前
JLPT HSK 1

qián
Top: a part 䒑 of the head/horns of a sheep 羊, bottom: meat 月/肉, knife, cut刂
The horns and the flesh are cut (beginning) at the front position.

	明
JLPT HSK 1

míng
A combination of sun 日 and moon 月
Both sun and moon shine bright.

	月
JLPT HSK 1

yuè
The radical 月 means moon or month. (The hanzi for meat/flesh 肉 as a radical is typically simplified to this 月)
Image of an ascending moon

	期
JLPT HSK 1

qī
Left: image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing) 其, that is used for throwing up the grain rhythmically [thus used in period 期] to separate the corn from the husk), right: moon/month 月
Grain scoops and the moon are only seen: periodically.

	阴
JLPT HSK 2

yīn
Left: hill 阝(If this radical: 阝is at the left of a character it means 'hill', otherwise it means 'village'), right: moon 月
The hill is on its "moon-side" shady, thus the: Yin.

	猜
JLPT HSK 4

cāi
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: green/blue 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 blue and young.)
When a wild animal appears like a plant in the moonshine, one only can guess (what it is).

	钥
JLPT HSK 4

yào, yuè
Left: metal 钅(=金), right: moon 月 (here: image of a key, where the 3 horizontal lines are coding bits)
He is made of metal and has a coding: the key.

	朝
JLPT HSK 5

cháo, zhāo
Left: sunrise (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹.) [Sunset is: 莫], right: moon 月
At sunrise, when the moon is still there, it is the morning [zhāo] and I make a pilgrimage to the government [cháo].

	朗
JLPT HSK 5

lǎng
Left: variation of good 良, right: moon 月
The good old moon is clear and optimistic.

	霸
JLPT HSK 6

bà
Top: rain 雨, below: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather; but here: animals in general.), moon 月
He controls the rain, the animals and the moon: The tyrant!

	盟
JLPT HSK 6

méng
Top: bright/clear 明 (sun 日, moon 月), below: bowl/plate 皿
On a bright plate, it is presented: the oath of pledge.

	啃
JLPT HSK 6

kěn
Left: mouth 口, right: to agree 肯 (Stop 止 that body 月 if you agree.)
The mouth stops only, when from the body (everything) is: gnawed.

	荫
JLPT no HSK

yìn
Top: grass 艹, bottom: moon, rearside, Yin 阴 (The hill 阝is on its "moon-side" 月 shady, thus the: Yin)
Only grass can grow at the "moon"-side of the hill: in the shade.

	髓
JLPT no HSK

suǐ
Left: sceleton 骨, right: 遀 (movement 辶, part of lazy 惰 [I feel 忄, that the left 左 [half] of my body 月 is lazy])
The sceleton has during movement sth. lazy: The marrow.

	朦
JLPT no HSK

méng
Left: moon, body 月, right: to deceive, cheat 蒙 (Under the plants 艹 and under the cover 冖 there shall be a/one 一 pig 豕? You deceiver!)
The moon light can be deceiving, because it hazy.

	胧
JLPT no HSK

lóng
Left: body 月, right: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ)
His body appeared like a dragon in the hazy moonlight.

	棚
JLPT no HSK

péng
Left: tree 木, right: friends 朋 (Two bodies 月/肉 next to each other are friends.)
This tree will be within two months: a shed.

	朔
JLPT no HSK

shuò
Left: disobedient 屰 (A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked is disobedient.), right: moon 月
If the 'disobedient' moon does not shine, it is new moon.

	婿
JLPT no HSK

xù
Left: woman 女, right: 胥 (var. of correct/proper 正, body 月)
The woman wants a "proper body" as son-in-law.

	炙
JLPT no HSK

zhì
Top: meat 月/肉 lying flatly (as known for example from sacrifice 祭), below: fire 火
If the meat is over the fire, then it is roasted.