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|a bundle 束 and to lack 欠 欶
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Used in these characters:
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嗽
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| cough
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Left: mouth 口, right: 欶 (bundle 束 [a mouth behind a tree], lack 欠 [A yawning  person 人 is lacking sth.])
If you open your mouth so that it is 'treewide' open, like a yawning 欠 person: that is cough.
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漱
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to gargle, to rinse one's mouth with water
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Left: water 氵, right: 欶 (bundle 束, deficient/lack 欠 [A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.])
The water is first in a 'bundle' and then lacks: when rinsing.
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簌
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| very slight sound, rustling (onom.), tears streaming down
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: 欶 (bundle 束, to lack 欠)
The bamboo is bundled with gaps (= lacks) in between, which causes slight rustling sounds.
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