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The Radical: 匚
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Hanzi-Trainer
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right open box 匚
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embrace |
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医
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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medical, doctor, to cure
yī Outside a box 匸 and within an arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天)
(Think of acupuncture in TCM:) In the box are arrows for the medical treatment. |
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矢
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区
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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district, area, region
qū, ōu Enclosure 匚 with a marking 㐅
An enclosure with a cross stands for an urban district. [with a street crossing?] |
区
匚
㐅
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汇
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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to converge (of rivers), collection, remit
huì Left: water 氵, right: embracement 匚
The water is embraced and collected in the confluence. |
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匚
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巨
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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huge, very large, tremendous, gigantic
jù Left: frame 匚, inside: staring eye
The staring eye is huge. |
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匚
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砸
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to smash, crush, to fail, to get it wrong
zá Left: stone 石, right: 匝 (embracement 匚, cloth 巾
(A stone in a loop/hanger of cloth is like a slingshot:) A stone in an sling of cloth is used to smash things. |
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匚
巾
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匪
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JLPT no HSK |
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gangster, bandit
fěi Outside: embracement 匚 and: not 非 (inverted wings 羽)
Within our embracement (= area) we do not want him: The gangster! |
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非
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匠
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craftsman
jiàng Outside: box 匚 (simplified from: to work 工), inside: axe 斤
In the box is the axe of the craftsman. |
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斤
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匣
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JLPT no HSK |
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box
xiá Left: framing 匚, right: armor, shell 甲 (The seedling丨 cracks its shell/husk 田)
A framing needs a certain strength (=armor) to serve as a box. |
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甲
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匡
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JLPT no HSK |
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to rectify, to correct sth.
kuāng Left: 匚, right: king 王
The country 国 of the king is not complete (the right side is missing), which must be rectified. [.. because it is a deficiency 匮] |
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匡
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堰
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JLPT no HSK |
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dam, embankment, dike, bank, weir
yàn Left: earth 土, right: 匽 (frame 匚, sun 日 (here: simplified field 田), woman 女)
The earth that (protects) as a frame the (simplified) fields and the women is: a dam. |
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匚
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匮
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deficiency, to lack, empty, exhausted
kuì Left: frame 匚, right: precious, expensive 贵 (A blooming flower [simplified from 堇] and money 贝 are precious.)
If the frame for the precious things is open at the right, it is a deficiency. [..that needs to be corrected 匡] |
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贵
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惬
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JLPT no HSK |
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cheerful, satisfied
qiè Left: feeling 忄, right: embracement 匚 and squeeze in 夹 [A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed)] here: be included
The feelings of being included (= squeezed in) in an embracement are: cheerful. |
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夹
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