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valley 谷
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铅
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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lead (chemical element)
qiān Left: metal 钅/金 (=金 Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: variation of valley 谷
(Found in lower places because of its weight.) The metal in the valley is: lead.
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金
谷
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容
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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appearance, look, to hold, to contain
róng Top: roof 宀, below: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口)
The roofs in the valley determine the appearance.
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容
宀
谷
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俗
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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custom, convention, popular, vulgar, coarse
sú Left: person 人, right: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
People in the valleys have commonly coarse customs.
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人
谷
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裕
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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rich, abundant
yù Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
The clothes in this valley looks rich.
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衣
谷
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沿
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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along, following (a line)
yán Left: water 氵, right: var. of valley 谷 (pictograph of a valley opening towards a plain)
The water in the valley: flows along. (that you can have your bath 浴)
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氵
谷
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谷
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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valley, grain, corn
gǔ, yù
Shows a valley between lateral slopes that opens into a plain 口
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谷
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溶
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to melt, to dissolve, soluble
róng Left: water 氵, right: appearance 容 (The roofs 宀 in the valley 谷 are an appearance.)
Water comes from the roof into the valley, because it is melting.
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氵
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宀
谷
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浴
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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bath, to bathe
yù Left: water 氵, right: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
The water flows into the valley, where you can have your bath.
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氵
谷
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欲
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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greed, to desire, passion, lust
yù Left: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
In the valley (everything) is lacking, hence the greed and desires.
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谷
欠
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蓉
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JLPT no HSK |
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lotus
róng Left: plant 艹, right: appearance 容 (The houses 宀 in the valley 谷 have an appearance.)
(With the big pink blossom:) The plant for your good appearance is: The lotus.
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艹
容
谷
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豁
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JLPT no HSK |
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opening, sacrifice, crack, slit, stake all, exempt (from)
huá, huō, huò Left: damage 害 (Under the roof 宀 is a growing plant 丰 in a pot 口, which damaged it), right: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
The damage is like a valley: Such wide open.
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害
谷
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熔
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JLPT no HSK |
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to smelt, to fuse
róng Left: fire 火, right: appearance 容 (The houses 宀 in the valley 谷 are an appearance.)
Fire causes the "appearance" of smelting.
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火
容
宀
谷
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壑
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JLPT no HSK |
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channel, gully, narrow ravine, bed of torrent
hè Top: 㕡 (Upper left resembles: cavity,hole 穴 and valley 谷 with other elements showing a channel itself) and hand 又), bottom: earth 土
(So that the water can flow away) A hole for running towards the valley was formed by the hand in the earth as a channel or canal.
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容
穴
谷
又
土
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