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The Radical: 朱
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Hanzi-Trainer
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vermilion 朱
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殊
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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unique, special, extraordinary
shū Left: bad, wicked 歹 [= bare bone, vertebrae or rib], right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young [=not yet] 未 tree 木 has sth. red ノ =apple?)
Bare bones that are vermilion, are very unique. |
歹
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珠
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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bead, pearl
zhū Left: king, jade 王, right: vermilion/red 朱 (A branch at the young tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?)
The king has red beads and perls. |
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株
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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tree(s)trunk, stump (tree root), [classifier]
zhū Left: tree 木, right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?)
The tree turns red seeing that he is used as a classifier. |
木
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朱
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JLPT no HSK |
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cinnabar, vermilion
zhū Top: accent or emphasis ノ, rest: not yet, unfinished 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet".)
At the upper branch of the tree is sth. vermilion. (an apple?) |
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诛
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JLPT no HSK |
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to punish, to put (a criminal) to death, execute
zhū Left: word 讠/言, right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young [=not yet) tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?)
(death penalty with flowing blood?) Words that are vermilion want to: punish. |
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铢
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JLPT no HSK |
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weight unit =1/24 Liang = 2 or 3 grams
zhū Left: metal 钅/金, right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?)
(For not getting lost due to the small size:) This metal weight is vermilion: a zhū. |
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侏
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JLPT no HSK |
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"dwarf", person of short stature
zhū Left: person 亻, right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young [= not yet] tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?)
This person is like sth. small ノ at the young, unfinished tree: The dwarf. |
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蛛
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JLPT no HSK |
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spider, spider web
zhū Left: insect 虫, right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young [= not yet] tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?) Here: a net  in a tree 木
This insect makes a net in a tree: the spider. |
虫
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