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谁
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| who, whose, to whom
shéi, shuí
讠
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Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: bird 隹
(You can't see the speaker, so you can only guess who spoke:) Words like from 'birds', but by whom?
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准
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| to allow, to grant, in accordance with, permit, standard
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Left: ice 冫, right: bird 隹
(Many birds have to leave northern Europe for the south in winter because of the cold. But one is allowed to stay:) The ice-bird has that permission.
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难
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| difficult (to...), problem, disaster, to scold
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Left: once-again 又 (image of a hand), right: bird 隹
To use your hand (for catching) a bird is difficult!
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推
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to push (forward), to pass sth, nominate
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Left: hand 扌, right: bird 隹
When the hand (touches) a bird, it can push it or pass it on.
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售
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to sell, to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
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Top: bird 隹, bottom: mouth 口 (here: cage)
If I get the bird into the cage, I can sell it.
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维
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: bird 隹
The thread at the bird will preserve and keep it. (against flying away)
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堆
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| pile, heap, stack, mass, to pile up
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Left: earth 土, right: bird 隹
(never directly on the bare ground) The earth, on which a bird is sitting, is piled up.
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集
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to gather, collect, collected works
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Top: bird 隹 (alternative to 鸟/鳥), below: tree 木
The Birds on a tree are: gathering.
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雄
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| male, imposing, powerful
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Left: upper arm 厷 (ten 十, nose 厶), right: bird 隹
The ten-noses-bird is the male and the female 雌 is the stop-and-sit-bird.
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滩
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| coast, beach, shoal
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Left: water 氵, right: difficult 难 (By hand 又 to catch a bird 隹 is difficult.)
(There is only salt water at the coast) The water is difficult (to use) if it is from the coast.
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催
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to urge, to press, to prompt, to rush sb
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Left: person 人, right: high mountain 崔 (=mountain 山 only for birds 隹)
Person want to the high mountains, where only birds are: Thereto, they are urged.
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唯
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| only, alone, sole, -ism
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Left: mouth 口, right: bird 隹
(A chorus of twittering birds is rare.) The mouth of a bird (sings) only alone.
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雅
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| elegant
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Left: tusk 牙 (elephant's 象 head with a tusk ノ), right: bird 隹
A tusk at a bird looks elegant.
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霍
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| suddenly
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Left: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), right: bird 隹
Rain and birds come suddenly.
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耀
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| brilliant, sparkle, glorious
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Left: light, ray 光 (The fire 火 on legs 儿 serves as light.), right: 翟 (wings 羽, bird 隹)
The light on the wings of the birds sparkles brilliant and glorious.
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雇
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| employee, to hire, to rent
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Top: door 戸, below: bird 隹 (Here: door of a shop, in which sb. is shouting for clients)
The one in the door (shouting) like a bird is an employee.
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雕
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| eagle, to engrave, shrewd
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Left: circumference/cycle 周 (A framed 冂 luck 吉, sets its circumference.), right: bird 隹
'Cycles' are made by this bird: The eagle.
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携
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to carry, to take along, to bring along, to hold (hands)
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Left: hand 扌, right: 隽 bird 隹, below: 乃 (pregnancy belly in side view; cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃)
The hand holds the bird around the corpus/belly to carry it along.
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截
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| a section, to cut off (a length)
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Top: ten 十 and halberd 戈, below: bird 隹
For the ten birds use the halberd for cutting them in sections.
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摊
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to spread out, vendor's stand
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Left: hand 扌, right: difficult 难 (By hand 又 [to catch] a bird 隹 is difficult)
By hand (to select) is difficult, if it is not spread out.
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摧
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to destroy, break, devastate, repress
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Left: hand 扌, right: high mountain 崔 (= mountain 山 only for birds 隹)
(To throw) by hand a "high mountain" on a bird brings destruction.
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雀
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sparrow, (=small bird), a freckle, lentigo
qiāo, qiǎo, què
少
隹
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Top: small 小, bottom: bird 隹
The small bird is a sparrow.
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雌
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| female
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Left: this 此 (She stopped 止 and sat 匕 down: This person), right: bird 隹
The stop-and-sit-bird is the female whereas the male 雄 is the ten-eyes-bird.
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椎
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| spine, vertebra, backbone, mallet
chuí, zhuī
木
隹
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Left: tree 木, right: bird 隹
Like a tree (better a branch) on which birds are sitting appears: the backbone with its spines.
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稚
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| infantile, young
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: bird 隹
The grain and the bird are still infantile.
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瘫
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| paralyzed, limp
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Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: difficult 难 (by hand 又 [to catch] a bird 隹 is difficult)
The disease, where you have difficulties, is when being paralyzed.
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鹰
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JLPT no HSK |
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| eagle, falcon, hawk
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Left: building 广, right: person 亻, bird 隹, bird 鸟
Above the building and (big as) a person is the bird that kills other birds: the eagle.
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惟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| only, however, nevertheless
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Left: feelings 忄, right: bird 隹
(Due to their ability to fly:) The feeling that this is for birds only.
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戳
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to jab, to poke, to stab, to blunt, to fuck (vulgar)
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Left: feather of pheasant 翟 (feather 羽 and bird 隹), right: halberd 戈
With a (pointed) feather of a bird or a halberd, you can jab or poke.
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礁
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JLPT no HSK |
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| reef, shoal rock
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Left: stone 石, right: scorch, burn, fret 焦 (The bird 隹 is on fire 灬 to be burnt.)
The stones appear to be scorched on the reef.
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锥
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cone, awl, to bore
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Left: metal 钅/金, right: bird 隹
Use metal to make a hole like a bird (= the woodpecker) that is: a drilled cone bore.
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淮
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JLPT no HSK |
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| name of a river, that flows into lake Hongze
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Left: water 氵, right: bird 隹
The water with birds is the Huai-river.
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崔
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JLPT no HSK |
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| high mountain, precipitous
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Top: mountain 山, bottom: bird 隹
The mountain that is only (accessible) for birds, is a high mountain.
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雁
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JLPT no HSK |
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| wild goose
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From left: cliff 厂, person 亻, bird 隹
On the cliff and (big as) a person is this bird: the wild goose.
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瞿
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to startle, to get frightened
jù, qú
目
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Top: twice eye 目, bottom: bird 隹
Two eyes above the bird, let it startle.
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雍
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JLPT no HSK |
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| harmony
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Top: cover 亠, bottom: country, native place 乡 (here two noses 厶), bird 隹
Under a cover two noses' birds live: in harmony.
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樵
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JLPT no HSK |
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| firewood, gather wood
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Left: tree 木, right: scorched, burnt 焦 (The bird 隹 is on fire 灬 to be burnt.)
The tree that is scorched is: firewood.
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帷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| curtain, screen
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Left: cloth 巾, right: bird 隹
(in the breeze:) The cloth that (moves like) a bird is: the curtain.
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雏
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JLPT no HSK |
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| chick, young bird
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Left: mowing grass 刍 (handle ⺈ of a big scythe 彐), right: bird 隹
The little head ⺈ above the edge of the nest 彐. This bird is: the chick.
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憔
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JLPT no HSK |
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| haggard, pallid and thin
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Left: feelings 忄, right: scorch, burn 焦 (bird 隹, fire 灬 Here: four legs)
Feelings like a bird on fire: haggard.
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鹤
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JLPT no HSK |
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| crane
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Left: 隺 (a hooded 冖 bird 隹), right: bird 鸟/鳥
A hooded bird, this bird is the: crane.
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攫
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to seize, to snatch, to grab
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Left: hand 扌, right: 矍 (2x eye 目, to seize 隻 [... a bird 隹 by hand 又])
You need your hand and both eyes when seizing a bird with your hand: The seizing.
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傩
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to exorcise demons
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Left: person 亻, right: difficult 难 (By hand 又 [to catch] a bird 隹 is difficult.)
Persons have difficulties with: exorcism.
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翟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| long-tail pheasant
dí, zhái
羽
隹
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Top: feather 羽, bottom: bird 隹
These (special) feathers has this bird: the pheasant.
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