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衣
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| clothes, to dress, to wear
yī, yì
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Image of a shirt with neck, collar and two sleeves.
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喂
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| hello (on telephone), to feed (i.e. animal)
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Left: mouth 口, right: awe, reverence 畏 (.. because he has rice fields 田 and [good] clothes 衣.)
His mouth was in awe when saying: "Hello!"
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表
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| exterior surface, outside, to show (one's opinion)
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Top: growing plant  , below: clothes 衣
Growing plants and clothes show at the surface.
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旅
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| journey, travel, trip
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Left: square/direction 方, right: originally two persons 人 assembling under a banner  - (alternatively: see it as a variation for clothes 衣?)
Arranged in one direction the people are under the banner ready for the journey.
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被
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| bedding, cover, quilt, by (passive)
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: skin/leather 皮 (A hand 又 peels off the animal the skin 厂 with a knife 丨.)
(A large fur is meant.) "Clothes" of leather serve as bedding.
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裤
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| pants, trousers, drawers
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: warehouse 库 (If there is a vehicle 车/車 in a building 广, then in the warehouse.)
Clothes for the warehouse are the pants.
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衫
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| shirt, gown, robe, jacket with open slits in place of sleeves
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: hair 彡
Clothes (that is warming) like hair, is: the shirt.
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裙
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| skirt
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: monarch, master 君 (Here: hand  with needle ノ and circumferential closed 口 skirt [in cross-sectional view])
This clothing is sewn made with a needle in a hand and looks (in cross-sectional view) like a skirt: The skirt!
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衬
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| inner layer of garment, underwear, lining
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: skillful hand 寸
(For sewing) clothes you need a skillful hand if it is an inner layer or underwear.
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展
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| exhibition, to spread out, open up, prolong
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From top: buttock seen from the side 尸, grass, plant 艹, var. of clothes 衣
For the buttocks they used grass to make clothes, and this should be in an exhibition.
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袋
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| bag, a pouch, sack, pocket
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Top: generation 代 (The person 人 passes on the saber 弋 to next generation.), below: clothes 衣
(Younger siblings continue to wear the clothes until they wear out.) Already generations have worn these clothes and they look like a sack!
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袜
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| socks, stockings
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Left: cloth 衤/衣, right: end 末 (The longer top branch 一 of the tree 木 marks the end.)
The clothes that are at the end (of the body) are the socks.
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裁
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to cut out (as a dress), trim, reduce, decision, judgment
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Top: ten 十, halberd 戈, bottom: clothes 衤/衣
For ten layers of clothes we use a halberd to cut it out.
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农
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| peasant, to farm, agriculture
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Top: cover 冖, below: variant of clothes 衣
(Because he has to go out in all weathers) He has a side-extended cover on his clothes: the peasant!
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装
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| costume, clothes, pretend, install, equipment
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Top: strong, robust 壮 (In the bed 丬 is the scholar 士 strong and robust) [丬=tree cut into half], below: clothes 衣
In the bed the scholar (recovered) and wears his clothes like a costume.
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补
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to repair, to patch, to mend, supplement
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: fortune telling 卜 (here: image of a needle with a thread (cf. 针)
For the clothes, take a needle to repair.
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滚
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to boil (liquid), to roll, tumble
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Left: water 氵, right: 衮 (six 六, nose 厶, clothes 衣)
In the water are six noses and clothes that are boiling.
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依
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to depend on, according to, rely on
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Left: Person 人, right: clothes 衣
(Dress for success:) How the person dresses, it is depending on.
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初
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| at first, (at the) beginning, junior
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: sword 刀
He is wearing the clothes and the sword for the first time.
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裹
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to bind, to wrap, a bundle, a parcel
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Top and bottom: clothes 衤/衣, middle: fruit 果 (= the 'rice field' 田 at the tree 木)
Within the clothes are the fruits wrapped as: a parcel!
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裔
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| descendants, ethnic (..Chinese)
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Top: clothes 衣, bottom: 冏 as a variant of sales/trade 商 (A vendor  standing behind a sales desk 冂/冏 with some goods 口)
The clothes are sold for the descendants.
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裕
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| rich, abundant
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
The clothes in this valley looks rich.
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裂
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to tear, split, crack, to break open, to rend
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Top: row 列 (wicked 歹 [= bar bone] is exposed with a knife刂 in a row [i.e. backbone]), bottom: clothes 衣
In a row (=direction of looming) clothes are teared.
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畏
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| awe, reverence, to fear, to dread
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From top: field 田, Variation of clothes 衣
He has fields and (good) clothes: we are in awe.
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衷
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| inner feelings
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Center: middle 中, rest: clothes 衣
In the middle of the clothes she hides her inner feelings.
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袭
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to attack, to raid, invade, to inherit
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Top: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a winding dragon ノ), bottom: clothes 衤/衣
If the dragon is at your clothes, it is an attack.
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袍
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| gown (lined), robe
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Left: cloth 衤/衣, right: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
The cloth for being "enwrapped", is a gown.
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袖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sleeve, to tuck inside one's sleeve
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Left: clothes/cloth 衤/衣, right: reason 由 (The seedling /sprout 丨 in the field 田 has its reason)
If the cloth has something "sprouting" out (like a seedling 丨), it is: the sleeve.
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衰
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to become weak, deteriorate, decline, wane
cuī, shuāi
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哀
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Sorrow, distress 哀 (in the clothes 衣 a big hole 口), dash 一, e.g. for a cut
The sorrow about the cut made him weak.
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丧
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| mourn, mourning, funeral
sāng, sàng
丷
土
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Top: two bodies 丷 in the earth 土 (cf. gold 金), bottom: clothes 衣
When the two bodies come into the earth, you wear these clothes: to mourn at the funeral.
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裳
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| skirt, petticoat, lower garment
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Top: esteem, to value 尚 (A small 小 house 宀 with a window 口 is furthermore esteemed.), below: clothes 衤/衣
An esteem clothes is the skirt.
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袱
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| bundle wrapped in cloth
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: subsue 伏 (A person 亻/人 is like a dog 犬, when it subdues.)
With clothes a person can (carry) a dog, enwrapped as: a bundle.
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哀
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sorrow, grief, pity, to lament, to condole
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Top and bottom: clothes 衣, center: a big hole 口
Clothes with a central hole causes: sorrow.
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袁
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JLPT no HSK |
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| long robe (old)
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From top: earth 土, mouth 口 (here: sleeve), clothes 衣
Down to the ground reaches the sleeve 口 of this clothe: the long robe.
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襟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| lapel, overlap of Chinese gown, heart, aspiration
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: prohibit, forbid 禁 (In the wood 林 a "Showing up 示" is forbidden, Or: Putting only twice wood 林 on the altar 示 (as a sacrifice) is: forbidden.)
Clothes that is forbidden: are lapels.
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裘
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JLPT no HSK |
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| fur, fur coat
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Top: ask for, request 求 ([I'm dying of thirst:] Just one 一 drop 丶 of water 水, this is my: request!), bottom: clothes 衤/衣
(It's very cold:) I request clothes, namely: fur.
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襄
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to help, to assist, assistance
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From top: cover 亠, two pieces 口, well 井,cloth 衣
For covering 亠 both (=two pieces 口) wells 井 with cloth 衣, I need help!
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裴
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JLPT no HSK |
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| surname Pei
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Top: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽), bottom: clothes 衤/衣
The one who has no clothes, is: Mr. Péi.
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褂
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JLPT no HSK |
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| coat, jacket, gown, ensheath
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: trigram 卦 (Here part 圭 of path/road 街 where earth was piled up) & fork 卜 in the road.
The clothes for the street with the fork is the coat that ensheathes you.
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猿
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JLPT no HSK |
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| ape
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Left: wild animal 犭, right: long robe (old) 袁 (Down to the ground 土 reaches the sleeve 口 of this clothes 衣: the long robe.)
An animal in a long robe appears like: a monkey.
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褪
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to take off (clothes), to fade
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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.
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褥
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JLPT no HSK |
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| mattress
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: disgrace, dishonor 辱 (Having the plow 辰 in his skillful hands 寸 he understood as: disgrace.)
For clothes it is a disgrace only serving as: a mattress.
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袄
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JLPT no HSK |
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| coat, jacket, lined winter coat
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Left: cloth 衤/衣, right: early death 夭 (here: heaven/sky 天)
The cloth that is heavenly, is used for the lined coat.
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亵
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JLPT no HSK |
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| disrespectful, obscene, licentious
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Top und down: cloth 衤(衣), middle: grasp, seize 执 (If you get your hand 扌to that small bead 丸 you grasp it.)
Grasping someone's clothes [i.e. by hand 扌 at a button 丸] is disrespectful.
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袅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| delicate, graceful, curling
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Top: variation of bird 鸟/鳥 (= a bird with head, wings, and claws), bottom: clothes 衤
(With feather ornaments?) If you use birds for clothes/dressing, you look: delicate and graceful.
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辗
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JLPT no HSK |
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| roll over on side (in bed), roller
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Left: vehicle 车/車, right: exhibition, to spread out 展 (For the buttocks 尸 they used grass 艹 to make clothes 衣, and this should be in an exhibition)
With a vehicle the buttocks becomes (flat) like clothes, if you: roll over.
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褒
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to praise, to honor, to commend
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Top + below: clothes 衣, center: protect 保 (The person 亻builds a fence 口 over tree 木 to protect it.)
To preserve clothes is to be praised.
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袒
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to bare
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: sun rise 旦 (The sun 日 above the horizon 一)
Stripping of the clothes, just as the sun exposes itself at sunrise, means: become bare.
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偎
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to cuddle, embrace, fondle
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Left: person 亻, right: awe/reverence 畏 (... because he has rice fields 田 and (good) clothes 衣)
Don't jump all over your darling right away:) A person should show awe/respect when cuddling.
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碾
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JLPT no HSK |
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| millstone, stone roller, to grind, crush, husk
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Left: stone 石, right: to exhibit 展 (For the buttocks 尸 they used grass 艹 to make clothes 衣, and this should be in an exhibition)
The stone that is (especially) exhibited is the millstone.
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褶
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JLPT no HSK |
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| pleat, crease
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Left: clothing 衤/衣, right: 習 (wing, feather 羽/习 and white 白)
If the clothing has “white wings”, then these are: pleats / folds.
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褚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| surname Chu
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: person 者 (old man 耂 on the sun 日)
Such clothes have the persons of family Chu.
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褐
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JLPT no HSK |
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| coarse woolen cloth, dull, dark
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth with tongue 曰 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner  at the interrogation.)
The clothes at interrogations are of coarse woolen cloth.
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裸
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JLPT no HSK |
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| naked
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Left: var. of clothes 衤/衣, right: fruit 果 (= The "rice field" 田 at the tree 木)
Clothes have the effect, as its "fruit", that you are not naked.
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