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The Radical: 川
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Hanzi-Trainer
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river 川
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顺
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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sequence, order, to obey, to follow, favorable
shùn Left: river 川, right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
Just as the river directs the water, the head gives things the order / sequence. |
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頁
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流
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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to flow, to drift, to disseminate, to circulate
liú Left: water 氵, right: 㐬 ("newborn baby" as a child  turned upside down: the child 子 comes with head first, with amniotic fluid 川)
Water as well as a newborn baby's amniotic fluid is flowing. |
氵
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川
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训
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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to teach, train, example, pattern, instruction
xùn Left: word 讠(=言 sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: river 川
The words flow like a whole river, when you teach. |
讠
川
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荒
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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uncultivated, desolate, shortage, scarce
huāng Top: plant 艹, below: 巟 (dead 亡 (coffin in cross-section), river 川
The plants die and because of the river it becomes uncultivated. |
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艹
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川
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巢
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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nest
cháo Top: 巛 (hear: three beaks), bottom: fruit, result 果 (here: nest 田 in a tree 木)
Three beaks in a nest in the tree are: a nest. |
巛
果
川
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川
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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river, creek, plain
chuān
Three lines stand for the flow of a river.
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川
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州
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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prefecture, state (e.g. of US)
zhōu Three sandbanks 丶 in a river 川
(They are administrative units within one country) You can get via sandbanks in the river from prefecture to prefecture. |
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州
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侃
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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upright and honest, cheerful, to talk smoothly
kǎn Left: person 亻, right: mouth 口, river 川
(He talks a lot:) The person with a mouth like a river is: upright and honest. |
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口
川
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硫
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JLPT no HSK |
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sulfur (chemistry)
liú Left: stone 石, right: 㐬 (here as a var. of: 'to flow' 流) (㐬 = newborn baby [character for child 子 upside down = coming with head first], [amniotic] fluid 川)
[melting point 115°C] The stone that can flow is sulphur. |
石
㐬
川
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驯
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JLPT no HSK |
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tame, to domesticate, obedient, attain gradually
xún Left: horse 马/馬, right: river 川
A horse going with you through the river is: tamed. |
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川
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圳
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drainage ditch, furrow in field
zhèn Left: earth 土, right: river 川
In the earth is this "river": A drainage ditch. |
土
川
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