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JLPT HSK 2

dì
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: bow 弓 and feathered arrow λ (Variation of younger brother 弟)
With a bamboo (stick) I show my younger brother 弟 the correct order. (= his rank)

	弟
JLPT HSK 2

dì
From top: to come out 丷, bow 弓, and an arrow λ
A feathered arrow comes from the bow of my younger brother.

	张
JLPT HSK 3

zhāng
Left: bow 弓, right: long 长/長 (Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)
The bow is long and stretched and can lie flat.

	引
JLPT HSK 4

yǐn
Bow 弓 with a string丨
The string of the bow is pulled.

	弹
JLPT HSK 4

dàn, tán
Left: bow 弓, right: sole, single 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets including Pluto] as the single one.)
The bow "singles" [=making it single] the bullet at the shot.

	佛
JLPT HSK 5

fó, fú
Left: person 亻, right: deny, negation 弗 (A bow 弓 with two strings || is to be denied.)
A person of denial (of needs) is the (godlike) buddha.

	弯
JLPT HSK 5

wān
Top: also, namely 亦 (To see this variation 亦 as red 赤, you can also do.) [red 赤: When earth (clay) 土 is burned 灬, the pottery becomes red 赤], below: bow 弓
(Your head) becomes reddish, when you are like a bow, during: stooping.

	涨
JLPT HSK 5

zhǎng, zhàng
Left: water 氵, right: stretch 张 (The bow 弓 is long 长/長 and stretched.)
Wenn the water 'stretches' it rises.

	弱
JLPT HSK 5

ruò
Twice a bow 弓 with ice 冫
Bows with ice on them are too weak.

	强
JLPT HSK 5

qiáng
Left: bow 弓, right : although 虽 (In the mouth 口 an insect 虫? Okay, although, ..)
If it can draw a bow with the mouth, this insect must be strong and stubborn.

	弥
JLPT HSK 6

mí
Left: bow 弓, right: thus/therefore 尔 (A lying person appears small 小, that therefore thus.) [lying person as variant of: 人]
Take your bow, lie down to become small and (due to hunting success your stomach) will fill.

	疆
JLPT HSK 6

jiāng
Left: bow 弓 and earth 土, right: 畺 (Three 三 border lines between fields 田)
With a bow I guard the earth at the border lines: of the border.

	湾
JLPT HSK 6

wān
Left: water 氵, right: to bend 弯 ([The head] becomes reddish 亦/赤, when you are like a bow 弓 when stooping.
Water is reddish in that 'bow', which is: a bay.

	弦
JLPT HSK 6

xián
Left: bow 弓, right: mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious)
(As it withstood high forces, the bowstring was high-tech) The bow has a mysterious string.

	躬
JLPT HSK 6

gōng
Left: body 身 (side view of a body), right: bow 弓
A body that bows, shows: himself, his personality.

	粥
JLPT HSK 6

zhōu
Outside: each bows 弓, inside: rice 米
Use "bowed" (= mashed) rice, to make congee (= rice porridge)

	弓
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gōng

Pictograph: bow without string.

	弗
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fú

A bow 弓 with two strings || is to be denied.

	弧
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hú
Left: bow 弓, right: melon 瓜 (Image of a melon hanging from a frame.)
The bow and melon have the form of an arc.

	溺
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nì, niào
Left: water 氵, right: weak 弱 (Two bows 弓 with ice 冫are too weak.)
If you are in the water and get weak, you will drown.

	弛
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chí
Left: bow 弓, right: also/too 也 (shows a bent twisting like: snake, scorpion)
The bow (= its string) becomes a 'bent creature', when it is loosened.

	弩
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nǔ
Top: slave 奴 (Women's 女 hands 又 work like slaves), bottom: bow 弓
It serves like a slave. This bow is the cross-bow.

	穹
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qióng
Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: bow 弓
With a cavity that is arched (like a bow): a domed/vaulted roof.

	弘
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hóng
Left: bow 弓, right: nose 厶
A bent nose has sb., with plans for enriching and enlarging.

	夷
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yí
Combination of big大 and bow 弓
(Think of the Mongols:) They have big bows: The barbarians.

	弼
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bì
Left and rights: bows 弓, middle: hundred 百 (Tilt your head to the right and read '100'.)
Bows in the hundreds are assisting us.