北
JLPT HSK 1

běi

Two persons 丬, 匕 sit back-to-back, because they feel cold: in the north.

	片
JLPT HSK 3

piān, piàn
When splitting a tree, these fragments are created: 丬=爿 and 片
Pictograph of a split tree, which means: "slice".

	将
JLPT HSK 4

jiāng, jiàng
Left: bed 丬 (pictograph of a tree cut into half, cf. 片), right: hand reaching down 爫, skillful hand 寸
A simple bed, a hand reaching down and a skillful hand: This is what makes a commander.

	奖
JLPT HSK 4

jiǎng
Top: bed 丬, evening 夕 (When the moon 月 is not yet fully there, it is only evening.), bottom: large 大
Going to bed in the evening can be a big: reward.

	装
JLPT HSK 5

zhuāng
Top: strong, robust 壮 (In the bed 丬 is the scholar 士 strong and robust) [丬=tree cut into half], below: clothes 衣
In the bed the scholar (recovered) and wears his clothes like a costume.

	藏
JLPT HSK 5

cáng, zàng
Top: plant 艹, below: 臧 (fragment 爿, official 臣, halberd 戈)
The plant is the fragment that the official with the halberd is hiding away.

	状
JLPT HSK 5

zhuàng
Left: bed 丬 (simplified 爿 from tree cut in half, cf.片), right: dog 犬 (The big 大 man holds in his arms: a dog 丶)
In the bed a dog? It will be accused.

	酱
JLPT HSK 5

jiàng
Top: bed 丬 (here: fragment cf:爿,片) and evening 夕, bottom: alcohol 酉 (image of a bottle)
(The leftovers from the party are fermented) Put the fragments (=leftovers ) from the evening into an alcohol bottle and you will get a sauce.

	壮
JLPT HSK 6

zhuàng
Left: bed 丬 (pictograph of a tree cut into half; cf. 片,爿), right: scholar 士
(He is skilled at sexual practices?) In the bed, the scholar is strong and sturdy.

	妆
JLPT HSK 6

zhuāng
Left: bed丬 (here: mirror丨 with a wall holder 冫), right: woman 女
In front of the mirror is the woman doing the: make-up.

	寝
JLPT HSK 6

qǐn
Top: house 宀, left: bed 丬 (= image of a tree cut into half; cf. 片), right: var. of hand holding a broom 帚
A house with a bed and a broom is where I sleep.

	桨
JLPT HSK 6

jiǎng
Top: bed 丬(here: simplification of fragment 爿 cf. 片) and evening 夕 (here: image of a paddle), bottom: tree 木
A (whittled) fragment, that looks like a paddle 夕, and is made of wood: the paddle.

	浆
JLPT no HSK

jiāng, jiàng
Top: bed 丬 at the evening 夕, bottom: water 水
Next to your bed, you start it at the evening with water, so that it becomes (overnight): a broth.

	寐
JLPT no HSK

mèi
Top: roof 宀, below: variant of fragment 爿 (here: as a bed 丬), not yet 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet")
Under the roof there is a bed 爿/丬, but I am not yet (ready) to: sleep.

	鼎
JLPT no HSK

dǐng

Picture or a cooking pot 目 with legs. Please note that the lower parts are practically the fragments 爿 and 片 of a vertically split tree. (爿 is often simplified to: 丬, with the meaning: "bed").