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squeeze out 录
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| Explanation |
The hanzi 录 has the meaning: to keep a record/to transcribe, but is used as a radical with the meaning “to squeeze out”, as this shows a hand 彐 squeezing out a liquid 水.
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Used in these characters:
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绿
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| green
lǜ
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糸
录
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Left: thread 纟/糸 (here: plant fiber), right: diary, record 录 ("to squeeze out" = A pressing hand 彐 lets liquid 水 drop out)
When plant fibers 纟are squeezed by hand 彐, the drops of liquid 水 are: green.
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汁
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| juice, gravy, sauce
zhī
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氵
十
录
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Left: water 氵, right: ten 十 (simplified from 录 - cf. green 绿 where plant fibers 纟 are pressed by hand 彐 and green liquid 水 drips down.)
The water that drops down from the pressing hand is: juice.
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录
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| diary, record, to hit, to copy
lù
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录
彐
水
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Top: hand 彐, bottom: liquid 水 (Compare with: green 绿 where a hand  /彐 squeezes fiber 纟 and green liquid 水 drops down.)
When the hand squeezes out a liquid this means: 'diary' or 'keeping records'.
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剥
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to peel, to skin, to shell, to shuck, to flay
bāo, bō
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录
刂
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Left: diary, record 录 ("to squeeze out" = part of green 绿 where fibers 糸 are squeezed by hand 彐 a green 绿 liquid 水 emerges), right: knife, to cut刂
What can be squeezed or cut, can be peeled.
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碌
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to employ, hire, to roll, record, write down
lù
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石
录
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Left: stone 石, right: diary, record 录 ("squeeze out" = part of green 绿, where plant-fibers 糸 are squeezed by hand 彐 and green 绿 liquid 水 drips out.)
A stone can be "squeezed" until it rolls, which is its employment.
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禄
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JLPT no HSK |
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| official salary, good fortune
lù
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示
录
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Left: to show 礻(=示, image of an altar, where things are shown), right: diary, record 录 ("squeeze out" = part of green 绿, where fibers 糸 are squeezed by hand 彐 a green 绿 liquid 水 emerges.)
From an altar it can be "squeezed out" an: official salary.
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氯
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JLPT no HSK |
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| chlorine (chemistry, Cl)
lǜ
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气
录
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Top: gas, air 气, below: diary, record 录 ("squeeze out" = part of green 绿 When fibers 糸 are squeezed by hand 彐 a green 绿 liquid 水 emerges)
(electrochemical extraction) The gas obtained by a "squeeze out" is: chlorine.
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