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我
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| I, me, my
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Left: hand 手/扌, right: halberd 戈
In my hand a halberd, and I am myself.
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看
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to watch, to guard, to look at, to consider
kān, kàn
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Top: hand 手, below: eye 目 (cf.观)
The hand shades the eye when watching.
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手
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| hand, (formal) to hold
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Image of a palm with fingers spread and a wrinkle in the palm. (The radical of hand is also depicted as: 扌, 又,爫,  or 寸)
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拿
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to seize, to hold, to catch, to apprehend
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Top: fitting/suitable 合 (The lid  fits on the pot 口.), bottom: hand 手
With a fitting hand you can seize and hold.
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拜
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to pray, worship, to pay respect, salute
bài
手
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Left: hand 手, right: buddh. prayer drum (not etymological)
With your hand and the prayer drum, you pray and pay respect.
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掌
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| palm of the hand, to be in charge of
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Top: esteem, to value 尚 (A small 小 house 宀 with a window 口 is furthermore esteemed.), here: 尚 as image of a palm with three fingers, bottom: hand 手
Image of a palm 尚 (with a hand 手)
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寿
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| long life, old age, birthday
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Left: var. of hand 手, right: skillful hand 寸
Two hands congratulate and wish: a long life. (And: Two hands are needed to roll sushi 寿司.)
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承
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to bear, responsibility, to take charge
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Outside: water 水, middle: child 子, two 二
Two children in the water. Then you bear a responsibility.
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拳
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| fist, boxing
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Top: border guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二), bottom: hand 手
The border guard has a hand, that is a fist.
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摩
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to rub, massage, to try to figure out
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Outside and top: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp), below: hand 手
(Use of hemp for cleaning) With hemp in the hand it is rubbed.
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撑
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to support, prop up, maintain, to open/unfurl
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Left: hand 扌, right: palm of the hand 掌 (image of the palm 尚 [= esteem], Hand 手)
The hand can with the palm of the hand: support or prop / push.
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攀
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to climb (by pulling oneself up), implicate
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Top: cage, fence 樊 (Between the trees 木 there are boundaries 爻 to form at the big 大 cage or fence.), bottom: hand 手
For the fence, use your hand to climb it up.
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挚
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sincere, cordial
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Top: grasp, seize 执 (If you get your hand 扌to that small bead 丸 you grasp it.), bottom: hand 手
If you have grasped it with your (whole) hand, then it is sincere.
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擎
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to raise (hand)
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Top: respect 敬 (When a plant 艹 speaks a sentence 句 [wrap 勹, mouth 口], it is hit 攵 with respect.), bottom: hand 手
It is respectful, when hands are raised.
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掰
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| break or open sth with one's hands
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Twice hand 手 and between: to divide 分 (... with the sword 刀 in 8 八 pieces)
Use both hands to divide, when: breaking.
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鹅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| goose
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Left: I, me 我 (In my hand 手 a halberd 戈 and I am myself), right: bird 鸟/鳥 [cf. chicken 鸡=you have your hand 又 on this bird 鸟]
(You have them as domestic livestock) My bird is the: goose.
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摹
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to imitate, to copy
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Top: negative 莫 (sink, go down: The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: hand 手
(Made of wood is the negative mold 模) and the hand makes with it: an imitation.
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焘
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cover over, to envelope
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Top: long life 寿 (two skillful hands 手 & 寸 are needed for Sushi 寿司 and you will have a long life.), bottom: fire 灬
(Oxygen reduction by a cover causes a slow burning:) A long life has the fire, if it is covered.
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挛
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JLPT no HSK |
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| twisted, bent, crooked, cramped
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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 becomes red 赤], below: hand 手
Somehow reddish gets the hand when: twisted or cramped.
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掣
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to pull, to draw, to pull back, to withdraw
chè
手
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Top: system, to control 制 (A cow 牛 wrapped in cloth 巾 and with a knife刂: what a system), bottom: hand 手
The 'system' of the hand is: to pull.
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