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爱
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to love, affection, to be fond of, to like
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From top: hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖 friend 友 (They shake hands  ,又 because they are friends.)
When I reach down though a cover to a friend, then because of love. (Or: To receive 受 a hand from sb., due to: love.)
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菜
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| vegetable
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Top: plant 艹, below: to pluck 采 (A hand 爫 plucks from above at a tree 木.)
Plants you can pluck from above from a 'tree', are the vegetables.
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授
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to instruct, teach, award, to give
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Left: hand 扌, right: receive 受 (A hand 爫 from above holds a cover 冖, the other hand 又 receives it.)
With the hand, to receive sth. This is an instruction.
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将
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| commander-in-chief (mil.), will, shall
jiāng, jiàng
将
丬
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寸
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Left: bed 丬 (pictograph of a tree cut into half, cf. 片), right: hand reaching down 爫, skillful hand 寸
A simple bed, a hand reaching down and a skillful hand: This is what makes a commander.
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受
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to receive, to accept, to suffer (passive marker)
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From top: a hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖, hand 又
One hand from above holds a cover, the other hand receives it.
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彩
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| colorful, colored, tint
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Left: to pluck 采 (hand 爫 plucks from above into a tree 木), right: hair 彡 (here: tree flowers)
You pluck (i.e. on a meadow) three flowers, which are colorful.
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暖
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to warm, to heat
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Left: sun 日, right: to help 爰 (a hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.)
The sun helps to warm up.
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采
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to pluck, to pick, to collect, select
cǎi, cài
爫
采
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Top: hand reaching down 爫, bottom: tree 木
A hand is reaching downwards into a tree to pluck sth.
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摇
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to shake, rock, wag, swing
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Left: hand 扌, right: hand reaching down 爫, below: can, jar 缶 (lid  and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
The hand reaches downwards to the can, to shake it.
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缓
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| relaxed, unhurried, sluggish, to defer
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: to help 爰 (a hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.)
If you have a thread (a rope?) for helping you can be relaxed.
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踩
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to step on, to tread, to stamp, to press a pedal
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Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: to pluck 采 (hand 爫 plucks from above into a tree 木)
The "plucking with the foot" means to: tread on it.
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乳
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| breast, milk
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Left: trust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting.), right: kneeling person 乚
To reach down to the child, when you yourself are kneeing: You give breast and milk.
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妥
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| suitable, adequate, ready, settled
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Top: hand reaching down 爫, below: woman 女
The hands reaching down (= caring) of the women settle the suitable adequately.
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浮
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to float, unstable, superficial, excessive
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Left: water 氵, right: trust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting.)
Into the water, a hand reaches down for a child that is floating.
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俘
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to take prisoner, prisoner of war
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Left: person 亻, right: entrust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting.)
A person who trusts can (easily be) taken as prisoner.
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瞬
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to twinkle, wink, a moment
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Left: eye 目, right: Emperor Shun 舜 (hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖, 舛 two var. of foot 夕/止 (opposite feet, originally a pictograph, like at: to dance 舞)
The eye sees a hand covering two unequal feet and twinkles for a moment.
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援
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to help, to assist, aid
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Left: hand 扌, right: to help 爰 (a hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.)
A hand helps to help.
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溪
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| rivulet =small river, creek
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Left: water 氵, right: What? WHERE? 奚 (The down-reaching hand 爫 wants to fish with the thread 糸 something big 大, but: What? Where?)
To get to the water, you need to reach down and it seems like a 'big thread', then it is a rivulet.
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稻
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| rice (Oraza sativa), paddy
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: 舀 (hand reaching down 爫, mortar 臼)
It comes from the rice plant and the hand puts it (for processing) into the mortar: The rice.
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谣
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| rumor, popular ballad, legend
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Left: word 讠/言, right: hand reaching down 爫, can 缶 (= lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
Words you pick out of a can are: rumors or ballads.
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蹈
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to tread on, to trample, dance, to stamp, to fulfill
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Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: 舀 (hand reaching down 爫, mortar 臼)
(At the grape-stomping) With the feet from above into the mortar: to tread in.
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嚼
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to chew
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Left: mouth 口, right: nobility 爵 (A hand 爫 takes the plates 罒(=皿) to serve food 食 skillfully 寸 to the nobility.)
Also the mouths of the nobility chew.
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遥
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| distant, remote, far, far away
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Left: movement 辶, right: 䍃 (hand from above 爫, can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
If it takes a movement to get from above to the can, it is distant.
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觅
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| seek, to look for, search
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Top: hand reaching down 爫, bottom: to see 见/見 (an eye 目 on legs 儿)
If the hand reaching down wants to "see" (= feel, grope) something, it: seeks.
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睬
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| take notice of, pay attention, heed
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Left: eye 目, right: to pluck 采 (A hand plucks from above 爫 into a tree 木.)
The eye "plucks", when: taking notice of sth.
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爵
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JLPT no HSK |
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| nobility, duke, baron, lord
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Top: hand reaching down 爫, net/eye 罒 (here: plate 皿), below: var of food 食, skillful hand 寸
A hand reaches down to the plates to serve food skillfully to the nobility.
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绥
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to pacify, soothe, to appease
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: to settle sth. adequately 妥 (The hands 爫 of the women 女 settle the suitable)
(When taming animals) Threads settle adequately the: pacifying.
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瑶
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JLPT no HSK |
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| precious stone, jade, nacre, precious
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Left: king, jade 王, right: 䍃 (hand reaching down 爫, can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
The 'jade', the hand gets out of the can, is a precious stone.
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淫
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JLPT no HSK |
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| lewdness, wanton, lascivious, obscene, depraved
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Left: water 氵, right: hand reaching down 爫; bundle, burden 壬 (spindle for winding up threads)
Water cools down and a hand imposes a burden against lewdness.
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舜
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Shun (c. 22nd century BC), fifth of the Five Emperors
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From top: hand grasping down 爫, cover 冖, oppose 舛 (opposed feet, like at: dancing 舞)
With a downward hand he covered/protected, but was opposed and thus the last of the five emperors.
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奚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| what?, where?, why?
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From top: a hand reaching down 爫, thread 纟, big 大
The down-reaching hand 爫 wants to fish with the thread 糸 something big 大, but: What?, Where?
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孚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to trust, to believe in
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Top: hand reaching down 爫, bottom: child 子
A hand reaching down is what a child can trust in.
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