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cloth 布
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Used in these characters:
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希
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| rare, infrequent, hope/expect
xī
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㐅
布
巾
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Top: cross-stitch 㐅, below: cloth 布
A cross-stitch on a cloth is rare.
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布
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| cloth, to declare, to announce
bù
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布
巾
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Left: hand  , right: cloth 巾
The hand is holding a cloth.
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怖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| terror, terrified, afraid, frightened
bù
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忄
布
巾
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Left: feeling 忄, right: cloth 布 (Here a hand and shoulders 巾, which are composed of a backbone 丨 and two arms 冂)
The feeling with a hand on my shoulder is fear and being terrified.
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稀
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| rare, uncommon, watery, sparse
xī
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禾
㐅
布
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: seldom, sparse 希 (A cross-stitch 㐅 in cloth 布 is seldom.) [cloth 布 = A hand is holding a cloth 巾]
Rice plants that are seldom, are (really): rare.
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| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
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