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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| affair, item, components, clothes, events
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Left: person 亻, right: cow 牛 (The head of a cow キ with only one horn ノ)
A person comes with a cow, which is his affair.
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牛
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| ox, cow, bull
niú
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The head of a cow キ with only one horn ノ.
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告
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| announce, to tell, to inform, to say
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Top: cow 牛, below: mouth 口
The cow opens the mouth to announce something.
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解
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to break up, unravel, to separate, solution, to melt
jiě, jiè, xiè
角
刀
牛
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Left: horn/corner 角 (Image of a horn with head of an animal), right: sword 刀, cow 牛
The horn is cut by a sword from a cow: This is a "breaking up".
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物
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| thing, object, matter
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Left: cow 牛 (The head of a cow キ with only one horn ノ), right: 'do not' 勿 (shows sun rays)
A cow sending out rays is a special thing.
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特
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| special, unique, distinguished, unusual
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Left: cow 牛 (The head of a cow キ with only one horn ノ), right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
(Typically smaller animals like sheep or chicken were sacrificed. Thus:) A cow at the temple is sth: special.
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制
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| system, to control, to manufacture, to regulate
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Left: cow 牛, cloth 巾; right: knife刂
A cow wrapped in cloth and with a knife: what a system!
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牺
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sacrifice
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Left: cow 牛, right: west 西 (The sun 日 moves 儿 below the horizon 一 at sunset in the west)
The cow sinks down like the sun at sunset in the west, when being: sacrificed.
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牧
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to herd, to breed livestock
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Left: cow 牛, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
The cows are striked (forced) to the pasture for herding.
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牲
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| domestic animal, pet
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Left: cow 牛, right: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  stands for life)
A cow has the live of a: domestic animal.
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牵
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to pull (an animal on a tether), to hold hands
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From top: large 大, cover 冖 (here: the yoke or tether/snaffle of an animal), cow 牛
The person with wide arms uses a yoke at the cow to lead or pull it.
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牢
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| cage, corral, prison, firm, sturdy
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Top: roof 宀, below: cow 牛
The roof serves for the cow as an enclosure, that is firm and sturdy.
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懈
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JLPT no HSK |
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| lax, relaxed, negligent
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Left: feelings 忄, right: solution 解 (A horn 角 was cut by a sword 刀 from that cow 牛: It that a solution?)
Feelings can be a solution, if you take it lax/relaxed.
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牟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| barley, to moo, to seek or obtain
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Top: nose 厶, bottom: cow 牛
The nose of the cow seeks for barley.
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牡
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JLPT no HSK |
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| (of a bird, animal or plant) male, key, hills
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Left: cow 牛, right: earth 土
The cow on the ground is male.
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蟹
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JLPT no HSK |
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| crab
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Top: solution 解 (A horn 角 was cut by a sword 刀 from that cow 牛: Is that a solution?), bottom: insect 虫
It has a horn (= the shell) and with it claws 刀 it can pinch a cow. This 'insect' is: the crab.
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犁
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JLPT no HSK |
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| plow
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Top: profit 利 (Harvesting rice plants 禾 with a knife刂 brings profit.), bottom: cow, ox 牛
A profit brings the ox at a plow.
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眸
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JLPT no HSK |
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| pupil (of the eye), eye
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Left: eye 目, right: barley 牟 (The nose 厶 of the cow 牛 seeks for barley.)
In the eye is something 'barley-shaped': the pupil.
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犀
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JLPT no HSK |
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| rhinoceros, sharp
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Outside: buttocks 尸, below: variation of water 水, cow 牛
The buttocks is in the water of this 'cow': the rhinoceros.
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犊
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JLPT no HSK |
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| calf, sacrificial victim
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Left: cow 牛, right: to sell 卖 (For ten 十 [coins] the hat 乛 of the leader 头 [= the big 大 with protruding eyes 丶] is sold)
The 'cow' that is sold is: the calf.
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