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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| prefix for making an order/ranking (first, second, etc)
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: bow 弓 and feathered arrow λ (Variation of younger brother 弟)
With a bamboo (stick) I show my younger brother 弟 the correct order. (= his rank)
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弟
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| younger brother, I (modest word in letter)
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From top: to come out 丷, bow 弓, and an arrow λ
A feathered arrow comes from the bow of my younger brother.
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张
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| stretch, expand, classifier for flat objects(=sheets)
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Left: bow 弓, right: long 长/長 (Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)
The bow is long and stretched and can lie flat.
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引
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to pull, to draw (e.g. a bow), to stretch sth
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A bow 弓 with its string丨
The bow's string is pulled.
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弹
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| bullet, shot, pluck (a string instrument), pellet, elastic
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Left: bow 弓, right: sole, single 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets including Pluto] as the single one.)
The bow "singles" [=making it single] the bullet at the shot.
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佛
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| Buddha, Buddhism
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Left: person 亻, right: deny, negation 弗 (A bow 弓 with two strings || is to be denied.)
A person of denial (of needs) is the (godlike) buddha.
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弯
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| bend, to stoop, crooked
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Top: also, namely 亦 (To see this variation 亦 as red 赤, you can also do.) [red 赤: When earth (clay) 土 is burned 灬, the pottery turns red 赤], below: bow 弓
(Your head) turns reddish, when you are like a bow, during: stooping.
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涨
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to rise (prices, rivers), to swell, distend
zhǎng, zhàng
氵
弓
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Left: water 氵, right: stretch 张 (The bow 弓 is long 长/長 and stretched.)
Wenn the water 'stretches' it rises.
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弱
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| weak, feeble, young, inferior
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Twice a bow 弓 with ice 冫
Bows with ice on them are too weak.
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强
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| strong, stubborn, vigorous
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Left: bow 弓, right : although 虽 (In the mouth 口 an insect 虫? Okay, although, ..)
If it can draw a bow with its mouth, this insect must be strong and stubborn.
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弥
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to fill, overflowing, brimming, completely
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Left: bow 弓, right: thus/therefore 尔 (A lying person  appears small 小, that therefore thus.) [lying person as variant of: 人]
Take your bow, lie down to become small and (due to hunting success your stomach) will fill.
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疆
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| border, boundary
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Left: bow 弓 and earth 土, right: 畺 (Three 三 border lines between fields 田)
With a bow I guard the earth at the border lines: of the border.
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湾
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| bay, gulf, to cast anchor
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Left: water 氵, right: to bend 弯 ([The head] turns reddish 亦/赤, when you are like a bow 弓 when stooping.
Water is reddish in that 'bow', which is: a bay.
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弦
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| chord, string (of bow / musical instrument), hypotenuse
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Left: bow 弓, right: mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where an upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious)
(As it withstood high forces, the bowstring was high-tech) The bow has a mysterious string.
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躬
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| oneself, personally, to bow
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Left: body 身 (side view of a body), right: bow 弓
A body that bows, shows: himself, his personality.
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粥
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| congee, gruel, porridge
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Outside: each bows 弓, inside: rice 米
Use "bowed" (= mashed) rice, to make congee (= rice porridge)
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弓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| a bow (weapon)
gōng
弓
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Pictograph: bow without string.
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弗
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JLPT no HSK |
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| not, negation, denial
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A bow 弓 with two strings || is to be denied.
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弧
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JLPT no HSK |
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| arc
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Left: bow 弓, right: melon 瓜 (Image of a melon hanging from a frame.)
Both a bow and a melon have the form of an arc.
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溺
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to drown, to indulge, addicted to, to spoil (a child)
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Left: water 氵, right: weak 弱 (Two bows 弓 with ice 冫are too weak.)
If you are in the water and get weak, you will drown.
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弛
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JLPT no HSK |
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| loosen, unstring a bow, slacken, relax
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Left: bow 弓, right: also/too 也 (shows a bent twisting like: snake, scorpion)
The bow (= its string) becomes a 'bent creature', when it is loosened.
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弩
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cross-bow
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Top: slave 奴 (Women's 女 hands 又 work like slaves), bottom: bow 弓
It serves like a slave. This bow is the cross-bow.
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穹
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JLPT no HSK |
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| domed roof, dome, vaulted
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Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: bow 弓
With a cavity that is arched (like a bow): a domed/vaulted roof.
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弘
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JLPT no HSK |
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| enrich, enlarge, liberal, great
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Left: bow 弓, right: nose 厶
A bent nose has sb., with plans for enriching and enlarging.
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夷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| barbarians, non-Han people, to wipe out
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Combination of big大 and bow 弓
(Think of the Mongols:) They have big bows: The barbarians.
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弼
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JLPT no HSK |
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| assist
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Left and rights: bows 弓, middle: hundred 百 (Tilt your head to the right and read '100'.)
Bows in the hundreds are assisting us.
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