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JLPT HSK 3 |
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Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: 2x earth 圭 = piled earth (cf. with road/street 街, where you walk 行 over piled earth 圭)
The leather for the piled earth (= the street) is: the shoe!
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革
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| animal hide, leather, to remove, to expel (from office)
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Center: peeled skin 囗, rest: pictogram for a horned 廿 animal with backbone 丨 from above
Horned animals have a skin 囗 of leather.
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鞭
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| whip or lash, to flog, conductor's baton
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Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: convenient 便 (The person 亻likes it furthermore 更, if it's convenient) [further 更 = The sun 日 goes with each unit of length 丈 further and more]
Leather is convenient as a whip.
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霸
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| tyrant, hegemon, to rule by force, to usurp
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Top: rain 雨, below: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather; but here: animals in general.), moon 月
He controls the rain, the animals and the moon: The tyrant!
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鞠
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to rear, to bring up, to raise
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Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: 匊 (enwrap 勹, rice 米)
The horned animal needs protection (= wrapping) and food (=rice) during rearing.
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鞘
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JLPT no HSK |
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| scabbard, sheath
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Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
Made of leather and similar (to the sword:) The sword's scabbard.
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靴
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JLPT no HSK |
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| boots
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Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: change 化 (From a standing 亻 to a sitting 匕 person is a change.)
Leather changes into boots.
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鞍
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JLPT no HSK |
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| saddle (of a horse)
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Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: peaceful 安 (A woman 女 in the house 宀 makes it peaceful.)
It is made of leather and makes (riding) more peaceful: The saddle.
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靶
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JLPT no HSK |
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| target, mark
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Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: hope for 巴 (Behind the doorknob 巴 you can hope)
The leather in the size of a doorknob is: the target.
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羁
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JLPT no HSK |
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| bridle, halter, to restrain, to detain, to lodge, inn
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Top: net 罒/网, bottom: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), horse 马/馬
The 'net' made of leather for the horse is: the bridle.
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勒
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JLPT no HSK |
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| rein in, to choke, to throttle, to strangle
lè, lēi
革
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Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather), right: force 力
For horned animals 革 you need force to rein them. OR: With leather and force you can rein.
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鞅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| martingale (horse's harness)
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Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: center 央 (The yoke 冂 on the shoulders of the big 大 man is centered)
Made of leather and located centrally: The martingale.
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靳
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JLPT no HSK |
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| martingale (control of a horse's head), stingy
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Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: axe 斤
It is made of leather and (can control the horse) like an axe: The Martingale.
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