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jaw, palate 咢
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夸
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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to boast, to exaggerate, to praise
kuā Top: big 大, below: deficiency 亏 (Having only one 一 winding seaweed 丂 means a deficiency) (Tip: See 亏 as lower part of jaw 咢 (= two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂)
With a big jaw, you can boast and exaggerate. |
大
夸
咢
丂
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跨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to step across, to stride over, to straddle, to span
kuà Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: boast 夸 (With part of jaw 咢 [=two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂], such that your big/extreme 太 jaw 丂 is boasting.)
Your foot is boasting, when stepping over a barrier. |
足
夸
咢
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挎
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to carry (over the arm, shoulder or side)
kuà Left: hand 扌, right: boast 夸 (With part of jaw 咢 [=two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂], such that your big/extreme 太 jaw 丂 is boasting.)
The hand can boast, when a carrying a load over the arm. |
扌
夸
咢
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垮
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JLPT no HSK |
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to collapse, to break or wear down, to defeat
kuǎ Left: earth 土, right: boast 夸 (With part of jaw 咢 [=two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂], such that your big/extreme 太 jaw 丂 is boasting.)
Down to the earth falls the one who boasted, when collapsing. |
土
夸
咢
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愕
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JLPT no HSK |
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startled, astonished
è Left: feelings 忄, right: jaw 咢 (two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂)
The feeling of a jaw wide open is: being startled. |
忄
咢
口
丂
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鄂
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JLPT no HSK |
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abbr. for Hubei 湖北 province in central China
è Left: jaw 咢 (two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂), right: village⻏
The jaws in a village of: Hubei. |
咢
⻏
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颌
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JLPT no HSK |
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jaw (= maxilla and mandible)
hé Left: to fit 合 (The lid  on the pot 口), right: page, head 页 (=頁; head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
What is fitting at the head is the jaw (with its upper and lower jaw) |
合
頁
咢
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鳄
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JLPT no HSK |
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crocodile, alligator
è Left: fish 鱼/魚 (= with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: jaw 咢 (two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂)
The fish with the big jaw is: the alligator. |
魚
咢
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颚
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JLPT no HSK |
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jaw, palate
è Left: jaw 咢 (two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂), right: page, head 页 (=頁; head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The jaw at the head is: the jaw |
咢
頁
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