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say, speak 曰
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| Explanation |
This radical is very similar to the sun 日. But it is to be understood as a mouth 口 with a tongue 一 , which stands for “to speak”.
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Used in these characters:
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| even further, still more, to change (cloths) or replace
gēng, gèng
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曰
丈
更
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Center: sun 日, rest: unit of length zhàng 丈 3m (a big 大 person with a wide step)
The sun goes with wide steps even further.
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曾
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| former, previously, once, already
céng, zēng
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曾
曰
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Variation of 曽, which shows: out of 丷, field 田, sun 日
At rain 丷 on the field as under the sun, that's how we worked formerly.
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曲
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| bending, bent, crooked, wrong, melody, tune
qū, qǔ
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曰
由
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Shows a field 田 with two growing plants II.
The plants in the field are bending according to a melody. (Or: Two flutes 笛 play a melody.)
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曰
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to speak, to say
yuē
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曰
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The image of a mouth 口 with a tongue 一 stands for speaking.
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