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mysterious 玄
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This radical is easy to remember if you think of “magnet 磁” (cf. magnet, porcelain 磁 [cí]), where stones 石 are hanging at strings 糸 (simplified to 幺 and fixed with a bracket 艹) behave mysteriously.
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率
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| rate, ratio, frequency, to lead, usually
lǜ, shuài
玄
率
亠
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From top: rotary disc 亠, thread 糸 (cf. mysterious 玄), four small items 冫, rotary disc 亠
Two rotary turn threads 玄 into smaller items 冫in a certain ratio.
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滋
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to nourish, grow, increase, taste
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Left: water 氵, right: now, here 兹 (2x mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where an upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious)
Water is doubly mysterious: It nourishes and lets things grow.
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慈
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| compassionate, gentle, kind, humane
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Top: now/here 兹 (2x mysterious 玄 [turning disc 亠, var. of thread 糸] or variation of magnet 磁 [= the mysterious stone]), below: heart 心
Like a magnet is his heart: so compassionate.
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蓄
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to store up, to grow (eg. a beard)
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: livestock, breeding 畜 (The mysterious 玄 field 田 is used to raise livestock [because it is not sufficiently fertile for grain crops]) [mysterious = 玄 = thread 玄 at which a mysterious magnet 磁 hangs]
Plants for raising livestock have to be grown & stored.
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畜
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| livestock, domestic animal, to raise (animals)
chù, xù
玄
田
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Top: mysterious, occult 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where an upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious), bottom: field 田
(It is not sufficiently fertile for grain-crops:) The mysterious field is used for livestock.
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弦
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| chord, string (of bow / musical instrument), hypotenuse
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Left: bow 弓, right: mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where an upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious)
(As it withstood high forces, the bowstring was high-tech) The bow has a mysterious string.
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炫
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to boast, to show off, to dazzle
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Left: fire 火, right: mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where an upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious.)
Like a fire that is mysterious is: sb. who is boasting.
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眩
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JLPT no HSK |
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| dazzling, brilliant, dazzled, dizzy
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Left: eye 目, right: mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where an upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious)
In the eyes it is mysterious: It is dazzling.
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兹
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JLPT no HSK |
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| now, here, this, time
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(2x mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where an upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious)
Like a magnet without a stone, such mysterious is: this now and here.
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玄
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JLPT no HSK |
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| mysterious, black
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Part of magnet: 磁, where an upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious (cf. threads 纟/糸)
The thread hanging from a bracket is mysterious.
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舷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| side of a ship or an aircraft
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Left: boat 舟, right: mysterious, occult 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious.)
The ship has mysterious sides.
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搐
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cramp, spasm, convulsion, twitch
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Left: hand 扌, right: mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where an upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious) and field 田
When the hand contracts mysteriously to a fist 田, it is: a cramp.
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