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lying person    252

Explanation When this person is made flat, like in this radical, you get the: "lying person". (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting , sitting cross-legged , kneeling ⺈, skilled , bending ,, slumped or husband )

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 2
every, each
měi
At top: lying person as a flat variant of , below: mother (= woman with emphasized, swollen bosom : when breast-feeding)
Persons have mothers: every!

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JLPT HSK 3
to repeat, again, reply (to a letter)

From top: lying person as a variant of , sun , person sitting cross-legged
Lying down or sitting in the sun cross-legged: We should repeat it.

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JLPT HSK 4
clan, race, nationality, ethnicity

Left: direction/square , right: horizontal person , arrow (= An arrow in the sky ) - Better right: Two lying persons and big
It develops in one direction, if the two lying persons [= the parents] (breed) something big, namely: into a clan/race.

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JLPT HSK 4
to injure, injury, wound
shāng
Left: person , right: person lying down as a variant of , force
If you make a person into a lying person by means of force, you have probably injured him.

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JLPT HSK 4
ocean, sea
hǎi
Left: water , right: every (every person = has a mother ) [ = woman with emphasized swollen breasts : when breast-feeding]
Water is in every ocean.

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JLPT HSK 4
thus, therefore, so, like that
ěr
Top: lying person as a variant of , bottom: small
A lying person appears small, that's therefore thus.

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JLPT HSK 5
decoration, ornament, adorn, conceal
shì
Left: food 饣/, right: lying person , cloth
If the food is laid on a cloth, it is: a decoration.

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JLPT HSK 5
implement a measure, to grant, to bestow, to carry out
shī
Left: direction/side , right: horizontal person , twisting creature (scorpion or snake)
Beside the lying person is a winding creature: We need to implement a measure.

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JLPT HSK 5
to lack, deficient, to owe, yawn
qiàn
Top: gaping/yawning mouth , below: corresponding person
A person with yawning mouth shows a lack.

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JLPT HSK 6
to fill, overflowing, brimming, completely

Left: bow , right: thus/therefore (A lying person appears small , that therefore thus.) [lying person as variant of: ]
Take your bow, lie down to become small and (due to hunting success your stomach) will fill.

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JLPT HSK 6
to drag, to pull, to trail, to delay, to drag on
tuō
Left: hand , right: 㐌 (person lying down , twisting creature (e.g. snake)
By hand you get a 'straight lying person' from a 'bent creature', when you pull on it.

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JLPT HSK 6
to beg

Top: lying person as a person that is horizontal, below: at 2nd position (two written quickly without lifting the pen.)
There lies a disadvantaged person (= from the second class of the society): a beggar.

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JLPT HSK 6
to revolve, a loop, a circle, whirl, return
xuán, xuàn
Left: side, direction , right: horizontal person , var. of correct . (When sleeping, one must occasionally turn to the other side to avoid pressure & bed sores & circulation problems.)
The side of the lying person is fine/correct, but he must turn.

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JLPT HSK 6
banner, flag

Left: direction , right: a lying person [here: banner], below a grain swing/shovel that was used to separate the grain from the husk
In one direction blows the banner at the end of the grain swing: This is a flag.

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JLPT no HSK
beautiful jade, star
xuán
Left: king, jade , right: revolve (The side of the lying person is okay , but he has to be turned [because of bed sores?])
The royal jade is revolved (= round at all sides) as: beautiful jade.

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JLPT no HSK
bunch, crowded, gathered, gather foliage

Top: bamboo , bottom: clan, nationality (It moves in one direction and has lying people or moving as fast as an arrow : the clan)
The bamboo forms a 'clan', when gathered as a bunch.

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JLPT no HSK
warming principle of the sun, trad. form of dry 干
gān, qián
Left: 倝 sunrise (sun rises between plants ) [sunset is: ], right: horizontal person , 2nd (two written quickly without lifting the pen)
At sunrise, the horizontal person feels at second position the warming sun.

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JLPT no HSK
to order, to direct, keep in order
chì
Left: food 饣/ (Below the cover is good food.), right: lying person , force
With food the lying person gets strength: as if on order.

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JLPT no HSK
imperial (ruler's) seal

Top: thus/therefore (A lying person appears small , that therefore thus), below: Jade
It becomes recumbent and small when this jade is (pressed on it): at the emperial seal.

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JLPT no HSK
spider, spider web
zhū
Left: insect , right: vermilion (A branch of a young [= not yet] tree has sth. red =apple?) Here: a net in a tree
This insect makes a net in a tree: the spider.

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