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The Radical:
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Hanzi-Trainer
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two kings 410
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Explanation |
stands for string-instruments |
Used in these Kanji:
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班
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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squad, team, class, work shift, group
bān Left and right: king 王, center: knife 刂
If there are the 'knifes' between the kings, it is their squads.
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王
刂
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琴
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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musical instrument with strings in general
qín Top: Two pegs 王 for tensioning the strings of a string instrument, bottom: now 今 (Here: image of the body of the instrument)
Tensionable strings stand now for string instruments.
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今
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斑
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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stained, spot, colored patch, stripe
bān From left: king 王, text/language 文 (Image of a folding table for writing a text.), king 王
The letter exchanged between the kings had a stained spot.
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文
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瑟
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JLPT no HSK |
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zither with 5-25 strings on a board
sè Top: Image of two pegs 王 for tensioning the strings of a string instrument, below: certainly 必 (but here: strings 心 and a finger ノ)
The string instruments with strings for one finger is the zither.
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必
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琶
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pipa lute, 琵琶, chin. guitar
pá Top: Two pegs 王 for tensioning the strings of a string instrument, bottom: hope 巴 (Here: image of the sound box of the lute)
The string instrument with a sound box is: the lute.
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巴
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琵
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guitar-like instrument, see 琵琶, lute
pí Top: Two pegs 王 for tensioning the strings of a string instrument, bottom: to compare 比 (here: 4 strokes for 4 strings)
The string instrument with 4 strings is this lute.
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王
比
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Similar Radicals (either meaning or view) | |
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At the page you get the memory phrases for learning the Chinese Hanzi. If you are learning the Japanese kanji, please follow this link. |
List of the characters |
List of the radials
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