做
JLPT HSK 1

zuò
Left person 亻, right: therefore, reason 故 (If the old 古 (man) strikes 攵 then with a reason) [to strike 攵/攴 = hand 又 with a stick 卜]
The person has a reason to do sth.

	教
JLPT HSK 2

jiāo, jiào
Left: filial obedience 孝 (... An old man 耂 with a stick/cane ノ teaches them to a child 子), right: strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a further stick 卜)
On this earth children a striked with a stick as: education.

	故
JLPT HSK 3

gù
Left: old 古 (image of a tomb stone), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
If the old (man) hits, then intentionally and with a reason.

	数
JLPT HSK 3

shǔ, shù, shuò
Left: to collect 娄 (Rice grains 米 are by women 女 been: collected.), right: strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a stick 卜)
The rice grains are for the woman with a stick: to count them.

	放
JLPT HSK 3

fàng
Left: direction/square 方, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
Strike in this direction such that he shall release.

	敢
JLPT HSK 4

gǎn
Left: one 乛, ear 耳, right: strike, hit 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
One (slap) on the ear: how daring!

	改
JLPT HSK 4

gǎi
Left: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
You yourself, have to "strike" yourself to change.

	收
JLPT HSK 4

shōu
Left: twist丩 (= intertwined threads) But here: part of sprout 屮, right: strike 攵 (but here: 攵 as a part ノ of that sprout in a hand
From the sprout the hand collected sth. to receive it.

	败
JLPT HSK 4

bài
Left: money 贝/貝 (= cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八 as shell-money), right: strike 攵/攴 Hand mit Stock
When the money/capital hits, we are defeated.

	散
JLPT HSK 4

sǎn, sàn
Left: together 共, moon 月, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
Let's strike together in the moonlight and then disperse.

	效
JLPT HSK 4

xiào
Left: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with stick 卜)
The "exchange" with a stick in hand (=striking) shows its effect.

	整
JLPT HSK 4

zhěng
Top: imperial order 敕 (It comes in a bundle 束 and strikes 攵: the imperial order) [to strike 攵=攴=hand 又 with stick卜], bottom: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct)
The bundle needs to be punched correctly to be in good order.

	微
JLPT HSK 4

wēi
Left: go 彳, center: mountain 山, table 几, right: to strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
Go to the mountain to the one 一 table and smash it into tiny pieces.

	敲
JLPT HSK 4

qiāo
Left: high 高 (image of a guard tower, but here: bell tower), right: to strike 攴 (= 攵 stick 卜 in a hand 又)
For the bell in the tower use the stick in your hand to strike it.

	激
JLPT HSK 4

jī
Left: water 氵, right: : 敫 (white 白, rest: let go/release 放 [In his side 方 he was striked 攵 until he released] - cf.敫
(During a storm at sea:) When the water is white (= has white foam crests) and into all sides/directions 方 it is striking 攵, it becomes violent.

	敬
JLPT HSK 5

jìng
Left: thoughtless 苟 (Using plants 艹 for wrapping 勹 a present 口 is thoughtless.) cf: sentence 句, right: strike 攵/攴 [hand 又 with a stick 卜]
When a plant speaks a sentence 句 and has a stick in the hand, it is respected.

	救
JLPT HSK 5

jiù
Left: ask for 求 ([I'm dying of thirst:] Just one 一 drop 丶 of water 水, this is my: request!), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
Ask for sb. with a stick in the hand to rescue you.

	敌
JLPT HSK 5

dí
Left: tounge 舌 (Thousand 千 mouths 口 with tongues), right: strike 攵/攴 (stick 卜 in hand 又)
(In war you need propaganda) With your tongue and a stick in your hand to fight the enemy.

	致
JLPT HSK 5

zhì
Left: get to/reach 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 comes to the earth 土: reaching it.), right: strike 攵=攴 (stick 卜 in a hand 又)
For it to reach the target, someone with a stick in the hand, must have sent it.

	繁
JLPT HSK 5

fán
Top: quick, nimble 敏 (Every 每 strike 攵/攴 must be quick), bottom: thread 糸
(Threads were made of vegetable fibers [like flax / linum] by strikes.) Every strike on the threads stands for a great number.

	敏
JLPT HSK 5

mǐn
Left: each/every 每 (every person 人 = has a mother 母) [母 = woman 女 with bosom : ], right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
Every strike has to be quick.

	嫩
JLPT HSK 5

nèn
Left: woman 女, right: imperial order 敕 (It comes in a bundle 束 and strikes 攵: the imperial order) [to strike 攵/攴= hand 又 with stick 卜]
(Manufacturing process for flax fiber by beating) By women the bundle is beaten to until it is: soft.

	政
JLPT HSK 5

zhèng
Left: correct, proper 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct), right: to strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with stick 卜)
A proper strike is essential in politics.

	悠
JLPT HSK 5

yōu
Top: distant 攸 (The person 人 uses a stick丨 and strikes 攵/攴 to keep him in distance.), below: heart 心
A person with a stick hits, but his heart remains composed/leisurely.

	撒
JLPT HSK 6

sā, sǎ
Left: hand 扌, right: to disperse, scatter 散 (Together 共 in the moonshine 月 to strike 攵/攴 and then disperse.)
When you use your hand to disperse, this means: 'to let go'.

	缴
JLPT HSK 6

jiǎo
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: white 白, release 放 (In his side 方 he was striked 攵 until he released) cf.敫
(He wants only the best quality) He wants threads that are white and beaten in one direction (= cleanly spun) to be transferred to him.

	撤
JLPT HSK 6

chè
From left: hand 扌, give birth, educate 育 (The new born baby [=child 子 upside down, as head first at birth] has a body 月, that is born and raised), strikes 攵/攴
The hand raises and educates with strikes and then removes/withdraws.

	枚
JLPT HSK 6

méi
Left: tree 木, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
From a tree you strike (=cut) coins, rings or trunks.

	蔽
JLPT HSK 6

bì
Top: grass/plant 艹, bottom: shabby, (humble) I 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.)
On the lawn, four bits of cloth are (spread) with the stick in the hand: As a cover.

	牧
JLPT HSK 6

mù
Left: cow 牛, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
The cows are striked (forced) to the pasture for herding.

	弊
JLPT HSK 6

bì
Top: shabby, (modest) I, myself 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), below: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 next to each-other and combined)
The four shabby pieces of cloth were striked by two hands and (now) are harmed.

	攻
JLPT HSK 6

gōng
Left: craftsman 工, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
A craftsman strikes back when he is attacked.

	敞
JLPT HSK 6

chǎng
Left: esteem, to value 尚 (A small 小 house 宀 with a window 口 is furthermore esteemed.), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
You gain appreciation when you make room with a stick in your hand, that everything becomes spacious.

	敷
JLPT HSK 6

fū
Left: just now 甫 (A hand for holding an item 丶 is what I need 用 just now), rest: let go/release 放 (In his side 方 he was striked 攵/攴, until he released)
When a hand is used/needed 用 for "releasing" sth., this means: to lay out sth.

	辙
JLPT HSK 6

zhé
From left: vehicle 车/車, to give birth, educate 育 (The new born baby [=child 子 upside down, as head first at birth] has a body 月, that is born and raised), strike 攵
The vehicle creates (= gives birth) with every strike (=pothole) a track/rut.

	澈
JLPT HSK 6

chè
Left: water 氵, right: give birth, educate 育 (The new born baby [=child 子 upside down, as head first at birth] has a body 月, that is born and raised), stick in hand, strike 攵/攴
If the water is correctly "raised" you can strike through: It is such clear.

	敛
JLPT no HSK

liǎn
Left: together 佥 (A person 人 as one 一 is with three ツ together.), right: to strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
When you together are striking, (each single one) can hold back.

	敦
JLPT no HSK

dūn
Left: enjoy 享 (the tall 高 child 子 enjoys), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
If you enjoy (life) instead of striking, you are kind-hearted.

	徽
JLPT no HSK

huī
Left: to go 彳, right: mountain 山, system, connection 系, strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a stick 卜) (stick in a hand)
Who climbs a mountain in connection that he already needs a stick in his hand, gets a badge for it.

	煞
JLPT no HSK

shā, shà
Left: mowing grass 刍 (with a handle ⺈ of a big scythe 彐), right: to strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a stick 卜), bottom: fire 灬
By mowing or strikes or fire you can make things terminate.

	赦
JLPT no HSK

shè
Left: red 赤 (When earth (clay) 土 is burned 灬, the pottery turns into: red.), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
'Red' he was beaten and granted forgiveness.

	孜
JLPT no HSK

zī
Left: child 子, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
The child is beaten to make it: hard-working.

	薇
JLPT no HSK

wēi
Top: grass 艹, bottom: tiny 微 (Go 彳 on the mountain 山 to the one 一 table 几 and smash 攵 it into tiny pieces.)
The plant that is tiny is this fern.

	肇
JLPT no HSK

zhào
Top: sliding door 戶, strike 攵 (hand 又 with a stick 卜), below: to write 聿 (hand with a pen 丨 writes two lines 二)
(The author of a novella) The sliding door is slammed. When he wrote it down, it was (from the story) the: Beginning.

	玫
JLPT no HSK

méi
Left: king 王, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜, here: sprout ノ)
Something royal develops when this sprout 卜 is planted: a rose.

	寇
JLPT no HSK

kòu
Top: roof 宀, bottom: Yuan/money, origin 元, strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a stick 卜)
He comes under your roof, wants your Yuan and strikes: the bandit.

	敝
JLPT no HSK

bì
Left: variation of thorn 策, right: hit, strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
The cloth is hit/smashed into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.

	攸
JLPT no HSK

yōu
From left: person 人, stick 丨, to strike 攵/攴 (= hand 又 with a stick 卜)
The person uses a stick and strikes, to keep him distant.

	敕
JLPT no HSK

chì
Left: bundle 束 (Plants 木 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle.), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
It comes in a bundle and strikes: the imperial order.

	鳌
JLPT no HSK

áo
Top: to ramble 敖 (The growing plant would grow in all directions 方 and needs the 攵 [= stick 卜 in a hand 又] against rambling.), bottom: fish 鱼/魚
The rambling fish is this sea turtle.

	墩
JLPT no HSK

dūn
Left: earth 土, right: kind-hearted 敦 (enjoy 享 [= The tall 高 child 子 enjoys], to strike 攵)
If the earth is piled like a big child with strokes, it became a: gate pillar.

	敖
JLPT no HSK

áo
Left: growing plant , direction 方, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
(against grow wildly) The growing plant needs as direction as a stick in a hand, so that it is not "rambling".

	擞
JLPT no HSK

sǒu
Left: hand 扌, right: to count, to enumerate 数 (Rice 米 seeds for a woman 女 with a stick 卜 in a hand 又 to count them.)
A hand that counts is trembling.