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market, city 市
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Used in these characters:
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市
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| market, city
shì
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市
巾
亠
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Top: a cover 亠, below: fabric/cloth 巾
You get covers and cloth in the city on the market.
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闹
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| noisy, cacophonous, to make noise, to fall ill
nào
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门
市
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Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: city, market 市 (You will get covers 亠 and cloth 巾 in the city on the market.)
Inside the gates of the city: it is noisy.
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柿
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| persimmon
shì
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木
市
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Left: tree 木, right: town/market 市 (You will get covers 亠 and cloth 巾 in the city on the market.)
(It can not be stored for a long time) From the tree (directly) to the market: the persimmon.
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币
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| money, currency, coins
bì
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巾
市
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Character is similar to city: 市 (cover 亠 and cloth 巾)
Similar to the city it is related to money and currency.
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肺
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| lungs
fèi
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肉
市
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Left: body part 月/肉, right: simplification of city 市 (Better: shoulders 一, lungs/chest 冂 and middle of the body 丨)
The body part, with the lobes of the lung 冂 lateral to the middle 丨 of the body is: the lungs.
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沛
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| abundant, copious
pèi
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氵
市
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Left: water 氵, right: variant of city 市 (You will get covers 亠 and cloth 巾 in the city on the market.)
(If there is enough) water, the city will flourish: abundantly.
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| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
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