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点
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| point, o'clock, drop (of liquid), dot stroke
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Top: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told), bottom: fire 灬
If you tell the fortune over a fire, you will get to the point.
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热
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| hot, heat, to warm up, fervent
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Top: grasp, seize 执 (If you get your hand 扌 to that small bead 丸 you grasp it.), bottom: fire 灬 [bead, pill 丸 = A 'nine' 九 needs an additional stroke 丶 to become round like a pill/bead.]
If your hand holds a bead over the fire, it gets really hot.
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黑
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| black, dark
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At top: variation of village 里, bottom: fire 灬 - Here: consider 里 as cooking pot
The underside of the cooking pot is stained by fire black.
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然
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| correct, right so, thus, like this, -ly
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Top: dog meat 肰 (body 月/肉, dog 犬), below: fire 灬 [犬 = The big 大 man holds in his arms: a dog 丶]
(Dog meat is often chewy) The meat of a dog must be correctly over the fire: so it will be right and correct, thus ...
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照
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| illuminate, to shine, in accordance with, reflect
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Top: bright, manifest 昭 (The sun 日 is calling 召: It is becoming bright and manifest!) - [to summon or calling together 召 = with the sword 刀 and the mouth 口], bottom: fire 灬
As if the sun was summoned, is the fire that illuminates.
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马
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| horse
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simplified from 馬
Traditionally 馬 the image of a running horse ㄅ, with the mane in the wind ⌝, four legs 灬 and the tail フ.
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熊
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| bear, raging flames
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Top: talent, ability 能 (nose 厶, body 月/肉 and claws 匕匕 prove talent.), bottom: four legs 灬
The 'talent' on four legs is the bear.
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糕
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| cakes, pastry
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Left: rice 米, right: lamb 羔 (sheep 羊 [here: rising heat 丷 in an oven with three levels 王] with fire 灬)
It's made of rice in a 3-level-oven over the fire: The cake.
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蕉
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| banana
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Top: plant 艹, below: burnt 焦 (bird 隹, fire 灬 [here: image of hanging bananas])
The plant only birds can reach with the hanging fruits is: the banana.
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熟
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| ripe (of fruit), mature (of seeds), cooked (of food), skilled
shú, shóu
享
丸
灬
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From top: who, what 孰 (enjoy 享 [=the high 高 child 子 enjoys] and bead, round 丸 [丸 = A 'nine' 九 needs an additional stroke 丶 to become round like a pill.]), fire 灬
(Cooking by temperature: like potatoes at the rim of the grill?) The tall 'children' are around the fire for being: ripe (matured).
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燃
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to burn, to ignite, to enlight, to spark off (hopes)
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Left: fire 火, right: correct, right, so 然 (The body 月/肉 of the dog 犬 was roasted 灬 over the fire. Is that correct?)
A fire that grills the body of a dog is: a real fire.
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瞧
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to look at, to see (a doctor)
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Left: eye 目, right: burnt 焦 (bird 隹 over the fire 灬, but here: 4 legs)
The eye sees a bird with four legs. You have to look at it!
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烈
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| burning fiercely, intense, ardent
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Top: row 列 (wicked 歹 [bar bone] is exposed with a knife刂 in a row [i.e. backbone]), bottom: fire 灬
A row of fires burns fiercely.
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煮
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to cook, to boil
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Top: person 者 (old man 耂 on the sun 日), bottom: fire 灬
The person at the fire is cooking.
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熬
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to slowly boil sth., stew, to simmer, endure (suffering)
āo, áo
敖
灬
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Top: to ramble 敖 (The growing plant  would grow in all directions 方 and needs the 攵 [= stick 卜 in a hand 又] against rambling.), bottom: fire 灬
A rambling flame causes slow: boiling.
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墨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| black ink, China ink, Mexico 墨西哥
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Top: black 黒 (The underside of the cooking pot 里 is stained by fire 灬 black), below: earth 土
Black earth is used: for ink.
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焦
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| scorched, burnt, charred, worried, anxious
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Top: bird 隹, below: fire 灬
(Chickens are plucked and then scorched to remove the feathers.) The bird on the fire is scorched.
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遮
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to conceal, to cover up (a shortcoming), to screen off
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Left: movement 辶, right: commonly, ordinary 庶 (A building 广 with a cooking pot 廿 on the fire 灬 that's just common.)
(In a magic trick you make inconspicuous movements) With an ordinary movement you can conceal/hide something.
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蒸
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to steam (cooking), sultry, to evaporate
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From top: plant 艹, water 水 between two boundaries 二 (= a steaming pot), fire 灬
When (cooking) plants with water between the boundaries, you need fire from below and its: steam.
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赤
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| red, scarlet, bare, naked
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Combination of earth 土 and fire 灬
When earth (clay) is burned, the pottery turns: red.
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杰
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| heroic, outstanding person, prominent
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Top: tree 木, bottom: fire 灬 (here: many roots)
A tree with such many roots stands heroically.
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煎
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to pan fry, to sauté
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Top: before 前 (Where from the sheep's 羊 head, meat 月/肉 is cut刂, is the front), bottom: fire 灬
Before (= in the beginning) you need fire for: frying.
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熏
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to smoke, to fumigate, to perfume
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Top: variant of double/heavy 重 (vehicle 車/车 with double wheels 二 for heavy loads), below: fire 灬
The heavy vehicle is burning: It smokes!
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燕
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JLPT no HSK |
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| swallow (bird), Yan (state of Zhou)
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From top: twenty 廿, north 北 (2 people sit back-to-back because of the north's cold.), mouth 口, fire 灬
In (groups of) twenty they come from the north, because of the food (= mouth) and the temperature (=fire): the swallows
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礁
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JLPT no HSK |
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| reef, shoal rock
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Left: stone 石, right: scorch, burn, fret 焦 (The bird 隹 is on fire 灬 to be burnt.)
The stones appear to be scorched on the reef.
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熙
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JLPT no HSK |
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| splendid, prosperous
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Top: 巸 (minister 臣 [eye wide open], self 己), bottom: fire 灬
The minister himself must light the fire, to make it splendid.
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庶
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JLPT no HSK |
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| common people (or populace), numerous
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From top: building 广, twenty 廿 (here: cooking pot), fire 灬
A house with a cooking pot on the fire: That's just common.
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煞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to terminate, cut short, to squeeze, to reduce
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Left: mowing grass 刍 (with a handle ⺈ of a big scythe 彐), right: to strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a stick 卜), bottom: fire 灬
By mowing or strikes or fire you can make things terminate.
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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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樵
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JLPT no HSK |
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| firewood, gather wood
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Left: tree 木, right: scorched, burnt 焦 (The bird 隹 is on fire 灬 to be burnt.)
The tree that is scorched is: firewood.
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憔
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JLPT no HSK |
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| haggard, pallid and thin
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Left: feelings 忄, right: scorch, burn 焦 (bird 隹, fire 灬 Here: four legs)
Feelings like a bird on fire: haggard.
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羔
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JLPT no HSK |
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| lamb
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Top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: fire 灬
(I love roasted lamb) The 'sheep' on the fire is: a lamb.
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熹
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JLPT no HSK |
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| dim light, glimmer, warm, bright
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Top: to be happy, enjoy 喜 (A scholar 士 with beans 豆 in his mouth 口 is happy.), bottom: fire 灬
You are happy when it becomes warm like a fire: with warm and bright light at dawn.
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羹
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JLPT no HSK |
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| soup
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Top: lamb 羔 (The sheep 羊 on the fire 灬 is: a lamb), bottom: beautiful, USA 美 (sheep 羊, big 大)
With lambs and sheep we make a big soup.
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