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barrel of rice wine 畐
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福
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| good fortune, happiness, luck
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Left: altar, to show 示, right: barrel of rice wine 畐 (originally the image of a barrel as an offering to the temple, thus signifying wealth and luck)
At the altar is a barrel of rice wine, which brings: good fortune. |
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富
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| wealthy, rich, abundant
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Top: roof/house 宀, below: barrel of rice wine 畐 (originally pictograph of a barrel of rice wine as an altar offering; from there: wealth, luck 福)
A house with barrels of wine is wealthy. |
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幅
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| width, roll, banner, extent, range
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Left: cloth 巾, right: barrel of rice wine 畐 (originally image of a barrel as an offering to the temple, thus signifying wealth and luck 福)
This cloth is like a wine barrel: sufficient width for a banner. |
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副
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| deputy, assistant, secondary, auxiliary, vice-
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Left barrel of rice wine 畐 (originally image of a barrel to offer at the temple, therefore also wealth and luck 福), right knife 刂 (Here刂 as a variante of two 二)
This sake barrel is the second, as auxiliary - as a 'deputy'. |
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逼
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to force (sb to do sth), press for, compel, extort
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Left: movement 辶, right: barrel of wine 畐
(If they're not well tied-up on the boat) A movement of the wine barrels can be pressing/forcing. |
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辐
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| spoke of a wheel
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Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: barrel of rice wine 畐 (here: spoke 一, wheel without spokes 口, wheel with spokes 田)
At a vehicle take a spoke add it to the rim to get the finished wheel with spokes. |
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蝠
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JLPT no HSK |
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| bat
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Left: insect 虫, right: barrel of rice wine 畐
The 'insect' that likes (empty) barrels is: the bat. |
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