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barbed lance 矛
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Do not mistake with the radical: "予 to give, bestow"
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Used in these characters:
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矛
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| spear, lance, pike
máo
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矛
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Image of a barbed lance.
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柔
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| soft, flexible, supple, yielding
róu
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矛
木
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Image of a spear 矛 (= developed from a barbed lance) that is positioned in the top of a tree 木, where the wood is still weak.
A spear made out of the top of a tree is soft and flexible.
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揉
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to knead, to massage, to rub
róu
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扌
矛
木
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Left: hand 扌, right: soft, flexible 柔 (A spear 矛 from the upper part of a tree 木 is soft&flexible)
The hand makes it soft and flexible when kneading at the massage.
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橘
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JLPT no HSK |
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| mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata), tangerine
jú
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木
矛
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Left: tree 木, right: 矞 (spear 矛, variation of sell 商)
At this tree you pluck with a spear and sell: the mandarin.
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茅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| reeds, rushes [BOT.]
máo
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艹
矛
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Top: grass 艹, bottom: barbed spear/lance 矛
Grass as long as a barbed spear is: reeds.
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矜
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JLPT no HSK |
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| boast, esteem, sympathize
jīn
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矛
今
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Left: spear, lance 矛, right: now 今 (Put the cover  into the corner フ Now!)
The lance has now (pierced), that's how he: boasted.
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蹂
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JLPT no HSK |
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| trample
róu
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足
矛
木
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Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: soft, flexible 柔 (A spear 矛 from the upper part of a tree 木 is soft & flexible)
The feet destroy until everything is soft and flexible, when: trampling.
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| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
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