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上
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| upwards, on top, upon, above
shàng, shǎng
上
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Ground 一, with a plant 卜 directing upwards. (opposite of下)
From the flat ground, a plant grows upwards.
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下
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| down(wards), below, lower, later, next (week etc)
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Shows a line 一 as ground and a plant's root 卜 underneath.
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点
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| point, o'clock, drop (of liquid), dot stroke
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Top: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told), bottom: fire 灬
If you tell the fortune over a fire, you will get to the point.
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桌
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| table
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Top: excellent 卓 (Before the day happens: Fortune telling 卜 early 早 at the morning is excellent.), below: part of tree 木
It is excellent to use wood for: a table.
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外
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| outside, foreign, external
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Left: evening 夕 (When the moon 月 is not yet fully there, it is only evening.), right: bifurcation/parting of the ways 卜
If you are in the evening (alone) at a fork of the road, you are: a foreign outsider.
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卡
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to be stuck, blocked, checkpoint, calorie
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In the question of an up 上 or down 下, you are: stuck.
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掉
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to fall, to drop, to lag behind
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Left: hand 扌, right: excellent 卓 ([before the day happens:] Fortune telling 卜 early 早 at the morning is excellent.) [卜 = divining = crack in turtle's shell]
(As a support/hold when falling) A hand is excellent, when you fall.
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处
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to reside, to live, spot, bureau, to be in
chǔ, chù
夂
卜
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Left: sitting crossed-legged 夂, right: fortune telling 卜 (=crack in turtle's shell)
(Because many people pass by there:) Sitting down at a fork 卜 in the road makes a good place to reside.
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盐
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| salt
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Top: 圤 (earth 土, fortune telling 卜 also understood as a branching), bottom: bowl 皿
From earth it can be separated (branched off) and collected in a bowl: salt.
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占
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to divine, to occupy, to take up
zhān, zhàn
卜
占
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Crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle used for divination.
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补
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to repair, to patch, to mend, supplement
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: fortune telling 卜 (here: image of a needle with a thread (cf. 针)
For the clothes, take a needle to repair.
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卧
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to lie (for sleeping), lie down
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Left: minister, official 臣 (= eye wide open), right: divine 卜 (here: a rotated cover 亠)
For your staring eyes you need a (rotated) cover if you want to lie down to sleep.
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赴
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to visit, to attend (a event), to go, be present
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Left: to go, walk 走 (On earth 土 feet 足 have to walk.), right: divine 卜 (here: forking of ways)
By going along the way's forking, you can attend that visit.
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卓
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| outstanding, excellent
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Top: divination 卜/占 (crack 卜 in the shell of a turtle used for divination), below: early/fast 早
[before the day happens:] A divination at the early morning is: excellent.
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罩
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| cover, fish trap (basket), shade
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Top: net 罒, bottom: excellent 卓 ([Before the day happens:] Fortune telling 卜 early at the morning 早 is excellent)
A net is excellent as a cover.
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朴
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| plain and simple, unadorned
pò, pǔ, piào, pō
木
卜
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Left: tree 木, right: divine 卜 (crack in the shell of a turtle used for divination)
(Determining the name of trees is not too difficult) When tree shall be guessed/divined, it is plain and simple.
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扑
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to throw oneself at, to pounce on, devote one's energies
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Left: hand 扌, right: forking of a way 卜
If your hand is at the fork of a way, you can throw yourself in the right direction.
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悼
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| mourn, lament
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Left: feeling 忄, right: excellent 卓 ([Before the day happens:] Fortune telling 卜/占 early at the morning 早 is excellent)
Can feelings be excellent, when you are mourning?
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贞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| faithful, loyal, dependable, chaste
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Top: fortune telling 卜 (crack in a turtle's shell, used for divining), bottom: money 贝
Who divines for money must be faithful.
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卢
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JLPT no HSK |
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| abbr. for Luxembourg
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Top: fork in the road 卜, bottom: buttocks in side view 尸
Like at a forking road (between the three neighboring countries) you sit with your buttocks in Luxembourg.
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绰
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JLPT no HSK |
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| spacious, wide, generous, ample, well-off, to grip
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: excellent 卓 ([Before the day happens:] Fortune telling 卜 early 早 at the morning is excellent)
Threads are excellent when they are spacious (=long?).
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颅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| skull
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Left: Luxembourg 卢 (forking of the way卜, buttocks 尸), right: page, leaf, forehead 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
If there is only one hair 卜 on the head 尸, this head 頁 is a skull.
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卜
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to divine, to forecast or estimate, turnip
bo, bǔ
卜
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Developed from the crack in the shell of a turtle, from which it was divined.
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卦
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JLPT no HSK |
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| 8th divinatory trigram
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Left: 圭 (twice earth 土, here: part of way/street 街, where you walk over piled earth.), right: fortune telling 卜 (crack in a turtle's shell used for divining, sometimes also: forking of a way)
For the way's forking you use in fortune telling: the divinatory trigram.
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褂
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JLPT no HSK |
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| coat, jacket, gown, ensheath
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: trigram 卦 (Here part 圭 of path/road 街 where earth was piled up) & fork 卜 in the road.
The clothes for the street with the fork is the coat that ensheathes you.
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咎
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to blame, fault, to punish, calamity, misfortune
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Top: outside, foreign 外 (If you are in the evening 夕 [alone] at a fork 卜 in the road, you are: an outsider), bottom: mouth 口
An outsider's mouth blames you.
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仆
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JLPT no HSK |
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| servant, to fall prostrate
pū, pú
亻
卜
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Left: person 亻, right: oracle, forking road 卜
The person who prostrates himself from the standing 丨 forward 丶 is the servant.
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卤
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to brine, salt, stupid, gravy
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Above: devine 卜 (Here: handle of a cover), below: Barrel 囗 with something 㐅 in
The lid is on the pickle barrel with something that is brined.
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