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not, negation 弗
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Explanation |
A bow 弓 with two 丨丨 tendons is to be negated.
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Used in these characters:
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费
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| expenses, costs, spending, fee
fèi
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弗
贝
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Top: not, negation 弗 (A bow 弓 with two strings || is to be denied.), below: money 贝/貝 (= cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八 as shell-money)
The negation (= the opposite) of my money are my: expenses.
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佛
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| Buddha, Buddhism
fó, fú
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亻
弗
弓
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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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沸
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to boil, bubbling up
fèi
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氵
弗
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Left: water 氵, right: denial, not 弗 (here not etymological: flow water heater with heater coil 弓 and pipes || that are streamed through)
The water in the boiler is boiled.
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弗
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JLPT no HSK |
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| not, negation, denial
fú
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弗
弓
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A bow 弓 with two strings || is to be denied.
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狒
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JLPT no HSK |
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| hamadryad baboon
fèi
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犭
弗
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Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: denial 弗 (A bow 弓 with two strings || is to be denied.)
The animal that (is playful) and makes denials is the baboon.
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拂
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to brush away, shake off
fú
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扌
弗
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Left: hand 扌, right: denial 弗 (A bow 弓 with two strings || is to be denied.)
The hand that "denies" brushes away.
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氟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| flour, fluorine (chemistry)
fú
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气
弗
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Left: gas 气, right: denial 弗 (A bow 弓 with two strings || is to be denied.)
(Because it is poisonous:) The gas that is to be denied is: the flourine.
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