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碗
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| bowl, cup
wǎn
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石
宛
宀
夗
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Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口.), right: as if/similar 宛 (When I at home 宀 in the evening 夕 slump 㔾 (e.g. on the TV-coach) it's always just similar)
They are made of stone(ware) and all are similar: The bowls and cups.
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础
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| foundation, base
chǔ
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石
出
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Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: coming out 出 (Two mountains 山 coming out one after the other.)
The stone from which something comes out is: a foundation.
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破
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to break, to tear, to defeat, worn out
pò
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石
皮
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Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口.), right: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂)
With a stone on the skin you cause tears and breaks.
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码
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| weight, code, number, to pile, to stack
mǎ
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石
马
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Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: horse 马 (=馬 with mane, four legs 灬 and tail ㄅ)
How many stones can a horse carry? - This weight is a code or a number.
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矿
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| ore, mine
kuàng
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石
广
厂
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Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: building 广 (here: company 厂 with a small chimney 丶)
Stones are processed in this company: an ore mine.
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研
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to grind, study, to rub, research
yán
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石
开
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Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: open, start 开 (image of the entrance gate of a buddh. temple)
(Only polished gems show their beauty) A stone is "opened" when it is grinded to shine for being studied.
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确
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| sure, certain, authenticated, real
què
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石
角
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Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: corner, angle, horn 角 (image of a horn with head of an animal)
The stone hits the corner. Surely!
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硕
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| huge, massive, large, big
shuò
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石
頁
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Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: page, leaf, head 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
A stone like a head such huge.
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硬
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| hard, solid, stiff, firm, resolutely
yìng
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石
更
丈
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Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: further, more over 更 (The sun 日 goes with each unit of length 丈 further and more) [丈 = person with big 大 step]
Stones are more over: hard and solid.
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碰
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to touch, to meet with, to bump
pèng
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石
立
並
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Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: line up 並 (originally: twice standing 立立 next to each others, now it is merged)
When stones are lined up, they touch.
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碎
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to break into pieces, fragmentary
suì
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石
卒
亠
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Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: soldier, suddenly 卒 (Between rotary discs 亠,十 are soldiers 人 who die suddenly)
Stones between two rotary discs are broken into pieces.
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碍
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to hinder, to obstruct, to block
ài
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石
旦
寸
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Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: sunrise 旦, skillful hand 寸
(Due to the articular gout) Like a stone is at sunrise my skillful hand: That hinders and obstructs.
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石
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| stone, rock, stone inscription, (100 liters)
dàn, shí
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石
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Top: var. of cliff 厂, bottom: stone 口
Below the cliff are the stones.
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砍
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to chop, to cut down, to throw sth at sb
kǎn
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石
欠
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Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: lack 欠 (A yawning  person 人 is lacking sth)
If stones are lacking, you need to chop /cut down sth.
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磁
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| magnetic, magnetism, porcelain
cí
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石
兹
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Left: stone 石, right: now, here 兹 (2x mysterious 玄 (Here: mounting bracket 艹 with two hanging threads 糸)
These stones behave mysteriously (when hanging at treads), because they are: magnetic (or porcelain).
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磨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to grind, polish, sharpen, wear down, waste time
mó, mò
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麻
林
石
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Outside and top: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp), below: stone 石
Use hemp on the stones for polishing.
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碑
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| stele, an upright stone tablet, a monument
bēi
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石
卑
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Left: stone 石, right: vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar)
A stone regarded as ignoble is the stele.
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拓
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| land clearing, to develop, to expand, open up (land)
tà, tuò
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扌
石
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Left: hand 扌, right: stone 石
The hand (removes) stones at the: land clearing.
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砖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| brick
zhuān
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石
专
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Left: stone 石, right: to be focused 专 (The skier 专 in the downhill-squat position with poles 二 in the hands is focussed.)
A stone that is 'focused' is: the brick.
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砸
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to smash, crush, to fail, to get it wrong
zá
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石
匚
巾
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Left: stone 石, right: 匝 (embracement 匚, cloth 巾
(A stone in a loop/hanger of cloth is like a slingshot:) A stone in an sling of cloth is used to smash things.
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碌
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to employ, hire, to roll, record, write down
lù
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石
录
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Left: stone 石, right: diary, record 录 ("squeeze out" = part of green 绿, where plant-fibers 糸 are squeezed by hand 彐 and green 绿 liquid 水 drips out.)
A stone can be "squeezed" until it rolls, which is its employment.
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碳
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| carbon (chem. element C)
tàn
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石
山
灰
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Left: stone 石, right: (char-)coal 炭 (This mountain 山 of the covered 厂 fire 火 produces the charcoal.)
The 'stone'-alike charcoal consists of: carbon.
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磅
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| 1 pound (=454 grams), platform, balance, scales
bàng
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石
旁
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Left: stone 石, right: one side, beside 旁 ([The servants] are in one direction 方 (side) of the emperor 帝 [modified]: at his side.)
(He has a comparative weight for setting the standard:) The stone at the emperor's side serves as the weight of one pound.
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磕
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| knock against sth hard, knock off (mud/dirt)
kē
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石
去
皿
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Left: stone 石, right: 盍 (leave, go away 去 [Below ground 土 is the nose 厶, which has left], bowl 皿)
Stones "leave" you and (fall) into the bowl, when you knock them off.
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磋
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| consulting, deliberate, to polish
cuō
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石
差
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Left: stone 石, right: difference 差 (A sheep 羊 with a bent ノ leg and a craftsman 工: what a difference!)
Like stones, differences collide in: a consultation.
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岩
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| rock, cliff
yán
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山
石
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Top: mountain 山, bottom: stone 石
In size between a mountain and a stone: a rock.
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碧
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JLPT no HSK |
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| green jade, bluish green, blue, jade
bì
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石
玉
白
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Top: ambre 珀 (The king's 王 white 白), bottom: stone 石
But the king's white stone is green jade.
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砂
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JLPT no HSK |
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| sand, gravel, granule
shā
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石
少
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Left: stone 石, right: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
If stones are made "fewer", you get sand.
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硫
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JLPT no HSK |
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| sulfur (chemistry)
liú
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石
㐬
川
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Left: stone 石, right: 㐬 (here as a var. of: 'to flow' 流) (㐬 = newborn baby  [character for child 子 upside down = coming with head first], [amniotic] fluid 川)
[melting point 115°C] The stone that can flow is sulfur.
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碟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| dish, plate, disk (CD/DVD)
dié
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石
枼
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Left: stone 石, right: 枼 (epoch 世, tree 木)
If it is made of stone it is used for generations, or it is made of wood: the dish.
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砰
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JLPT no HSK |
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| sound of crashing, thunder (onomatopoeia) "Pēng!"
pēng
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石
平
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Left: stone 石, right: flat, equal 平
When stones (hit each other) flatly, it causes a: crash.
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碱
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JLPT no HSK |
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| base, alkali, soda (chemistry)
jiǎn
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石
咸
戎
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Left: stone 石, right: salty 咸 (The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such salty.)
A stone, that is salty is: alcali/base.
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礁
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JLPT no HSK |
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| reef, shoal rock
jiāo
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石
焦
隹
灬
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Left: stone 石, right: scorch, burn, fret 焦 (The bird 隹 is on fire 灬 to be burnt.)
The stones appear to be scorched on the reef.
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磷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| phosphorus (chemistry), water in rocks
lín
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石
米
舛
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Left: stone 石, right: 粦 (rice 米, opposed 舛 [two twisted feed like at: to dance 舞])
(Think of phosphorus fertilizer) The 'stone' for the rice, that comes into furrows drawn by feet is the: Phosphorus.
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硝
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JLPT no HSK |
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| saltpeter, to tan (leather)
xiāo
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石
肖
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Left: stone 石, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
To a stone this looks 'alike', but it is: nitrate/saltpeter.
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砌
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to build by laying bricks or stones
qì
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石
切
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Left: stone 石, right: to cut 切 (.. with seven 七 swords 刀)
Use stones that are cut, when: building with bricks.
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矶
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JLPT no HSK |
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| jetty, mole, breakwater
jī
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石
几
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Left: stone 石, right: table 几
Stones piled up like tables serve as jetty.
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硅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| silicon (chemistry)
guī
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石
圭
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Left: stone 石, right: piled earth 圭
The stones in the piled earth are: silicon.
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磊
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JLPT no HSK |
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| lumpy, rock pile, uneven, fig. sincere, open and honest
lěi
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石
3
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Triple stones 石 stands for lumpy or sincere.
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砾
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JLPT no HSK |
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| gravel, small stone
lì
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石
乐
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Left: stone 石, right: happy, laugh 乐 (A protected 厂 tree 木 is happy.)
(such beautiful round) Stones are happy, if they are gravel.
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蘑
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JLPT no HSK |
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| mushroom
mó
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艹
麻
石
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: to polish, sharpen 磨 (With hemp 麻 stones 石 can be polished.)
This plant grows at the hemp and looks like a stone: the mushroom.
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磺
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JLPT no HSK |
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| sulfur
huáng
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石
黄
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Left: stone 石, right: yellow 黄 (Together 共 the fields 田 [in autumn] turn yellow.)
The stone, that is yellow, is sulfur.
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磐
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JLPT no HSK |
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| firm, stable, rock
pán
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舟
般
殳
石
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Top: manner, kind 般 (The boat 舟 is built with a battle-axe  in hand 又 in particular manner.), bottom: stone 石
In a certain manner, stones are firm.
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碉
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JLPT no HSK |
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| room made of stone
diāo
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石
周
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Left: stone 石, right: circumference 周 (A framed 冂 luck 吉, sets its circumference.)
When stones are in the circumference, the room is made of stones.
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碘
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JLPT no HSK |
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| iodine (chemistry)
diǎn
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石
冊
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Left: stone 石, right: standard work, ceremony 典 (The writing tablets 冊 on the table  are a standard-work/canon - for the ceremony.)
The 'stone' for the ceremony is: the iodine.
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碾
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JLPT no HSK |
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| millstone, stone roller, to grind, crush, husk
niǎn
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石
尸
共
衣
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Left: stone 石, right: to exhibit 展 (For the buttocks 尸 they used grass 艹 to make clothes 衣, and this should be in an exhibition)
The stone that is (especially) exhibited is the millstone.
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泵
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JLPT no HSK |
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| pump
bèng
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石
水
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Top: stone 石, bottom: water 水
Out of the stones you get the water with a pump.
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