feel the wind. [㐱 = person 人 with beard 彡 or warts/measles 彡])
If under the roof, the wind rustles, the building is empty.
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绽
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to burst open, rend, open seam
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: to settle, to determine 定 (Under the roof 宀, everything is correct 正, if things are settled.)
(When the tension becomes too big:) The thread determines when it will burst open.
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宋
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| the Song dynasty (960-1279)
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Top: Roof 宀, below: tree 木
The Song Dynasty as the last of the 5 dynasties had roofs over the trees?
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狩
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to hunt, to go hunting
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Left: wild animal 犭, right: protect 守 (A roof 宀 or a skillful hand 寸 can guard)
Wild animals can for the protection (of the environment) be hunted.
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皖
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JLPT no HSK |
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| abbr. for Anhui 安徽 province
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Left: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white), right: finished/complete: 完 (A roof 宀 needs an origin 元 (= groundwork, seating) to be finished and complete. [Origin: 元 =two 二 legs 儿]
In white and finished: the Anhui province
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寇
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JLPT no HSK |
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| bandit, foe, enemy, to invade, to plunder
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Top: roof 宀, bottom: Yuan/money, origin 元, strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a stick 卜)
He comes under your roof, wants your Yuan and strikes: the bandit.
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腕
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JLPT no HSK |
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| wrist
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Left: bodypart 月/肉, right: as if 宛 (When I at home 宀 in the evening 夕 slump 㔾 (e.g. on the TV-coach) it's always just similar.)
The body part that (hurts), when I am in my home, at the evening (after work) and am slumped, is the: wrist.
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寨
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JLPT no HSK |
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| stronghold, stockade, camp, village
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From top: roof 宀, a well 井, table , tree 木
For (protecting) our roofs and wells, we use tables and trees to (build) a: stronghold.
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寅
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| year of the tiger, 3-5 a.m.
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Above: cover 宀, below: variant of yellow 黄 (Together 共 the fields 田 [in autumn] turn yellow.)
Under the cover (of black stripes) it is somewhat yellow: The tiger.
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嚓
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| sound of breaking or snapping
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Left: mouth 口, right: investigate 察 (Due to the cover 宀 over the sacrifice 祭, we want to know what is sacrificed and that is investigated.) [祭 = The body 月/肉 is put by hand on the altar 示 as sacrifice]
The sound (= what comes out of a mouth) must be investigated if it is a 'cracking sound'.
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寐
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| to sleep, be asleep
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Top: roof 宀, below: variant of fragment 爿 (here: as a bed 丬), not yet 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet")
Under the roof there is a bed 爿/丬, but I am not yet (ready) to: sleep.
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寰
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| large domain, extensive region
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From top: roof 宀, net 网/罒, grief 哀 (about the big hole 口 in the clothes 衣)
It is still covered, but the eye sees that the hole in the clothes already extends over a large domain.
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