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现
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| present, now, existing, current, appear
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Left: king, jade 王, right: to see 见/見 (an eye 目 on legs 儿)
(He has the overview:) The king sees it presently now.
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球
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| ball, sphere, globe
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Left: a king 王, right: to seek / request for 求 ([I'm dying of thirst:] Just one 一 drop 丶 of water 水, this is my: request!)
The king asks for his ball.
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班
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| squad, team, class, work shift, group
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Left and right: king 王, center: knife 刂
If there are the 'knifes' between the kings, it is their squads.
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玩
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| toy, play, sth used for amusement
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Left: king 王, right: chin. Yuan, originally 元 (=two 二 legs 儿)
The king looks originally for: amusement.
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望
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| to expect, to hope, to visit, to gaze (into the distance)
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Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross-section), body 月/肉, bottom: king 王
The dead body of the king goes with our expectations.
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环
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| ring, loop, (chain), bracelet
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Left: king 王, right: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!)
A king is not limiting himself with only one ring.
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理
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| reason, intrinsic order, logic, science
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Left: king 王, right: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to the village.)
When the king comes to the village, there must be a reason.
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弄
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to juggle, play with, lane, alley, to fool with
lòng, nòng
王
廾
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Top: king 王 (here: four sticks: 三,丨), bottom: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined.)
With four sticks in the hands he is juggling, or playing in the alley.
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程
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| regulation, rule, order, procedure
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: to submit, petition 呈 (With your mouth 口 at the king 王 to submit sth.)
Rice plants for the mouth of the king: This is the regulation!
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逛
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to stroll, to roam, to visit
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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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王
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| king, monarch
wáng
王
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The three 三 spheres (heaven, earth and mankind) unite in the person 丨 of the king.
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珍
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| precious thing, treasure
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Left: king 王, right: 㐱 (person 人 with skin rash 彡 [like measles 疹], but here: jewels 彡)
The king is the person with the jewels and looks precious.
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润
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| smooth, lubricate, moist
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Left: water 氵, right: 闰 (gate 门/門 and king 王)
With water the gate of the king became smooth and lubricated.
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玉
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| jade
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King 王 (three spheres 三 [heaven, earth, mankind], one person 丨), jewel 丶
At the foot of the king are his jade-jewels.
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玻
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| glass
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Left: king, jade 王 (jade by itself is also: 玉), right: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂)
When jade is (as thin) as a skin, it is glass.
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璃
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| glass, colored glaze
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Left: king, jade 王, right: to part from 离 (Use the trash 㐫 can for the scorpion 禺, so that it "leaves" us.) [禺 = scorpion 田,禸 with hint legs 冂 and the sting 厶]
The king has a pot with scorpions that is made of glass. [Or: The "jade" of the pot with scorpions is: glass.]
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宝
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| a treasure, jewel or gem, precious
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Top: roof/house 宀, bottom: jade, jewel 玉 (At the feet of the king 王 is his jade/jewels 丶)
Under the roof are jewels: A treasure!
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狂
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| mad, wild, violent
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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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珠
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| bead, pearl
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Left: king, jade 王, right: vermilion/red 朱 (A branch at the young tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?)
The king has red beads and pearls.
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呈
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to submit, to petition, to show, to offer
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Top: mouth 口, bottom: king 王
With your mouth [Or: a document 口] at the king to submit sth.
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旺
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| flourishing, prosperous, roaring (fire)
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Left: sun, day 日, right: king 王
During the day, the king looks so flourishing!
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枉
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| twisted, crooked, in the wrong, in vain
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Left: tree 木, right: king/jade 王 (jade itself is also: 玉)
If the whole tree is fully (hung) of jade, it becomes (due to the weight) twisted and crooked.
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琢
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to cut (gems)
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Left: jade, king 王 (jade itself is: 玉), right: 豖 (pig 豕 with a cut leg)
Jade is just as a cut pig's leg, both are: cut and polished.
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玛
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JLPT no HSK |
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| agate, cornelian
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Left: king, jade 王 (Jade itself is: 玉), right: horse 马/馬 (= with mane, four legs 灬 and tail ㄅ)
The jewel (=jade) that has similar to a horse different colored stripes is: the agate.
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琳
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JLPT no HSK |
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| gem, beautiful jade
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Left: king, jade 王, right: forest 林
The king has a forest with gems.
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琼
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JLPT no HSK |
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| jasper, fine jade, exquisite (e.g. wine, food), beautiful
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Left: king, jade 王 (jade itself is: 玉), right: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern)
The 'jade' for the capital is: the fine jasper.
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瑞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| propitious, lucky, auspicious
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Left: king 王, right: concentrated 耑 (like a mountain 山 of beards 而)
A king who is focused (to his job) is propitious.
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琐
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JLPT no HSK |
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| trifling, fragmentary
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Left: king 王, right: small 小, money 贝/貝
For a king is small change trifling.
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璇
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JLPT no HSK |
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| beautiful jade, star
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Left: king, jade 王, right: revolve 旋 (The side 方 of the lying person  is okay 正, but he has to be turned [because of bed sores?])
The royal jade is revolved (= round at all sides) as: beautiful jade.
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瑜
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JLPT no HSK |
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| excellence, luster of gems
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Left: king 王, right: to assent, approve 俞 (When the arrowhead  gets into the body 月/肉 to cut 刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The king is assenting this excellence.
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玲
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JLPT no HSK |
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| sound of tinkling (ting-a-ling) of gem-pendants
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Left: King, jade 王, right: order, command 令 (here: image of a bell - cf. metal bell 铃 - (令 = bell's body , bell's bolt マ)
The jade bell has tinkling sound.
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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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琉
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JLPT no HSK |
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| precious stone
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Left: king, jade 王, right: 㐬 ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down  : the child 子 comes with head first, with amniotic fluid 川)
If a 'jade' gets a new live, then as: a precious stone.
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珀
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JLPT no HSK |
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| amber
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Left: king 王, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white)
The king's "white" is amber.
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瑰
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JLPT no HSK |
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| extraordinary, (semi-precious stone)
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Left: king, jade 王, right: devil 鬼
The jade of the devil is extraordinary.
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汪
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JLPT no HSK |
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| ooze, expanse of water
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Left: water 氵, right: king 王 (here: water surface 一 with earth 土)
Water that is (mixed) up to its surface with earth is ooze/mud.
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瑛
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JLPT no HSK |
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| (crystal), lustrous
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Left: king/jade 王, right: brave, England 英 (The plant 艹 in the center 央 is brave.)
The jade that is 'brave' is lustrously.
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琪
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JLPT no HSK |
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| fine jade, angel
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Left: king, jade 王, right: his, her, its 其 (image of grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing), here: Playing field, like at chess 棋
The jade on the playing-field is: fine jade.
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瑚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| coral
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Left: king, jade 王, right: beard, non-Han-person 胡 (Like old 古 flesh 月 are the beards of the non-Han people.)
The 'jade' that is on old 古 bodies 月 (= coral reef), is the coral. (Or: The king in the water-less lake 湖 is the coral.)
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珊
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JLPT no HSK |
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| coral
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Left: king, jade 王, right: book, booklet 册 (here: two boats 舟)
For this 'jade' (its extraction) you need boats, the: Coral.
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逞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to show off, to flaunt, to boast
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Left: movement 辶, right: to submit/petition 呈 (With your mouth 口 at the king 王 to submit sth.)
With movements and the mouth (= much talking) at the king to show off.
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玫
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JLPT no HSK |
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| rose
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Left: king 王, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜, here: sprout ノ)
Something royal develops when this sprout 卜 is planted: a rose.
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璋
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JLPT no HSK |
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| jade plaything, ancient stone ornament
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Left: king/jade 王, right: medal 章 (Get up 立 early 早 to get a medal.) [early 早 = When the sunrise 旦 is at a mark 丶 at the horizon 一, it is early in the morning.]
The king gives as a medal a: jade plaything.
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琦
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JLPT no HSK |
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| gem, precious stone, curio
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Left: king, jade 王, right: strange/odd 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility (opportunity) 可, but it looks strange.) [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]
This 'jade' gives big possibilities, because it is a gem.
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琛
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JLPT no HSK |
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| precious stone, gem, treasure
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Left: king, jade 王, right: 罙 (var. of hole 穴, tree 木
The 'jade' in the hole at the tree is a precious stone.
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噩
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JLPT no HSK |
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| unlucky, bad, ill-omened, startling
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Four mouths 口 and in the middle: king 王
If four mouths (talk to) the king, he is: unlucky.
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瑙
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JLPT no HSK |
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| agate
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Left: king, jade 王, right: wild river 巛, druse 口 with an agate 㐅
The jade from a wild river in a druse is: the agate.
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顼
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JLPT no HSK |
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| anxious, grieved
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Left: king 王, right: page, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The king is in his head: anxious.
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琅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| tinkling of pendants, jade-like stone
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Left: king, jade 王, right: good 良
The jade is good if it is tinkling.
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珂
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JLPT no HSK |
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| jade-like stone
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Left: king, jade 王, right: be possible, can 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.)
The 'jade' of the possibilities is the: jade-like.
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琵
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JLPT no HSK |
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| guitar-like instrument, see 琵琶, lute
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Top: Two pegs 王 for tensioning the strings of a string instrument, bottom: to compare 比 (here: 4 strokes for 4 strings)
The string instrument with 4 strings is this lute.
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珑
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JLPT no HSK |
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| exquisite, tinkling of gem-pendants
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Left: king 王, right: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ)
He is the king of the dragons, because he is exquisite.
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瑾
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JLPT no HSK |
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| brilliancy (of gems), fine jade, genius
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Left: king, jade 王, right: blooming plant 堇 (from top: plant 艹, blossoms 口, growing plant  )
A king like a 'blooming plant' is brilliant.
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璐
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JLPT no HSK |
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| beautiful jade
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Left: king, jade 王, right: road, path 路 (The feet 足 all 各 move on the road.)
Jade is the road to beautiful jade.
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琏
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JLPT no HSK |
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| vessel used to hold grain offerings
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Left: king, jade 王, right: link, combine 连 (Vehicles 车/車 and 'movement' 辶 are linked.)
To the king we are linked through vessels of offerings.
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瑕
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JLPT no HSK |
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| blemish, flaw in jade, defect
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Left: king, jade 王, right: (free interpretation: mine/pit) 叚 (In a hole 口 with a ladder 'E' you have the tool コ in your hand 又.)
(Jade becomes beautiful by grinding:) The jade (directly) from the mine (still) has a flaw/blemish.
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珥
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JLPT no HSK |
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| pearl or jade earring
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Left: king, jade 王, right: ear 耳
The jade at the ear is the: earring.
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璞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| unpolished gem
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Left: king, jade 王, right: thicket, tedious 菐 (In hollow 业 things the orchid 兰 grows and the person 人 takes it out of the: thicket)
If the jade appears like in a 'thicket', it is still an: unpolished gemstone.
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