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The Radical: 叟
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning |
old gentleman, old man 叟
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Explanation |
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Used in these Kanji:
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瘦
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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thin, to lose weight, meager
shòu Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: old gentleman 叟 (.. he leans with the hands E 彐 on a stick 丨 that serves as a 3rd hand 又)
The sickness of the old gentleman is that he is meager.
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疒
叟
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搜
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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investigate, to search
sōu Left: hand 扌, right: old gentleman 叟 (supports himself with his hands E, 彐 on the stick 丨, which serves as the 3rd hand 又)
With these four hands one stick is investigated.
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扌
叟
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艘
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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classifier for ships
sōu Left: boat 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right: old gentleman 叟 (supports himself with hands E, 彐 on a stick 丨, which serves as 3rd hand 又)
Next to the boats is an old gentleman, counting them.
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舟
叟
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嫂
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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older brother's wife, sister-in-law
sǎo Left: woman 女, right: old gentleman 叟 (supports himself with hands E, 彐 on a stick 丨, which serves as 3rd hand 又.)
The woman of the old gentleman is that sister-in-law.
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女
叟
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嗖
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JLPT no HSK |
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whooshing sound, swishing, rustle of skirts
sōu Left: mouth 口, right: old gentleman 叟 (leans with hands E, 彐 on stick 丨, which serves as 3rd hand 又.)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of an old man is: whooshing.
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口
叟
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叟
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JLPT no HSK |
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old gentleman, old man
sǒu Stick 丨 and hands from left and right E, 彐, below: again 又 (shows hand)
He supports himself with both hands at a stick that serves as a third hand: the old man.
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又
叟
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