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reaching into mortar 舀
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Used in these characters:
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稻
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| rice (Oraza sativa), paddy
dào
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禾
舀
爫
臼
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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 (for processing) into the mortar: The rice.
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蹈
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to tread on, to trample, dance, to stamp, to fulfill
dǎo
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足
舀
爫
臼
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Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: 舀 (hand reaching down 爫, mortar 臼)
(At the grape-stomping) With the feet from above into the mortar: to tread in.
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滔
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| overflow, inundate, torrent-dash
tāo
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氵
舀
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Left: water 氵, right: 舀 (hand reaching down 爫, mortar 臼)
The water will do this, when a hand reaches down into a mortar (filled up to the brim): overflow.
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韬
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JLPT no HSK |
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| bow case or scabbard, to hide, military strategy
tāo
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韦
舀
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Left: leather 韦 (Two layers 二 are separated with special sword 刀 to make leather), right: 舀 (hand reaching down 爫, mortar 臼)
Made of leather and something 爫 peeks out from the mortar-like: Bow case.
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