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twenty 廿
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Two connected 一 ten 十 makes twenty.
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| epoch, generation, lifetime, age
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Left: corner  , right: twenty 廿 (two connected 'ten' 十)
From the corner (= the old) it arises every twenty (years) a new generation or epoch.
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度
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| degree, measure, x-times, extent
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Outside: building 广, below: various objects 廿 (= twenty = two connected 一 tens 十), hand 又
(A room temperature of 20°C is comfortable.) The building will be at 20 (degrees) when I set the thermostate 廿 by hand to this extent / degree.
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革
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| animal hide, leather, to remove, to expel (from office)
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Center: peeled skin 囗, rest: pictogram for a horned 廿 animal 干 with backbone 丨 from above
Horned animals have a skin 囗 of leather.
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席
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| banquet, woven mat, seat (in an assembly, theater)
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Outside: building 广, below: twenty 廿 (= two connected 'ten' 十), cloth 巾
In the building they use twenty-fold cloth: as seats.
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遮
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to conceal, to cover up (a shortcoming), to screen off
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Left: movement 辶, right: commonly, ordinary 庶 (A building 广 with a cooking pot 廿 on the fire 灬 that's just common.)
(In a magic trick you make inconspicuous movements) With an ordinary movement you can conceal/hide something.
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燕
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JLPT no HSK |
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| swallow (bird), Yan (state of Zhou)
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From top: twenty 廿, north 北 (2 people sit back-to-back because of the north's cold.), mouth 口, fire 灬
In (groups of) twenty they come from the north, because of the food (= mouth) and the temperature (=fire): the swallows
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庶
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JLPT no HSK |
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| common people (or populace), numerous
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From top: building 广, twenty 廿 (here: cooking pot), fire 灬
A house with a cooking pot on the fire: That's just common.
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廿
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JLPT no HSK |
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| twenty, 20
niàn
廿
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廾 is twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined.
Two connected 'ten' 十 makes twenty.
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