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walk 行
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街
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| road, street
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Outside: to go 行, center: 圭 heap of soil 土 (= 2x earth)
I am going on elevated/piled earth: on a road.
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行
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to go, walk, travel, row/series, professional
háng, xíng, hàng
行
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Left: walking 彳, right: also walking, but slightly turned
Walking twice in rows.
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衡
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to weigh, weight, measure
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Outside: go 行, center: var. of fish 魚, big 大 (Here: See 行 as a scale with two communicating plates 彳,亍 going up/down)
Put the fish: the big one, on the scales to weigh.
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衔
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| hold in the mouth, harbor (feelings), title
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Outside: to go 行, inside: metal 钅/金
(developed from a snaffle and bridle) When [the horse] is going, it holds this metal in the mouth.
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衍
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to overflow, to amplify, to spread out, to develop
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Outside: to walk 行, middle: water 氵
The water "goes" when it is overflowing.
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衙
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Yamen 衙门 (office in feudal China)
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Outside: to go 行, inside: I, my, we 吾
I need to go to the Yamen.
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