时
JLPT HSK 1

shí
Left: sun/day 日, right: skillful hand 寸
A day is divided by a skillful hand into: periods.

	对
JLPT HSK 1

duì
Left: once again 又 (image of a hand), right: skillful hand 寸
The two hands are opposite, when: replying.

	谢
JLPT HSK 1

xiè
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: shoot 射 (The body 身 [is in a lateral position] and has a skillful hand 寸, when shooting)
The words after the shot were thanks (or apologies).

	得
JLPT HSK 2

dé, de, děi
Left: go 彳, right top: sunrise 旦 (sun 日 above the horizon 一), below: skillful hand 寸
"The early bird catches the worm": Go at sunrise and with a skillful you will achieve success/profit.

	过
JLPT HSK 2

guò
Left: movement 辶, right: skillful hand 寸
A movement of the skillful hand and you have passed through.

	树
JLPT HSK 3

shù
Left: tree 木, right: to reply 对 (Once again 又 to give a skillful 寸 answer.) [又 shows a hand]
You need a tree and both hands (this hand 又 and your skillful hand 寸) to plant that tree.

	特
JLPT HSK 3

tè
Left: cow 牛 (The head of a cow キ with only one horn ノ), right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
(Typically smaller animals like sheep were sacrificed. Thus:) A cow at the temple is sth: special.

	衬
JLPT HSK 3

chèn
Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: skillful hand 寸
(For sewing) clothes you need a skillful hand if it is an inner layer or underwear.

	导
JLPT HSK 4

dǎo
Top: year of snake 巳 (here: self 己 = Following the windings, I find myself.), bottom: skillful hand 寸
You, yourself, must have a skillful hand for leadership.

	付
JLPT HSK 4

fù
Left: person 亻/人, right: skillful hand 寸
A person with a skillful hand, who hands over sth. or pays.

	讨
JLPT HSK 4

tǎo
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: skillful hand 寸
Use words and a skillful hand to ask for sth.

	封
JLPT HSK 4

fēng
Left: piled/cumulated earth 圭 (=2x earth 土), right: skillful hand 寸
(cf. street 街 [= I go 行 over piled earth 圭] - Thus at road construction:) Earth is piled up by skillful hands and sealed.

	博
JLPT HSK 4

bó
Left: ten 十, right: announce 尃 (from top: just now 甫, skillful hand 寸) [just now 甫 = A hand for holding an item 丶 is what I need 用 just now.]
Tenfold you can make just now with skillful hands extensive gains.

	将
JLPT HSK 4

jiāng, jiàng
Left: bed 丬 (pictograph of a tree cut into half, cf. 片), right: hand reaching down 爫, skillful hand 寸
A simple bed, a hand reaching down and a skillful hand: This is what makes a commander.

	尊
JLPT HSK 4

zūn
From top: out of 丷, wine mug 酉, skillful hand 寸
When sth. comes out of a wine mug by a skillful hand, it's seen to be: honorific.

	耐
JLPT HSK 4

nài
Left: beard 而 (closed mouth 一 with a beard 皿), right: skillful hand 寸
(A lot of care-taking is necessary:) A beard needs a skillful hand that has endurance and patience.

	厨
JLPT HSK 4

chú
Left: cliff 厂 (here: kitchen table), inside: bean 豆, skillful hand 寸
The kitchen table, at which beans are processed with skillful hands, is in: the kitchen.

	膊
JLPT HSK 4

bó
Left: body part 月/肉, right: to announce 尃 (just now 甫 with skillful hand 寸) [A hand for holding an item 丶 is what I need 用 just now] cf. elbow 肘
The body part, that somehow looks like the upper body 甫 and where my 'skillful hand' 寸 is, is the shoulder.

	射
JLPT HSK 5

shè
Left: body 身 (side view of a body), right: skillful hand 寸
The body stands laterally and needs a skillful hand, when: shooting.

	村
JLPT HSK 5

cūn
Left: tree 木, right: unit of length 寸 (often seen as: "skillful hand"
(Historically a palisade [= a fence] was used as defense around the village) Trees are erected with skillful hands to (protect): the village.

	薄
JLPT HSK 5

bó, báo, bò
Top: plant 艹, below: extensive 溥 (The water 氵 announces 尃 that it is extensively widespread) [announce 尃 = right now 甫 with a skillful hand 寸, cf. 搏])
When plants are in the water they stay right now and despite skillful hands: meager and weak.

	碍
JLPT HSK 5

ài
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: sunrise 旦, skillful hand 寸
(Due to the articular gout) Like a stone is at sunrise my skillful hand: That hinders and obstructs.

	寻
JLPT HSK 5

xún
Top: hand /彐, below: skillful hand 寸
Use both hands for searching.

	遵
JLPT HSK 5

zūn
Left: movement 辶, right: honourific 尊 (When sth. comes out 丷 of a wine mug 酉 by a skillful hand 寸, it's seen to be: honorific.)
A honorific movement is obedient.

	寿
JLPT HSK 5

shòu
Left: var. of hand 手, right: skillful hand 寸
Two hands congratulate and wish: a long life. (And: Two hands are needed to roll sushi 寿司.)

	慰
JLPT HSK 5

wèi
Top: military officer 尉 (This buttocks 尸 shows 示 his skillful hand 寸 as an officer), bottom: heart 心
An officer with a heart knows how to comfort.

	冠
JLPT HSK 5

guān, guàn
Top: cover 冖, bottom: origin/chin.Yuan 元, skillful hand 寸
It's covering, costed many Yuan and is made by a skillful hand: The crown. (or the hat)

	守
JLPT HSK 5

shǒu
Top: roof 宀, below: skillful hand 寸
A roof or a skillful hand can guard.

	蹲
JLPT HSK 5

dūn
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: honorific 尊 (When sth. comes out 丷 of a wine mug 酉 by a skillful hand 寸, it's seen to be: honorific.)
(Making a kowtow?) With your feet you are honorific, if you crouch.

	寺
JLPT HSK 6

sì
Top: earth 土, bottom: skillful hand 寸
Use earth and skillful hands to build a temple.

	寸
JLPT HSK 6

cùn
Originally a hand with a pulse; re-interpreted as a: "skillful hand"
From the pulse to the hand it is one Cùn (3,03 cm).

	辱
JLPT HSK 6

rǔ
Top: early-morning 辰 = image of plowing 辰 (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农), below: skillful hand 寸
He had the plow in his skillful hands which he understood as: disgrace.

	夺
JLPT HSK 6

duó
Top: big 大, bottom: skillful hand 寸
With a big and skillful hand you can seize or strive/compete for sth.

	嚼
JLPT HSK 6

jiáo, jué
Left: mouth 口, right: nobility 爵 (A hand 爫 takes the plates 罒(=皿) to serve food 食 skillfully 寸 to the nobility.)
Also the mouths of the nobility chew.

	爵
JLPT no HSK

jué
Top: hand reaching down 爫, net/eye 罒 (here: plate 皿), below: var of food 食, skillful hand 寸
A hand reaches down to the plates to serve food skillfully to the nobility.

	忖
JLPT no HSK

cǔn
Left: feelings 忄, right: skillful hand 寸
The feeling in a skillful hand is a: pondering.

	肘
JLPT no HSK

zhǒu
Left: body part 月/肉, right: skillful hand 寸
The body part, which a 'skillful hand' needs: The elbow.

	橱
JLPT no HSK

chú
Left: tree 木, right: kitchen 厨 (The kitchen table 厂, at which beans 豆 are processed with skillful hands 寸, is in the kitchen.)
Its made of wood and is in the kitchen: the wardrobe.

	狩
JLPT no HSK

shòu
Left: animal 犭, right: protect 守 (A roof 宀 or a skillful hand 寸 can guard)
Animals can for the protection (of the environment) be hunted.

	焘
JLPT no HSK

dào
Top: long life 寿 (two skillful hands 手 & 寸 are needed for Sushi 寿司 and you will have a long life.), bottom: fire 灬
(Oxygen reduction by a cover causes a slow burning:) A long life has the fire, if it is covered.

	尉
JLPT no HSK

wèi
From left: buttock seen from the side 尸, to show 示, skillful hand 寸
This buttocks shows a skillful hand: that's an officer.

	褥
JLPT no HSK

rù
Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: disgrace, dishonor 辱 (Having the plow 辰 in his skillful hands 寸 he understood as: disgrace.)
For clothes it is a disgrace only serving as: a mattress.

	挝
JLPT no HSK

zhuā
Left: hand 扌, right: to pass through 过 (A movement 辶 of the skillful hand 寸 and you passed through.)
A hand can pass through, if it beats.