很
JLPT HSK 1

hěn
Left: to go 彳, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
(With the invention of the wheel they said this?) "Walking is not good, ... very!"

	眼
JLPT HSK 2

yǎn
Left: eye 目, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
One eye (only) is not good, but it is still an eye.

	跟
JLPT HSK 3

gēn
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
(Most often it hurts here:) The foot is not good at the heel.

	根
JLPT HSK 3

gēn
Left: tree 木, right: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
(not usable as timber) The tree is not good at the roots. (... or if it is too slender)

	银
JLPT HSK 3

yín
Left: metal/gold 钅(=金 Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: "not good" 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
(Gold would be better!) This metal is not good: It is only silver!

	腿
JLPT HSK 3

tuǐ
Left: body part 月/肉, right: retreat 退 (The movement 辶 is not good 艮 if it is a retreat.)
The part of the body that can be retreated is the leg.

	概
JLPT HSK 4

gài
Left: tree 木, right: previous/before 既 (It is 'not good' 艮 with a 'false tusk' 牙, that's already since, ..)
A tree and a not-good tusk (as drawn) are approximately in general (the same)?

	即
JLPT HSK 4

jí
Left: simplification of "not good" 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good'), right: bent person 卩
Not good, this person should bow down: Immediately!

	既
JLPT HSK 4

jì
Left: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good'), right: (false tusk 牙)
It is not good with a false tusk, that's already since, ..

	恨
JLPT HSK 5

hèn
Left: feeling 忄, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
Feelings are not good when they are hatred.

	退
JLPT HSK 5

tuì
Left: movement 辶, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
The movement is not good if it is a retreat.

	限
JLPT HSK 5

xiàn
Left: hill 阝, right: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
A hill is not good, because it is a limit(ation).

	艰
JLPT HSK 5

jiān
Left: hand 又, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
With a hand, that is not good, it's difficult.

	恳
JLPT HSK 5

kěn
Left: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good'), right: heart 心
A not-good heart is earnest.

	良
JLPT HSK 5

liáng
The same character 良 with a lid would be food 食
Take the lid from the food: it looks good!

	痕
JLPT HSK 6

hén
Outside: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
The disease was not good, it left scars and traces.

	慨
JLPT HSK 6

kǎi
Left: feeling 忄, right: already, since 既 (It is 'not good' 艮 with a 'false tusk' 牙, that's already since, ..)
With feelings she is already rather generous.

	狠
JLPT HSK 6

hěn
Left: wild animal 犭, right: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
The wild animal is not good: It is fierce and vicious.

	卿
JLPT no HSK

qīng
Outside: rabbit 卯 (Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers), inside: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
'Rabbit' is not good as an official honorific term.

	垦
JLPT no HSK

kěn
Top: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good'), bottom: earth 土
A 'not-good' earth needs to be: cultivated.

	褪
JLPT no HSK

tùn
Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: to retreat, decline 退 (The movement 辶 is not good 艮 if it is a retreat.)
Clothes are 'retreated', when they are: taken off.

	唧
JLPT no HSK

jī
Left: mouth 口, right: immediate, prompt 即 (Not good 艮, this person should bow 卩 down, immediately!)
The mouth is not good, when during 'bowing down' sth. is: splashing out.

	龈
JLPT no HSK

kěn, yín
Left: tooth 齿/齒 (Below the nose 止 an open mouth 凵 with teeth 人), right: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
(They destroy something:) The teeth are not good when they: bite.