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east 東
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| Explanation |
In this radical, the sun rises 日 behind a tree 木 in the east. The radical has been simplified to 东.
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Used in these characters:
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东
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| east
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Simplified from 東, which shows the sun 日 rising behind a tree 木 in the east.
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练
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to train, practice, drill, to perfect (one's skill)
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: variation of east 东/東 (Behind a tree 木 the sun 日 rises in the east)
(With endurance, like a long) thread and from the early morning (= the sun is still behind the trees) we already shall do our training.
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炼
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to smelt, to refine, to distill
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Left: fire 火, right: east 东/東 (= The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.)
With fire and early in the morning [The sun is still behind the tree] we start smelting (the steel).
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冻
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to freeze, to feel very cold, aspic or jelly
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Left: ice 冫, right: east 东/東 (Where the sun 日 rises behind a tree 木)
(Think here to icicles at a tree, in contrast to frost 霜) The ice 冫hangs at the tree 木 for the whole day 日 because it is frozen.
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陈
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to exhibit, to display, old, stale
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Left: hill 阝, right: east 东 (=東 The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.)
If a hill is exhibited in the east, it will be an old-stale exhibit.
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栋
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| ridgepole of building, classifier for buildings
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Left: tree 木, right: east 东/東 (here: 木 as ridge beam, located horizontal at the roof's top, which supports at both sides boards 日 to form the roof)
The tree located at the top, which supports the roof's boards 日 is the ridgepole.
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拣
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to choose, to pick up, to sort out
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Left: hand 扌, right: variant from the east 东/東 (The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.)
(First come = free choice) The hand that comes first in the morning (=the sun still behind the trees) can choose.
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