一
JLPT HSK 1

yī

One line: One finger

	不
JLPT HSK 1

bù

Four strokes are not enough.

	来
JLPT HSK 1

lái
Top: one 一, bottom: rice 米 (with a long vertical stroke)
Because of one grain of rice I shall come?

	上
JLPT HSK 1

shàng, shǎng
Ground 一, with a plant 卜 directing upwards. (opposite of下)
From the horizontal ground, a plant is directed upwards.

	下
JLPT HSK 1

xià

Shows a line 一 as ground and a plant's root 卜 underneath.

	三
JLPT HSK 1

sān

Three lines = three fingers

	东
JLPT HSK 1

dōng

Simplified from 東, which shows a sun 日 that rises behind a tree 木 in the east.

	师
JLPT HSK 1

shī
Left: knife刂, right: one 一 (here: stick) and cloth 巾
He comes with a knife, a stick and good cloth: The master!

	七
JLPT HSK 1

qī

Looks like an arabic 7 upside down.

	丈
JLPT HSK 2

zhàng

Shows a big 大 person with a wide step to measure the distance of 1 zhàng.

	两
JLPT HSK 2

liǎng
Shows: inside 内 with one 一 further person 人, who is inside. (cf. third 丙)
Two connected 一 persons 人人 are inside 冂, thus both

	业
JLPT HSK 3

yè
It is shown a hill with an extinct volcanic vent. As radical it is understood as "hollow". Here however, as a tray 一 with a glass || and other things.
A loaded tray stands for the business sector.

	万
JLPT HSK 3

wàn

Derived from a swastika (Indian religious symbol) and stands for the ten thousand divinities/deities.

	夏
JLPT HSK 3

xià
From top: cover 一 (against the sun), I, myself 自 (The emphasized ノ eye 目 is myself.), upturned foot (=sitting cross-legged) 夂
Covered (= in the shade) I myself sit cross-legged, because it is summer.

	且
JLPT HSK 3

qiě

Image of a pile of stones (stone cairn) on which a stone is added, therefore: further, moreover.

	专
JLPT HSK 4

zhuān
Simplified from 專. Appears like person on ski 专 in a downhill-squat with two poles 二 in the hands
When skiing, you have to be focused.

	与
JLPT HSK 4

yú, yǔ, yù
An arabic five 5 and the Chinese one 一
'Five' and 'one' is an "and"-connection.

	丽
JLPT HSK 4

lí, lì
Top: one/cover 一, below: twice variant of usual 凡 (A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.)
If you put a cover (tablecloth) over the two scratched tables, they again are beautiful.

	丢
JLPT HSK 4

diū
Top: any object ノ, below: to leave 去 (Below ground 土 is the nose 厶, which has left.)
An object, that has left: is lost.

	册
JLPT HSK 5

cè

Image of something bound, hold with a tie 一: A book

	亏
JLPT HSK 5

kuī
One 一 and winding seaweed 丂
If there is only one seaweed, it's a real deficiency.

	丝
JLPT HSK 5

sī
Top: 2x thread 纟/糸, below: one 一
If the threads are fine like a 'one', it's silk.

	灭
JLPT HSK 6

miè
Top: a cover 一, below: fire 火
Cover the fire to extinguish it.

	丛
JLPT HSK 6

cóng
Top: follow, obey 从 (two persons), bottom: 一 (Here: a row)
When the two persons develop into a row/line, it becomes a cluster.

	丙
JLPT HSK 6

bǐng
One 一, inside 内 (originally altar with sth. placed on it)
One 一 outside, two λ strokes inside makes: no. 3.

	筛
JLPT HSK 6

shāi
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: master, teacher 师 (He has a knife 刂, a stick 一 and good cloth 巾)
Bamboo 竹 was cut 刂 for it and the sieve 一 is made of cloth 巾: a sieve.

	贮
JLPT no HSK

zhù
Left: money 贝/貝, right: roof 宀 and one 一
We need money, because under the roof a stockpile shall be stored.

	兀
JLPT no HSK

wù

Up to the measuring line 一 are the legs 儿, that's how high he is risen.

	丞
JLPT no HSK

chéng
Top: 氶, (乛, water 水), below: a stroke 一
The strokes at top 乛 and bottom 一 give a channel (= freedom of action) for the water, that has equally a deputy.

	丕
JLPT no HSK

pī
Top and bottom: two 二, middle: small 小 (cf. negation 不)
Between two boundaries something small can be: great.