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urgent, pressing 急
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急
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| urgent, pressing, rapid, hurried
jí
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急
彐
心
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From top: inflected person ⺈, hand  /彐, heart 心
The inflected person holds the hand to the heart, because he was in an urgent hurry. (and now is exhausted)
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趋
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to hasten, to hurry, to walk fast, tendency
qū
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走
刍
急
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Left: to walk/go 走 (On earth 土 feet 足 have to walk.), right: mowing grass 刍 (here a variation of: hurry 急 [The bent person ⺈ holds with the hand 彐 at the heart 心 because he was in a hurry.]
Walking in a hurry means: to hasten.
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稳
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| stable, settled, firm, reliable
wěn
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禾
急
心
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: urgent, pressing 急 (The bent person ⺈ holds hand 彐 to heart 心, because he was in a hurry.
When the rice plants grow quickly, (the business) is stable and settled.
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隐
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| concealed, secret, hidden, crypto-...
yǐn
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阝
急
彐
心
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Left: hill 阝, right: urgent/hurry 急 (The bent person ⺈ holds hand /彐 to heart 心, because he was in hurry (and now is exhausted)
He used the hill, for urgently hiding and concealing it.
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瘾
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| addiction, craving, strong urge
yǐn
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疒
急
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Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: conceal,hide 隐 (In the hill 阝 it was urgently 急 hidden.)
A disease, that is hidden, is the addiction.
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