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和
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| harmony, peace, together with, Japan
hé, hè, huó, hú
禾
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: mouth 口
Who has rice (plants) in his mouth is: in harmony.
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租
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to rent, to hire, to charter, to lease out
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: furthermore, and 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
The rice plants, moreover, are needed for the rent.
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种
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to cultivate, seed, breed, species, to grow, race
zhǒng, zhòng
禾
中
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Left: rice plant 禾 and: 'middle/center' 中
The rice plant comes from the center (land of the middle = China), where it was cultivated.
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香
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| fragrant, aromatic, savory or appetizing
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Top: rice plant 禾, below: sun 日
Rice plants in the sun spread a fragrance.
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秋
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| autumn, fall, harvest time
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Left: rice plant 禾 (here: straw), right: fire/to burn 火
Rice plants (= their straw) are burned: in autumn.
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季
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| season, period, the last month of a season
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Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: child 子 (.. with an outsized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一)
Rice plants and children develop with the seasons.
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科
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| branch of study, division, rules, laws
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: measure of volume 斗 (1 Dou = 10 l; stylized ladle with sth. in it)
How rice plants are measured is taught in this branch of study.
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利
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| favorable, profit, interest, to benefit, sharp (knife)
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: knife 刂
(Harvesting rice plants with a knife is favorable and brings profit.
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秀
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| outstanding, excellent, handsome, graceful
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Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: therefore, thus 乃 (pregnancy belly - cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃)
Rice plants as big as a pregnancy belly are: outstanding!
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乘
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to take advantage of, use means (i.e.transportation), multiplication
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Top: rice plant 禾 (Here: tree 木 with shade-giving canopy 一), middle: north 北 (2 people 丬,匕 sit back-to-back because it is cold in: the north.)
When the two people lean against the shade-giving tree, they: take advantage of it.
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稍
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| somewhat, a little, a bit
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: alike, resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
All rice plants are alike, at least somewhat a little bit.
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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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剩
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to remain, to be left, to have as remainder
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Left: to use, take advantage of 乘 (When the two people 丬,匕 lean against the shade-giving 一 tree 木, they: are using it.), right: to cut/knife刂
When using a knife, there are always remainders.
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秒
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| second (of time)
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Left rice plant 禾, right: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
(To plant:) a rice plant you need as little as one second.
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积
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to accumulate, to amass, to store, multiplication(math)
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: sole, merely 只 (His such huge mouth 口 on this two 八 legs made him sole and unique)
Where rice plants are sole, you should accumulate (cultivate) them.
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移
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to move, to shift, to change, to alter, to remove
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: many 多 (2 x evening 夕)
Rice plants are many, so we can shift them, when we move.
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秘
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| secret, secretary
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: certainly 必 (The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!)
(They are so fructuous) Rice plants certainly have a secret!
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兼
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| double, twice, combined, simultaneous
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A hand  /ヨ holding two rice plants 禾 (cf. grasp 秉)
A hand is holding two rice plants double / combined.
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称
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| appellation, to name, suitable, balanced, to weigh
chèn, chēng, chèng
禾
尔
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: thus, therefore 尔 (A horizontal  person 人 is small 小 => small person.)
"Like a rice plant": For a small person this can be an appellation.
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税
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| taxes, duties
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: money transfer 兑 (Going out 丷 from my elder brother 兄 a money transfer takes place)
For the rice plants my elder brother makes a money transfer as taxes.
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秩
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| order, orderliness
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ the husband 夫 will lose.)
Rice plants were lost, we need more order!
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私
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| personal, private, selfish
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: nose 厶
Next to the rice plant with the nose: that's me.
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稳
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| stable, settled, firm, reliable
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: urgent, pressing 急 (The bent person ⺈ holds hand 彐 to heart 心, because he was in a hurry.
When the rice plants grow quickly, (the business) is stable and settled.
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委
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to entrust, to accumulate, committee member
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Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: woman 女
Rice plants can women be entrusted.
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透
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to penetrate, to pass through, soak, thoroughly
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Left: movement 辶, right: excellent 秀 (Grain plants 禾 as big as a plump pregnancy belly 乃 are excellent!) cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃
This movement was excellent and penetrating.
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稀
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| rare, uncommon, watery, sparse
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: seldom, sparse 希 (A cross-stitch 㐅 in cloth 布 is seldom.) [cloth 布 = A hand is holding a cloth 巾]
Rice plants that are seldom, are (really): rare.
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稿
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| manuscript, draft, sketch
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: high/tall 高 (guard tower)
(Making paper with long plant's fibers:) Rice plants that grew high were used for manuscripts.
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颖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| clever, gifted, new and original, head of grain
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Top: a short while ago 顷 (sitting person 匕, head 页/頁), below left: rice plant 禾
At rice plant is (sits) the spike (= "the grain's head"), which is considered: "clever and gifted".
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秃
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| bald, blunt
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Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: table 几
The rice plant is placed on the table (after peeling / cleaning) if it is bald (= well peeled).
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稻
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| rice (Oraza sativa), paddy
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: 舀 (hand reaching down 爫, mortar 臼)
It comes from the rice plant and the hand puts it from above (for processing) into the mortar: The rice.
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稚
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| infantile, young
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: bird 隹
The grain and the bird are still infantile.
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稼
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sow grain
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: household 家 (Under the roof 宀 is a personal pig 豕)
The rice plants for the household need to be sowed.
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菌
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| mold, mildew, germ, bacteria, fungus
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: 囷 (enclosure 囗, rice plant 禾)
Plants enclosed like this rice plant will be affected by mold.
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稠
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| dense, crowded, thick, viscosity
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: circumference 周 (The frame 冂 becomes happy 吉 with the circumference of a circle.)
Where there are rice plants, the circumference is: densely (populated).
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秤
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| steelyard, beam balance, Roman balance
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: flat, equal 平 (image of a scales)
Rice plants are best to be weighted with a steelyard.
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秉
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to grasp, to hold, to maintain
bǐng
禾
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Rice plant 禾 and hand
The rice plant has (by the hand) been grasped. (... whereby the hand can also grasp twice 兼.)
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秦
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor
qín
禾
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Top: three 三 persons 人, bottom: rice plant 禾
Where three persons met at a rice plant arose the first dynasty, namely the Qin dynasty.
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稽
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to inspect, to check, bow to the ground
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: var. of dog 犬, purpose, aim 旨 (if sb. is sitting 匕 in sun 日 he has a purpose)
In the rice plants is a 'dog' for the purpose of inspecting.
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颓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to crumble, to collapse, to decline, decadent, dejected
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Left: bald, blunt 秃 (The rice plants 禾 are placed on the table 几 (after peeling / cleaning), once they are bald.), right: page, leaf, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The bald head has crumbled.
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秽
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JLPT no HSK |
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| dirt, filth
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: years of age 岁 (Like a mountain 山, such (many) evenings 夕 are my years of life.)
(Threshing rice produces a lot of chaff or husks.) The rice plants create (during threshing) a mountain and in the evening it is: dirty.
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稣
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to revive, to rise again
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Left: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: rice plant 禾
Fisch with rice plants is (enough for) for my revival.
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臻
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JLPT no HSK |
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| utmost, to reach
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Left: arrive, reach 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 returns back to earth 土 and arrives there.), right: Qin dynasty 秦 (Where three 三 persons 人 met at a rice plant 禾 arose the first dynasty, namely the Qin dynasty.)
For reaching out for them the three persons were at those rice plants, that were utmost.
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穗
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JLPT no HSK |
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| ear of grain, fringe, tassel
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: favor, benefit 惠 (If a grid 二 is in front of the insect 虫, it is for the heart 心: a favor/benefit)
The rice plant gives its favor at the ear/spike of grain.
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酥
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JLPT no HSK |
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| flaky pastry, crunchy, limp, soft, silky
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Left: wine jar 酉, right: rice plant 禾
Giving with alcohol (for fermentation) to the rice plant and you will get a flaky pastry.
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秧
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JLPT no HSK |
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| seedling, shoots, sprouts
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: center 央 (The yoke 冂 on the shoulders of the big 大 man is centered.)
The rice plants are centered (= in straight rows) when they are planted as: seedlings.
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悸
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to palpitate, fearful, afraid, perturbed
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Left: feelings 忄, right: season, period 季 (Rice plants 禾 and children 子 develop with the seasons.)
The feeling with periods is: the palpitating heart with fear.
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禾
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cereal, grain
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Image of an ear of grain
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秸
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JLPT no HSK |
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| straw, stalks left after threshing
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: happy 吉 (simplification of 'happy' 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy.)
The rice plants make us happy, when they became straw.
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穆
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JLPT no HSK |
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| solemn, reverent, calm
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: variant of spring 原 (white 白water/river 川 (=小), hair 彡 (= three drops of water)
For the rice plants, a white river of three water-drops flows and it becomes: solemn.
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稷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| 'god of cereals', minister of agriculture
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: 畟 (rice field 田, eight 八, [sitting] crossed legs 夂)
Rice plants on the field (thick like) eight crossed legs are provided by: the god of cereals
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