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beard, non-Han people 胡
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Used in these characters:
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糊
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| paste, cream, glue, muddled, scorched
hú, hù, hū
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米
胡
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Left: rice 米, right: beard, non-Han-person 胡 (Like old 古 flesh 月/肉 are the beards of the non-Han people.)
You use rice and old bodies (= bone glue) for the paste that is a glue.
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胡
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| beard, mustache, non-Han people, reckless
hú
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胡
古
肉
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Left: old 古 (image of a tomb stone), right: flesh, body part 月/肉
Like old flesh are the beards of the non-Han people.
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蝴
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| butterfly
hú
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虫
胡
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Left: insect 虫, right: beard, non-Han people 胡 (Like old 古 flesh 月 are the beards of the non-Han people.)
The insect that develops from an old 古 body 月 (=caterpillar & cocoon), is the butterfly.
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湖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| lake
hú
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氵
胡
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Left: Water 氵, right: beard, non-Han-person 胡 (Like old 古 flesh 月 are the beards of the non-Han people)
Water and the old moon can be seen in the lake.
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瑚
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JLPT no HSK |
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hú
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玉
王
胡
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Left: king, jade 王, right: beard, non-Han-person 胡 (Like old 古 flesh 月 are the beards of the non-Han people.)
The 'jade' that is on old 古 bodies 月 (= coral reef), is the coral. (Or: The king in the water-less lake 湖 is the coral.)
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葫
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JLPT no HSK |
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| bottle-gourd, calabash, allium scorodoprasum
hú
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艹
胡
古
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Top: plant 艹, below: beard, non-Han-person 胡 (Like old 古 flesh 月/肉 are the beards of the non-Han people.)
(The skin can be used as a drinking-vessel.) The plant where the 'old body' is used: The bottle-gourd.
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