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moon, month 月
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When it is at the left in the character then often with the meaning "body part". If at the right, then as "moon, month, period".
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Used in these characters:
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前
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| front, ahead, before, first, former
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Top: a part 䒑 of the head/horns of a sheep 羊, bottom: meat 月/肉, knife, cut刂
The horns and the flesh are cut (beginning) at the front position.
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明
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| bright, clear, to understand
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A combination of sun 日 and moon 月
Both sun and moon shine bright.
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月
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| moon, month
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The radical 月 means moon or month. (The hanzi for meat/flesh 肉 as a radical is typically simplified to this 月)
Image of an ascending moon
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期
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| a period of time, phase
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Left: image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing) 其, that is used for throwing up the grain rhythmically [thus used in period 期] to separate the corn from the husk), right: moon/month 月
Grain scoops and the moon are only seen: periodically.
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阴
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| Moon, cloudy, shady, rearside, Yin of (Yin:阴/Yang:阳)
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Left: hill 阝(If this radical: 阝is at the left of a character it means 'hill', otherwise it means 'village'), right: moon 月
The hill is on its "moon-side" shady, thus the: Yin.
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猜
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to guess, assume, conjecture
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: green/blue 青 (Growing plants  appear in the moonshine 月 blue and young.)
When a wild animal appears like a plant in the moonshine, one only can guess (what it is).
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钥
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| key
yào, yuè
金
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Left: metal 钅(=金), right: moon 月 (here: image of a key, where the 3 horizontal lines are coding bits)
He is made of metal and has a coding: the key.
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朝
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| government, morning, audience, pilgrimage
cháo, zhāo
朝
月
旦
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Left: sunrise  (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹.) [Sunset is: 莫], right: moon 月
At sunrise, when the moon is still there, it is the morning [zhāo] and I make a pilgrimage to the government [cháo].
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朗
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| clear, bright, optimistic
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Left: variation of good 良, right: moon 月
The good old moon is clear and optimistic.
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霸
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| tyrant, hegemon, to rule by force, to usurp
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Top: rain 雨, below: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather; but here: animals in general.), moon 月
He controls the rain, the animals and the moon: The tyrant!
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盟
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| oath, pledge, union, to ally, league
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Top: bright/clear 明 (sun 日, moon 月), below: bowl/plate 皿
On a bright plate, it is presented: the oath of pledge.
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啃
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to gnaw, to nibble, to bite
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Left: mouth 口, right: to agree 肯 (Stop 止 that body 月 if you agree.)
The mouth stops only, when from the body (everything) is: gnawed.
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荫
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JLPT no HSK |
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| shade
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Top: grass 艹, bottom: moon, rearside, Yin 阴 (The hill 阝is on its "moon-side" 月 shady, thus the: Yin)
Only grass can grow at the "moon"-side of the hill: in the shade.
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髓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| marrow (spinal or plant's stem), essence, pith
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Left: skeleton 骨, right: 遀 (movement 辶, part of lazy 惰 [I feel 忄, that the left 左 [half] of my body 月 is lazy])
The skeleton has during movement sth. lazy: The marrow.
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朦
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JLPT no HSK |
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| hazy, deceive, indistinct
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Left: moon, body 月, right: to deceive, cheat 蒙 (Under the plants 艹 and under the cover 冖 there shall be a/one 一 pig 豕? You deceiver!)
The moon light can be deceiving, because it hazy.
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胧
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JLPT no HSK |
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| hazy moonlight, hazy, unclear
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Left: body 月, right: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ)
His body appeared like a dragon in the hazy moonlight.
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棚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| shed, canopy, shack
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Left: tree 木, right: friends 朋 (Two bodies 月/肉 next to each other are friends.)
This tree will be within two months: a shed.
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朔
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JLPT no HSK |
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| new moon, beginning, first day of lunar month
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Left: disobedient 屰 (A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked is disobedient.), right: moon 月
If the 'disobedient' moon does not shine, it is new moon.
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婿
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JLPT no HSK |
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| son-in-law
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Left: woman 女, right: 胥 (var. of correct/proper 正, body 月)
The woman wants a "proper body" as son-in-law.
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