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oppose 舛
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舞
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| to dance
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Top: variation of: not 無 (originally dancers lined up), below: variants of feet 夕/止, in opposed positions
Dancers with opposed feet are dancing.
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瞬
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to twinkle, wink, a moment
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Left: eye 目, right: Emperor Shun 舜 (hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖, 舛 two var. of foot 夕/止 (opposite feet, originally a pictograph, like at: to dance 舞)
The eye sees a hand covering two unequal feet and twinkles for a moment.
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麟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| female unicorn (mythical creature)
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Left: deer 鹿, right: 粦 (rice 米 and opposed 舛 [=two twisted feet, like at: to dance 舞)
The deer, that only eats rice and has upturned feet, is the unicorn.
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鳞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| scales (of fish)
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Left: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: 粦 (rice 米, oppose 舛 [= two twisted feet, like at: to dance 舞])
At the fish is sth. 'rice-shaped' up until the feet 舛 (= fins/flipper) which are the scales.
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磷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| phosphorus (chemistry), water in rocks
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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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舜
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Shun (c. 22nd century BC), fifth of the Five Emperors
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From top: hand grasping down 爫, cover 冖, oppose 舛 (opposed feet, like at: dancing 舞)
With a downward hand he covered/protected, but was opposed and thus the last of the five emperors.
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