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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| dog
gǒu
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犭
句
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Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: sentence 句 (here: dog house 勹, with a dog 口) [The character 犬 also means 'dog' but is preferably used for categories/races.]
The animal in the dog house is a dog.
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猫
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| cat
māo
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犭
苗
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: seedling 苗 (The 'grass' 艹 on the field 田 are actually the seedlings.)
(Cats like to hunt on fields watching mouse holes.) The animal at the seedlings is: a cat.
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猜
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to guess, assume, conjecture
cāi
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犭
青
月
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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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获
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to catch, to capture, to reap, to harvest, to obtain
huò
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艹
犭
犬
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), dog 犬
(When using sticks as a trap) With plants wild animals or dogs can be caught.
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逛
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to stroll, to roam, to visit
guàng
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辶
犭
王
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Left: movement 辶, right: mad/wild 狂 (The wild animal 犭of the king 王 is mad.)
The movement is mad, when the wild animal with the king is strolling or roaming.
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犹
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| as if, (just) like, still, Jewish
yóu
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犭
尤
尢
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Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: outstanding 尤 (Despite the broken leg 尢 [= 乚] the emphasis 丶 makes the big 大 person: outstanding)
If the wild animal is outstanding, it is an: "as if".
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独
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| alone, independent, single, sole, only
dú
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犭
虫
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: insect 虫 (The body 口 and the sting 厶 of an insect.)
Wild animal and insects typically stay alone.
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猪
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| pig, swine, hog
zhū
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犭
者
耂
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: person 者 (old man 耂 on the sun 日)
(In our household 家) The "wild animal" that is with the persons is the domestic pig.
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猴
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| monkey
hóu
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犭
侯
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: marquis 侯 (The person 人 to whom another person ⺈ with an arrow 矢 bows down, is a marquis.)
A wild animal acting like a marquis is: the monkey.
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狮
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| lion
shī
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犭
刂
巾
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: master, teacher 师 (knife刂, 帀 = 一 as head and fabric 巾 as fur)
(The lion's fur is popular) The animal that you skin with a knife over its head is: the lion.
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狡
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| crafty, cunning, sly
jiǎo
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犭
交
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅)
He behaved like a wild animal in that exchange, because he is: crafty.
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狂
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| mad, wild, violent
kuáng
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犭
王
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Left: animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: king 王
The dog of the king is mad.
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猾
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| sly, crafty, slick, deceitful
huá
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犭
骨
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Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: skeleton, bone 骨 (image of a vertebra, cover 冖, body/flesh 月)
A wild animal wants to get the bones and is sly /crafty.
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猛
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| ferocious, violent, suddenly, fierce, abrupt
měng
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犭
子
皿
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: eldest brother 孟 (child 子, bowl/plate 皿)
The animal has a child in its bowl: It was ferocious and violent.
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狭
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| narrow, narrow-minded, tight
xiá
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犭
夹
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: squeezed in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed. cf. traditional form 狹)
The animal is squeezed in because it is too narrow.
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狱
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| prison, jail, penitentiary
yù
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犭
讠
犬
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From left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), word 讠/言, dog 犬 (The big 大 person holds it 丶 in the arms)
A wild animal turns by one word (= sentence of a judge) into a tame dog: in prison.
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犯
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| criminal crime, to offend, violate, assault
fàn
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犭
㔾
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Left: animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: slumped person 㔾
An animal protects a slumped person from a crime.
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狠
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| fierce, vicious, heartless
hěn
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犭
艮
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Left: wild animal 犭, right: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
The wild animal is not good: It is fierce and vicious.
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猎
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| hunting
liè
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犭
昔
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Left: wild animal 犭(here: hound [dog for hunting]), right: former times 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of former times.)
Hounds were formerly used for hunting.
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狼
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| wolf (biol.)
láng
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犭
良
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: good 良
The wild animal, that is good (because it's clever) is the wolf.
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狈
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| wretched, in a difficult situation, distressed
bèi
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犭
贝
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Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: money 贝/貝
Even a wild animal needs money or it is wretched.
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狸
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JLPT no HSK |
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| fox-like animal (i.e. raccoon)
lí
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犭
里
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Left: wild animal 犭, right: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village)
The wild animals at my village are fox-alikes.
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狄
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JLPT no HSK |
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| barbarians, non-Han tribes (ancient)
dí
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犭
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: fire 火
They are 'wild animals" (but at least) with fire: The barbarians.
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狩
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to hunt, to go hunting
shòu
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犭
宀
寸
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Left: animal 犭, right: protect 守 (A roof 宀 or a skillful hand 寸 can guard)
Animals can for the protection (of the environment) be hunted.
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狒
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JLPT no HSK |
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| hamadryad baboon
fèi
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犭
弗
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Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: denial 弗 (A bow 弓 with two strings || is to be denied.)
The animal that (is playful) and makes denials is the baboon.
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JLPT no HSK |
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| ape
yuán
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犭
袁
衣
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Left: wild animal 犭, right: long robe (old) 袁 (Down to the ground 土 reaches the sleeve 口 of this clothes 衣: the long robe.)
An animal in a long robe appears like: a monkey.
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猝
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JLPT no HSK |
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| abrupt, sudden, unexpected
cù
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犭
卒
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Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: soldier, suddenly 卒 (Between rotary discs 亠,十 are soldiers 人 who die suddenly.)
Like a wild animal, suddenly: such suddenly!
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狐
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JLPT no HSK |
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| fox
hú
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犭
瓜
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: melon, pumpkin 瓜 (image of a melon in a rope loop hanging from a frame)
This wild animal has (the color) of a pumpkin: the fox.
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猖
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JLPT no HSK |
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| ferocious, savage, furious
chāng
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犭
昌
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Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: flourish, prosperous 昌 (Two suns 日 and it is flourishing.)
A wild animal that "flourishes" is ferocious.
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狞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| malevolent, fierce-looking, hideous
níng
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犭
宁
丁
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Left: wild animal 犭(dog on hind legs), right: peace, calm 宁 (If the roof 宀 is built with nails 丁, you have your peace.)
A wild animal that (pretends) to be peaceful is: malevolent.
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猩
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JLPT no HSK |
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| ape
xīng
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犭
星
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Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: star 星 (Suns 日 that live 生 are the stars.)
Among the wild animals, he is the star: The ape!
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狙
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to spy, to lie in ambush, macaque
jū
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犭
且
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Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on hind legs), right: in addition/moreover 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
The dog behind the pile of stone is in an ambush to spy.
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漪
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JLPT no HSK |
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| ripples on water, swirling, small wave
yī
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氵
犭
奇
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Left: water 氵, right: 猗 (wild animal 犭, strange, odd 奇) [奇 = It is a big 大 possibility 可 but it looks strange.]
Water, which is like a wild animal, so strange, is a small rippled wave.
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獗
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JLPT no HSK |
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| unruly, rampant, rude
jué
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犭
屰
屮
欠
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Left: wild animal 犭, right: 厥 (cliff 厂, disobedient 屰 [A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked is disobedient.], lack 欠)
The animal that has been pushed to the cliff because of a disobedient lack is unruly.
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猓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| monkey
guǒ
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犭
果
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Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: fruit, result 果 (= The "rice field" 田 at the tree 木)
The wild animal at the fruits of the tree, is: the monkey.
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