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sky 天
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Don't mistake with "early death" 夭, even if there ae some overlappings in the explanations. |
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天
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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sky, heaven
tiān A big 大 person with the sky/heaven 一 above him.
As far as a big person can reach is: the sky. |
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天
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关
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to close, to shut, to turn off, mountain pass
guān Top: out of 丷, below: heaven 天 - Shows a mountain pass (=lowest section of a ridge), which is "in the sky", but from which it gets higher 丷
(Depending on the weather) A mountain pass can be closed. |
关
丷
天
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笑
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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laugh, smile
xiào Top: bamboo 竹, below: early death 夭 (here seen as heaven 天)
Bamboo that grows up to heaven? This is to laugh! |
竹
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天
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误
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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mistake, error, to miss, to harm, to delay
wù Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: 吴, (mouth 口 and heaven 天)
Words that a mouth can be above heaven were a mistake. |
讠
吴
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跃
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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to jump, to leap
yuè Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: early death 夭 (here: sky 天)
With your feet you get skywards when: jumping. |
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夭
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吞
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to swallow, drink, absorb
tūn Top: sky 天, below: mouth 口
Like from the sky and through the mouth, when: swallowing. |
天
口
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沃
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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fertile, to irrigate, rich
wò Left: water 氵, right: early death 夭 (here: sky/heaven 天)
Water from heaven brings fertility. |
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添
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to add, to increase, to replenish
tiān Top: fertility 沃 (with water 氵from sky, heaven 天), lower right: heart 心
(children are born) With fertility in the heart we will add some. |
氵
天
心
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奏
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to play music, to achieve, report
zòu From top: three 三, person 人, sky/heaven 天
The three persons perform 'heaven-like' music. |
天
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凑
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to gather together, pool or collect, happen by chance
còu Left: ice 冫, right: play music 奏 (Three 三 persons 人 perform 'heaven-like' 天 music.)
On the ice, they play music and people gather together. |
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天
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掷
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to toss, to throw dice
zhì Left: hand 扌, right: serious, solemn 郑 (If the mountain pass 丷 in the sky 天 is closed 关, for the village ⻏ this will be: serious.)
By hand out of 丷 into the sky over the village it was tossed. |
扌
丷
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⻏
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舔
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to lick, to (over-)lap
tiǎn Left: tongue 舌, right: 忝 (sky/heaven 天, heart 心)
The tongue, that appears like from heaven and (touches) the heart: by licking. |
舌
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心
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揍
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to beat up, to break to pieces
zòu Left: hand 扌, right: make musik 奏 (Three 三 persons 人 perform 'heaven-like' 天 music.)
As if "the hand is making music", it is when you are beating up sb. |
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天
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蚕
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JLPT no HSK |
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silkworm
cán Top: sky/heaven 天, below: insect 虫
A heavenly insect is: the silkworm! |
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虫
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矢
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arrow, dart, vector
shǐ Left: a stroke ノ which is seen as an arrow, right: heaven/sky 天
The stroke in the sky is an arrow. |
矢
天
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吴
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JLPT no HSK |
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area comprising southern Jiangsu
wú Top: mouth 口, bottom: sky 天
A mouth above sky in Jiagsu. |
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妖
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JLPT no HSK |
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witch, devil, demon, goblin, enchanting
yāo Left: woman 女, right: early death 夭 (don't mistake with sky 天)
The woman, who brings the early death is a witch. |
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天
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乔
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JLPT no HSK |
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tall, rangy
qiáo Top: early death 夭, but here: sky 天, below: long legs 丿|
Sky-long legs make tall. |
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乔
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葵
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sunflower
kuí Top: plant 艹, bottom: tenth of 10 heavenly trunks 癸 (vulcano 癶, sky, heaven 天)
The plant with a flower like a volcano that grows towards the sky is: the sunflower. |
艹
癶
天
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昊
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JLPT no HSK |
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vast and limitless, the vast sky
hào Top: sun 日, bottom: sky, heaven 天
The sun and the heaven are: vast and limitless. |
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天
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睽
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separated, stare
kuí Left: eye 目, right: 癸 (vulcano 癶, heaven 天)
The eye sees that the volcano (at the horizon) and the sky are: seperated. |
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癶
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