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院
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| courtyard, institution
yuàn
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阝
宀
元
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Left: hill 阝(If this radical is at the left of a character, it means "hill", otherwise: "village"), right: finished/complete: 完 (A roof 宀 needs an origin 元 [= groundwork, seating] to be finished and complete.) [Origin: 元 =two 二 legs 儿]
(An institute needs a lot of space:) The hill is completely used by the: Institute.
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阴
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| Moon, cloudy, shady, rearside, Yin of (Yin:阴/Yang:阳)
yīn
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阝
月
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Left: hill 阝(If this radical: 阝is at the left of a character it means 'hill', otherwise it means 'village'), right: moon 月
The hill is on its "moon-side" shady, thus the: Yin.
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阳
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| Sun, positive, sun, male principle, Yang of (Yin:阴/Yang:阳)
yáng
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阝
日
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Left: hill 阝(If this radical: 阝is at the left of a character it means 'hill', otherwise it means 'village'), right: sun 日
The hill is on its sunny side positive, thus the: Yang (male)
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啊
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| interjection of surprise: Ah!, Oh!
ā, á, ǎ, à, a
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口
阝
可
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Left: mouth 口, right: (exclamation of approval) 阿 (From the elevated point of a hill 阝 there is the possibility 可 [because of better sound transmission] to: shout)
A mouth on a hill can shout out: Ah! Oh!
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附
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to attach, to add, to be close to
fù
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阝
付
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Left: hill 阝, right: hand over, deliver 付 (A person 亻with a skillful hand 寸 handing over sth.)
(At a real estate deal) A hill is handed over and (the certificate) is attached.
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除
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to get rid of, to remove, to exclude
chú
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阝
余
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Left: hill 阝, right: excess/rest 余 (A heap  is still on the altar 示 [= to show], thus there in excess.)
(The mole control was almost successful:) A hill is in excess: let's get rid of it.
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阿
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| exclamation of approval or doubt
ā, ē
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阝
可
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Left: hill 阝, right: possibility 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.)
(From an elevated point the sound is transmitted easily a bigger distance:) A hill gives the possibility of an exclamation (that is heard far away).
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队
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| troops, team, squadron, group
duì
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阝
人
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Left: hill 阝 (The "hill"-radical 阝, stands also for border 际, limit 限 or obstruction 阻, such that persons form here the border troops.), right: person 人
On the hill the persons are posted as troops.
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随
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to follow, to comply with, to allow
suí
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阝
辶
有
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Left: hill 阝, right: 迶 (movement 辶, have/exist 有 [I have hand  and body 月])
(For hunters: Animals prefer to live in the valleys) Between the hills are existing movements: Follow them!
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际
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| border, edge, boundary
jì
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阝
示
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Left: hill 阝(also mountain ridge), right: to show 示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and dripping blood 八)
(The Chinese wall was built over the hills and mountain ridges, as this provided a better overview and made it more difficult for the enemy to capture) The hill shows (= in the sense of: 'is there') the border.
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险
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| danger, risk, rugged, narrow pass
xiǎn
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阝
佥
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Left: hill 阝, right: together 佥 (A person 人 as one 一 is with three ツ together.)
The hills all together are rugged and form a danger.
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陪
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to accompany, to keep sb company
péi
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阝
咅
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Left: hill 阝 (If this radical: 阝is at the left of a character it means 'hill', otherwise it means 'village'), right: spit 咅 (stand 立 with open mouth 口 and spit)
From a hill he spits on his accompany.
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降
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to fall (rain), to drop, to descend, to surrender
jiàng, xiáng
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阝
夂
止
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Left: hill 阝, right: upturned foot, sitting cross-legged 夂 (But here perhaps: image of dripping rain?), variant of stop 止
From the hill comes the falling rain and will stop at the bottom because it has fallen down.
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阻
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to obstruct, to hinder, to block, prevent
zǔ
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阝
且
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Left: hill 阝, right: further/moreover 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
Hills, piled like stone piles are an obstruction.
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隔
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to separate, to partition, in distance, delayed
gé
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阝
鬲
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Left: hill 阝(here: a wall), right: 鬲 pictograph of a cooking pot on a frame with support
The 'hill' (= a wall is meant) and the pot should be separated by a distance.
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限
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| limit, bound
xiàn
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阝
艮
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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).
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阶
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| stairs, rank, step, hierarchy
jiē
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阝
介
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Left: hill 阝, right: in-between 介 (The person 人 in this armor 丌 is in-between.)
For a hill, the 'in-between'-lying sections are the steps of a stairs.
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防
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to protect, to defend, guard, dam, dike
fáng
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阝
方
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Left: hill 阝, right: direction/square 方
The hill that is in one direction: The dam (dike), that protects you.
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阵
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| disposition of troops, front, classifier for short durations
zhèn
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阝
车
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Left: hill 阝, right: vehicle 车/車 (= cart with axle丨, load-area 日 and two wheels 二)
On the hill the vehicles show the troop's disposition and their roll-down is a short period of time.
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陌
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| raised path, street
mò
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阝
百
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Left: hill 阝, right: hundred 百 (tilt your head to the right and read '100')
(A street is actually just piled earth cf.街) Hills in hundreds form a street.
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陆
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| mainland, continent, shore, land
liù, lù
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阝
二
山
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Left: hill 阝, right: hit, strike 击 (here: roads 二 and mountain 山)
There are hills, roads and mountains: It is the mainland.
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陷
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to trap, to capture (in battle), defect, submerge
xiàn
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阝
臽
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Left: hill 阝, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pitfall 臼)
As if from a hill a person falls into a pitfall and is trapped and captured.
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陵
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| mound, tomb, hill, mountain
líng
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阝
夌
夂
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Left: hill 阝, right: dawdle 夌 (Who walks over the earth 土 with legs 儿 that are crossed 夂, is dawdling)
The hill where the earth comprises two legs 儿 that are crossed: is an imperial tomb.
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陶
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| pottery, pleased
táo
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阝
匋
勹
缶
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Left: hill 阝, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid  and can opener 十 of that can 凵])
With material from a hill (clay), you can make this package: pottery.
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隐
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| concealed, secret, hidden, crypto-...
yǐn
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阝
急
彐
心
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Left: hill 阝, right: urgent/hurry 急 (The bent person ⺈ holds hand /彐 to heart 心, because he was in hurry (and now is exhausted)
He used the hill, for urgently hiding and concealing it.
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坠
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to fall, to drop, to weigh down
zhuì
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阝
土
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Top: troops 队 (On the hill 阝the persons 人 are posted as troops), bottom: earth 土
From the hill the person comes (down) to the earth, because he has fallen down.
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陡
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| steep, precipitous, abruptly, unexpected
dǒu
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阝
走
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Left: hill 阝, right: go/walk 走 (On earth 土 feet 足 have to walk.)
The hill can be, in respect to walking, be steep.
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隙
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| crack, crevice, gap or interval, discord, rift
xì
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阝
莫
小
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Left: hill 阝, right: sun 日 with rays to all directions: 小 小
(It causes a shadow:) The hill causes, when the sun is shining to all directions: a crack or gap.
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陈
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to exhibit, to display, old, stale
chén
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阝
東
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Left: hill 阝, right: east 东 (=東 The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.)
If a hill is exhibited in the east, it will be an old-stale exhibit.
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障
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to hinder, block, obstruct
zhàng
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阝
章
立
早
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Left: hill 阝, right: medal 章 (Get up 立 early 早 to get a medal.)
(As a protection against floodwaters) The hill gets a medal, because it is a hindrance. [against the water]
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陋
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| vulgar, low, plain, ugly, mean, ignorant
lòu
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阝
丙
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Left: hill 阝, right: corner  and Third 丙 (one 一 outside, two λ strokes inside 内 makes 3)
At the hill is a corner with three (persons) who are vulgar and mean.
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隆
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| intense, prosperous, to swell, to bulge
lōng, lóng
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阝
夂
生
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Left: hill 阝, right: upturned-foot, crossed-legs 夂, one 一, life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  stands for life.)
Sitting on a hill with crossed legs and my one life looks: intense & prosperous.
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堕
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to degenerate, destroy, to fall, overthrow
duò, huī
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阝
有
土
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Left: hill 阝, right: be, have, exist 有 (I have hand and body 月, thus I am existing.), below: earth 土
One hill exists on earth but it is degenerating.
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隘
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| narrow, defile, pass, confined, in distress
ài
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阝
皿
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Left: hill 阝, right: benefit 益 (Laid 丷 tables  with plates 皿 are for him [the restaurant owner] a benefit.)
At a hill it is beneficial, if there is a narrow pass.
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阱
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| hole, pitfall
jǐng
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阝
井
臽
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Left: hill 阝, right: a well 井
At the hill is a 'well', that actually is a pitfall.
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椭
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| ellipse, oval, elliptic
tuǒ
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木
阝
有
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From left: tree 木, hill 阝, exist, have 有 (I have hand and body 月, thus I am existing.)
(not a round cross-section) Trees that have sth. "hill-like" in their existence are: oval.
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隧
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| tunnel, underground passage
suì
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阝
辶
豕
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Left: hill 阝, right: satisfy 遂 (out of 丷, pig 豕/豚, movement 辶)
By the hill (= the excavation 丷 next to it) you see where the pig's movements made: a tunnel.
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陛
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JLPT no HSK |
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| the steps to the throne
bì
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阝
比
土
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Left: hill 阝, right: 坒 (compare 比 [= compare the two sitting persons 匕], earth 土)
Like a hill in proportion to the earth is his majesty on the throne.
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荫
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JLPT no HSK |
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| shade
yìn
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艹
阝
月
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Top: grass 艹, bottom: moon, rearside, Yin 阴 (The hill 阝is on its "moon-side" 月 shady, thus the: Yin)
Only grass can grow at the "moon"-side of the hill: in the shade.
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萨
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Bodhisattva, enlightenment, Buddhist god
sà
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艹
阝
产
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Top: grass, plant 艹, bottom: hill 阝, and produce 产 (standing 立 on the cliff 厂)
Over the plants and the hills, I am standing on a cliff: with the Buddhistic enlightenment.
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隋
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JLPT no HSK |
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| the Sui dynasty (581-617 AD)
suí
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阝
惰
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Left: hill 阝, right: part of lazy 惰 (I feel 忄, that the left 左 [half] of my body 月 is lazy)
At the hills they were lazy during Sui dynasty.
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阮
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JLPT no HSK |
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| (family name Ruǎn)
ruǎn
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阝
元
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Left: hill 阝, right: Yuan 元
At the hill with money (Yuan): family Ruan.
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陨
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to fall, to perish, meteor
yǔn
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阝
员
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Left: hill 阝, right: member 员/員 (Who has a mouth 口 and money 贝 can become a member) Here: 贝 as a simplification of head/shoulder 頁
This hill or stone 口/石 that can fall on the head is a meteorite.
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陇
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JLPT no HSK |
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| abbr. for Gansu province 甘肃省
lǒng
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阝
龙
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Left: hill 阝, right: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ)
The hill with a dragon, in the: Ganzu Province
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隅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| corner
yú
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阝
禺
禸
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Left: hill 阝, right: scorpion 禺 (pictograph of a scorpion: combination of 田 for carapace, insect 虫, long legs 冂)
On the hill, there are scorpions in every corner.
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陀
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JLPT no HSK |
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| (phonetic) declivity, steep bank
tuó
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阝
它
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Left: hill 阝, right: it (lifeless) 它
The hill is lifeless (without turf) on the declivity.
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阜
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JLPT no HSK |
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| mound, abundant
fù
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阝
阜
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Top: pair of buttocks  , bottom: ten 十
Of such buttocks you need ten to pile up a mound.
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阪
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JLPT no HSK |
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| a slope, hillside
bǎn
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阝
反
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Left: hill 阝, right: opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
The hill is opposing against being: a slope.
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窿
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cavity, hole
lóng
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穴
阝
夂
生
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Top: hole, cavity 穴, below: intense, prosperous 隆 (Sitting on a hill 阝 with upturned 夂 feet, the one 一 life 生 looks intense & prosperous)
A hole, that is intense, is a: cavity.
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陕
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JLPT no HSK |
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| abbr. for Shaanxi 陕西 province
shǎn
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阝
夹
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Left: hill 阝, right: squeeze in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed.)
Between hills is is squeezed: Shaanxi (mausoleum with soldier figures of Qin Shi Huang)
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