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bolt of cloth 疋
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Don't mistake with correct: 正
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| topic, problem for discussion, subject, to inscribe
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Left: correct, indeed 是 (sun 日, correct 正), right: page, leaf 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The correct head is the topic of the discussion.
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蛋
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| egg, oval shaped
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Top: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct, - actually 疋 = bales of cloth), bottom: insect 虫 (The body 口 and the sting 厶 of an insect.)
It is correct for insects to lay: eggs.
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楚
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| clear, orderly, distinct, pain, suffering
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Top: forest 林 (= two trees 木), bottom: correct 正 [actually bales of cloth 疋] (the correct foot 止 stops at the line 一)
The forest is correct if it is clear and orderly.
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疑
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to doubt, to misbelieve, to suspect
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Left: sitting person 匕, arrow 矢; right: bent person マ, correct 正
The sitting person with the arrow and the bent person are right with their doubt.
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嚏
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| sneeze
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Left: mouth 口, right: fall, stumble 疐 (Person 十 falling from a roof 冖 into a field 田, but correctly 正/疋)
Out of the 'mouth' is falling sth., when sneezing.
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疏
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| scatter, sparse, scanty, neglect, thin, to dredge
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Left: 疋 (here: correct 正), right: 㐬 ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down  : the child 子 comes with head first, with amniotic fluid 川)
(Declining birth rate) It is correct that newborn babies are scattered sparsely.
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凝
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to congeal, coagulate, to gaze/stare at sb.
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Left: ice 冫, right: doubt 疑 (Both persons 匕, マ with the arrow 矢 are correct 正 in their doubts.)
Ice is without doubt congealed.
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旋
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to revolve, a loop, a circle, whirl, return
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Left: side, direction 方, right: horizontal person  , var. of correct 正. (When sleeping, one must occasionally turn to the other side to avoid pressure & bed sores & circulation problems.)
The side of the lying person is fine/correct, but he must turn.
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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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婿
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JLPT no HSK |
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| son-in-law
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Left: woman 女, right: 胥 (var. of correct/proper 正, body 月/肉)
The woman wants a "proper body" as son-in-law.
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胥
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JLPT no HSK |
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| all, together, mutually, assist, to store
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Top: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct), below: bodypart 月/肉
The correct bodies assist each-other mutually.
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漩
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JLPT no HSK |
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| eddy
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Left: water 氵, right: turn, revolve 旋 (The side 方 of the lying person is okay 正, but he has to be turned [because of bed sores?])
Water, that revolves is an eddy.
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