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bitter, hot 辛
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(picture of a needle for tattoo)
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Used in these characters:
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辛
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| bitter, (of taste) hot or pungent
xīn
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Image of a needle for tattooing (cf. needle 针)
The tattooing needle is bitter and hot.
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辣
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| hot (spicy), pungent
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Left: hot/bitter 辛 (needle used for tattoo), right: bundle 束 (Plants 木/禾 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle.)
Hot stuff in a bundle is even hotter.
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辩
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| debate, argue, discuss, dispute
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Left and right: bitter, sharp 辛 (image of a tattoo needle), middle: word 讠/言
Sharp words meet in the debate.
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辞
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to resign, dismiss, leave, refined language
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Left: tongue 舌, right: hot/bitter 辛 (needle used for tattoo)
On the tongue it was too bitter: These words made me resign.
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辨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to differentiate, distinguish, recognize
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Twice: bitter, sharp 辛 (tattoo needle), middle knife刂 - Thus a double-bladed knife
A double-bladed knife has sharpnesses (at each blade), that differentiate.
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宰
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to manage, govern, rule, to slaughter livestock
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Top: roof 宀, below: hot/spicy/bitter 辛 (the image of a needle for tattooing)
Under the roof 'bitterness' is managed.
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辟
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| monarch, to repel, avoid, dispel, refute, repudiate
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Shows: anal penetration, torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口, needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture)
Penetrating the buttocks with a needle is what the monarch avoids.
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辜
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| crime, sin, guilt
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Top: old 古 (originally: skull, but better the image of a tomb stone), below: bitter, sharp 辛 (tattoo needle)
The old and bitter are the guilt of the crimes.
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瓣
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| petal, segment, clove (of garlic), piece, section, fragment
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Outside: bitter, spicy 辛 (to stand 立, ten 十), inside: melon 瓜 (image of a melon in a rope loop hanging from a frame.)
Laterally to the melon stand 立 (blossoms) with each ten 十 petals as their segments.
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辫
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to plait, a braid or queue
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Twice: bitter, sharp 辛 (tattoo needle), middle thread 纟/糸
If two sharp threads stick out, they can be plaited.
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锌
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JLPT no HSK |
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| zinc (chemistry)
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Left: metal 钅/金, right: bitter, (of taste) hot 辛
The metal with the pronunciation 'xīn' like at 'bitter' is: zinc.
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梓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Catalpa kaempferi, (Indian bean tree), printing blocks
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Left: tree 木, right: bitter, hot (taste) 辛 (image of a tattoo needle)
The tree that is bitter is: the Indian bean tree.
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