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two 二
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些
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some, few, several, small amount
xiē Top: this/these 此 (He stopped 止 and sat 匕 down: This person!), below: two 二
These two are some, ..
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此
止
匕
二
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二
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two, number 2
èr
Two strokes, two fingers
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二
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五
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five, 5
wǔ
Three horizontal lines and two vertical lines make a total of five.
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五
二
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冒
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to emit (smoke), to give off, to send out
mào Top: cover 冂 and two 二 (here: smoke), below: eye 目
Under a cover smoke 二 accumulated and becomes visible: It has been emitted.
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冂
二
目
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尽
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to the greatest extent, to exhaust, furthest or extreme
jǐn, jìn Top: measure of length 尺 (1 chǐ = 30 cm, of a person placing a foot to a side), below: two 二
Two units are the greatest extent.
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尺
尸
二
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互
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mutually, reciprocally
hù Image of a spool with threads in a crosswinding. - (Please notice the similarity with the radical for intertwined threads 丩)
Threads crossing mutually.
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二
丩
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亚
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relatively weak, inferior, second, Asia, sub-
yà Top: one 一 (here: a board or plank), below: business, occupation 业 (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak)
Put a plank over the hollow volcanic vent because its crossing is relatively weak.
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二
亚
业
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云
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cloud, to say sth.
yún Top: two 二 (here: image of clouds), bottom: nose 厶
It can drip from both, namely from noses or: clouds.
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二
云
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陆
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mainland, continent, shore, land
liù, lù Left: hill 阝, right: hit, strike 击 (here: roads 二 and mountain 山)
There are hills, roads and mountains: It is the mainland.
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阝
二
山
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井
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a well, neat, orderly
jǐng
Pictograph of a framed well
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二
井
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仁
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benevolent, humane, kernel
rén Left: person 亻/人, right: two 二
A person is like two, if it is benevolent.
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亻
二
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腻
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greasy, unctuous, intimate, tired of
nì Left: body part 月/肉, right: two (anti-fraud) 贰 (Two 二 sabres 弋 and the money 贝 become an anti-fraud two.)
For the body I received two sabres and money because it was so greasy.
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肉
贝
二
弋
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竺
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JLPT no HSK |
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India 天竺 (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
zhú Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: two 二
Bamboo for two in Indian Buddhism.
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竹
二
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冕
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crown, ceremonial cap, corona (e.g. solar)
miǎn Top: 冂 two 二 (Take this part as the image of a crown), bottom: to avoid, escape 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔: long ears ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿 but no tail 丶)
It looks like a crown 冂,二 and is padded/cushioned with rabbit's fur: The crown.
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冂
二
免
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亟
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urgent, repeatedly, frequently
jí, qì Outside: sigh, gasp 叹 (The mouth 口 should be (covered) with the hand 又, when: sighing.), inside: to accomplish (Past-suffix) 了 (The still arm-less 了 child 子 should be completed.), one 一
He sighed at the completion because it was so urgent.
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二
了
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烬
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ashes, embers
jìn Left: fire 火, right: to the greatest extent, to exhaust 尽 (Two 二 units 尺 are the greatest extent)
After the fire had its greatest extend, it becomes: ashes.
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火
尺
二
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亘
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extending all the way across, running through
gèn Twice horizon 二 with the sun 日 in between as: from dawn 旦 to dusk
From sunrise to sunset is: extending all the way through.
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亘
二
旦
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贰
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two (banker's anti-fraud numeral), to betray
èr Top: two 二, sabre 弋, bottom: money 贝
Two sabres and the money becomes an anti-fraud two. [1 to10 are: 壹 贰叁 肆 伍 陆柒捌玖 拾]
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弋
二
贝
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