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border guard 龹
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The border guard is a person 人 with high lifted arms  ) and two barrier bars 二. This is visible in 'border guard' 関 (in Japanese only)
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Used in these characters:
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圈
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| confined, circle, loop, to lock up, surround
juān, juàn, quān
囗
卷
龹
㔾
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Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: spool 卷 (border guard 龹 [person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二], slumped person 㔾)
In an enclosure a guard secures a slumped person, that is confined.
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卷
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to roll (up), reel, spool, to sweep up
juǎn, juàn
卷
龹
㔾
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Top: border guard 龹 (Here: roll with spindle ノ and sth. wound 二 around), bottom: crouching person 㔾
Roll on which something, like a crouching person, is rolled on.
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拳
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| fist, boxing
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Top: border guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二), bottom: hand 手
The border guard has a hand, that is a fist.
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岗
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| guard/post, position, job, mound
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Top: mountain 山, below: hill 冈/岡 (image of a hill)
The mountain and hill stand for the elevated position of a guard and generalized for a position or job.
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券
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| ticket, voucher, contract, deed
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Top: border guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二), bottom: sword 刀
The security guard with the swords cuts your ticket.
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倦
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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Left: person 亻, right: reel, spool 卷 (border guard 龹 [= person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二], slumped person 㔾-)
When a person as a security guard lifted the arms and then slumps down, he is tired.
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腾
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to gallop, soar, rise, to prance
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Left: we (imperial) 朕 (body 月/肉 and border guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二), bottom: horse 马/馬
Your body can jump/soar over the security guard, if your horse is galloping.
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藤
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JLPT no HSK |
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| tangle of vines, rattan, cane
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Top: plant 艹, below: 滕 (body 月, border guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二), water 水
Plants that pull themselves up on bodies, like raised arms of a security guard and need water are: the climbing vines.
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眷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| concern, wife and children
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Top: border guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二), bottom: eye 目
The security guard has an eye on what concerns him: wife and children.
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蜷
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to curl up (like a scroll), to huddle, wriggle (as a worm)
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Left: insect 虫, right: to roll (up), reel 卷 (Spindle ノ on which something 二, like a crouching person 㔾, is rolled on.)
The insect is 'rolled up', when it curls.
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豢
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to rear/raise (animals)
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Top: border guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷) and two barrier bars 二), bottom: pig 豕 (cf: 豚)
(Security) guards are needed when a pig is raised.
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