了
JLPT HSK 1

le, liǎo
A child 子, but without arms
A child without arms? I understand: It has to be completed!

	子
JLPT HSK 1

zǐ, zi

A child with an emphasized head 乛, a body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一 seeking help.

	读
JLPT HSK 1

dòu, dú
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: to sell 卖 (For ten 十 [coins] the hat 乛 of the leader 头 is sold.) [leader 头 = The big 大 one with protruding eyes 丶]
Words which were sold, can be read.

	买
JLPT HSK 1

mǎi
Top: a stroke 乛 (here: a cap), below: head/leader 头 [= the big 大 with protruding eyes 丶]
(together with: to sell 卖) This hat 乛 is what the leader 头 has bought 买. (... but for 10 十 [coins] he wants to sell 卖 it.)

	卖
JLPT HSK 2

mài
From top: ten 十, a cap 乛, leader/head 头 (= the big 大 one with protruding eyes 丶)
(together with: to buy 买, which shows that leader 头 with the cap 乛) This cap 乛 is what the leader 头 has bought 买, but for 10 十 (coins) he wants to sell 卖 it.

	敢
JLPT HSK 4

gǎn
Left: one 乛, ear 耳, right: strike, hit 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
One (slap) on the ear: how daring!

	续
JLPT HSK 4

xù
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: sell 卖 (For ten 十 [coins] the hat 乛 of the leader 头 is sold) [leader 头 = The big 大 one with protruding eyes 丶]
Threads are endless, such that the sale proceeds continously.

	涵
JLPT HSK 6

hán
Left: water 氵, right: envelope 函 (container 凵, e.g. jug 乛, water 水)
Water is poured from a jug into the container, which then contains it.

	拯
JLPT no HSK

zhěng
Left: hand 扌, right: deputy, assist, rescue 丞 (The strokes at top 乛 and bottom 一 give for the water the channel of (freedom of action) that the deputy has.)
A hand takes you out of the water-channel when rescuing.

	函
JLPT no HSK

hán
Image of an envelope: 乛, 凵 and variant of water 水
The 'frame', closed with water, is an envelope.

	赎
JLPT no HSK

shú
Left: money 贝, right: to sell 卖 (For ten 十 [coins] the hat 乛 of the leader 头 is sold) - [leader 头 = The big 大 one with protruding eyes 丶]
To use money for 'selling' means to redeem.

	窦
JLPT no HSK

dòu
Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: to sell 卖 (For ten 十 [coins] the hat 乛 of the leader 头 is sold)
(On the sales shelf) The hole is where something was sold: As a hole or void, where sth. is missing.

	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.

	渎
JLPT no HSK

dú
Left: water 氵, right: to sell 卖 (For ten 十 [coins] the hat 乛 of the leader 头 is sold) [头 = the big 大 with protruding eyes 丶]
(To forward it to the purchaser:) For the water that was sold, we use that: ditch.

	橄
JLPT no HSK

gǎn
Left: tree 木, right: to dare 敢 (One 乛 ear 耳 was hit 攵: how daring!), here: 乛 and 耳 as a press
(For oil extraction) The tree where you need a press and strikes, is the: olive.

	憨
JLPT no HSK

hān
Top: to dare 敢 (One 乛 ear 耳 was hit 攵: how daring!), bottom: heart 心
A daring heart is silly.

	犊
JLPT no HSK

dú
Left: cow 牛, right: to sell 卖 (For ten 十 [coins] the hat 乛 of the leader 头 [= the big 大 with protruding eyes 丶] is sold)
The 'cow' that is sold is: the calf.