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companion 曹
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Used in these characters:
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糟
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| pickled in wine, rotten, messy, ruined
zāo
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米
曹
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Left: rice 米, right: class/group 曹 (The seedlings 由 from the field 田 are tied-up 一 and put into baskets 日 for: classification.)
Rice of the same class is pickled in wine.
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遭
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to suffer, to sustain (misfortune, loss), incident
zāo
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辶
曹
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Left: movement 辶, right: class/group 曹 (The seedlings 由 from the field 田 are tied-up 一 and put into baskets 日 for: classification.)
(The clothes rub:) With the movement of the same kind one has to suffer it.
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嘈
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| noisy, clamorous, bustling, tumultuous
cáo
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口
曹
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Left: mouth 口, right: class/group 曹 (The seedlings 由 from the field 田 are tied-up 一 and put into baskets 日 for: classification)
Sounds (= what comes out of the mouth) of the same class is considered to be noise.
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槽
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JLPT no HSK |
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| trough, manger, groove, channel
cáo
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木
曹
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Left: tree 木, right: class/group 曹 (The seedlings 由 from the field 田 are tied-up 一 and put into baskets 日 for: classification.)
Trees of the same class are used for making thoughs or mangers.
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曹
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JLPT no HSK |
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| class, group, grade, generation
cáo
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曹
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The seedlings 由 (The actutal meaning is: reason, with the phrase: The sprout/seedling 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.) from the field 田 are tied-up 一 and put into baskets 日 for: classification & grouping.
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| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
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