听
JLPT HSK 1

tīng
Left: mouth 口, right: axe 斤
With your mouth (= arguments) or your axe (= brute force) you can make somebody obey.

	近
JLPT HSK 2

jìn
Left: movement 辶; right: axe 斤 (image of an axe)
What the axe reaches in its movement, is close.

	新
JLPT HSK 2

xīn
Left: parents 亲 (They stand 立 as supervision in the tree 木), right: axe 斤
Out of a standing tree, the axe makes something new.

	诉
JLPT HSK 2

sù
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: to blame, accuse 斥 (... for the notch 丶 in the axe 斤)
The words of blame lead to the accusation. - Or: Use words to accuse in an accusation.

	所
JLPT HSK 2

suǒ
Left: (sliding) door 戸, right axe 斤
Next to the door there is (always) the axe, (exactly) in this place, which is its "address".

	斤
JLPT HSK 3

jīn

Pictograph of an axe (weight is a derived meaning)

	折
JLPT HSK 4

shé, zhē, zhé
Left: hand 扌, right: axe 斤
The hand with the axe breaks or causes a loss.

	断
JLPT HSK 4

duàn
From left: corner , rice 米, axe 斤
If the rice is in a corner , you can use the axe to decide whether to cut it.

	欣
JLPT HSK 5

xīn
Left: axe 斤, right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
(no need to work) If the axe is lacking, we are happy.

	析
JLPT HSK 5

xī
Left: tree 木, right: axe 斤
The tree is divided with an axe for the: analysis.

	拆
JLPT HSK 5

chāi
Left: hand 扌, right: blame, accuse 斥 (.. for the notch 丶 in the axe 斤)
The hand must be blamed because it has teared sth. open.

	斥
JLPT HSK 6

chì
Axe 斤 with accent 丶 (Here: a notch in the cutting edge)
For the notch in the axe, I have to blame you.

	丘
JLPT HSK 6

qiū
Top: axe 斤, below: ground/earth 一
An axe in the ground as a burial object in the [burial] mound/hill.

	斯
JLPT HSK 6

sī
Left: 其 Image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing), right: axe 斤
A grain scoop threshes like an axe, like: THIS!

	薪
JLPT HSK 6

xīn
Top: plant 艹, below: new 新 (From a standing 立 tree 木 your axe 斤 makes someting new.)
(All) plants and also standing trees are made with the axe to: firewood.

	晰
JLPT HSK 6

xī
Left: sun 日, right: analysieren 析 (The tree 木 is divided with an axe 斤 for analysing.)
In the (light of the) sun, the analysis is understandable.

	斩
JLPT HSK 6

zhǎn
Left: vehicle 车 (車= top view with two wheels 二, axle | and loading surface 田), right: ax 斤
The beautiful vehicle 車 was simplified to 车, namely they took an axe, to chop it.

	掀
JLPT HSK 6

xiān
Left: to break 折 (The hand 扌with an axe 斤 breaks or causes a loss.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth) (cf. happy 欣)
It will break, if it has a lack/deficiency and you try: to lift it.

	斧
JLPT no HSK

fǔ
Top: father 父 (here: image of an axe ノ in a hand ), bottom: axe 斤
The image of an axe stands for: hatchet or axe.

	祈
JLPT no HSK

qí
Left: to show, altar 礻/示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and drippling blood 八), right: axe 斤
At the altar with the axe we will pray.

	匠
JLPT no HSK

jiàng
Outside: box 匚 (simplified from: to work 工), inside: axe 斤
In the box is the axe of the craftsman.

	芹
JLPT no HSK

qín
Top: plant 艹, bottom: axe 斤
The plant that is (harvested) with an axe is: the celery.

	沂
JLPT no HSK

yí
Left: water 氵, right: axe 斤
The water of an axe is the Yi-River.

	靳
JLPT no HSK

jìn
Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: axe 斤
It is made of leather and (can control the horse) like an axe: The Martingale.