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straight, frank 直
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fair and reasonable;
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直
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| straight, fair and reasonable, frank
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Top: ten 十, below: eye 目 and a base line __
Ten eyes watch the base line which is straight.
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植
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to plant, plantation
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Left: tree 木, right: straight 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the base line __ which is straight.)
(In a nursery the trees are planted in a matrix:) The trees are straightly planted.
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值
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| value, price, to be worth, to happen
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Left: person 亻, right: straight, directly 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the base line __, which is straight.)
This person knows directly his value.
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置
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to place, position, to install, to put
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Top: eye 罒, below: straight 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the base line __ which is straight.)
The eye sees directly what has been placed in that position.
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殖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to grow, to reproduce, increase
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Left: bad, wicked 歹 (=bare bone, HERE: variation of many 多), right: immediately 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the base line __ which is straight.)
Many things can immediately be grown & reproduced.
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矗
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JLPT no HSK |
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| lofty, to erect, upright
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Three times: straight 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the base line __ which is straight.)
If one 'straight' thing 直 is directly piled on two others, it becomes: lofty.
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