爱
JLPT HSK 1

ài
From top: hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖 friend 友 (They shake hands ,又 because they are friends.)
When I reach down though a cover to a friend, then because of love. (Or: To receive 受 a hand from sb., due to: love.)

	菜
JLPT HSK 1

cài
Top: plant 艹, below: to pluck 采 (A hand 爫 plucks from above at a tree 木.)
Plants you can pluck from above from a 'tree', are the vegetables.

	授
JLPT HSK 4

shòu
Left: hand 扌, right: receive 受 (A hand 爫 from above holds a cover 冖, the other hand 又 receives it.)
With the hand, to receive sth. This is an instruction.

	将
JLPT HSK 4

jiāng, jiàng
Left: bed 丬 (pictograph of a tree cut into half, cf. 片), right: hand reaching down 爫, skillful hand 寸
A simple bed, a hand reaching down and a skillful hand: This is what makes a commander.

	受
JLPT HSK 4

shòu
From top: a hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖, hand 又
One hand from above holds a cover, the other hand receives it.

	彩
JLPT HSK 4

cǎi
Left: to pluck 采 (hand 爫 plucks from above into a tree 木), right: hair 彡 (here: tree flowers)
You pluck (i.e. on a meadow) three flowers, which are colorful.

	暖
JLPT HSK 4

nuǎn
Left: sun 日, right: to help 爰 (a hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.)
The sun helps to warm up.

	采
JLPT HSK 5

cǎi, cài
Top: hand reaching down 爫, bottom: tree 木
A hand is reaching downwards into a tree to pluck sth.

	摇
JLPT HSK 5

yáo
Left: hand 扌, right: hand reaching down 爫, below: can, jar 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
The hand reaches downwards to the can, to shake it.

	缓
JLPT HSK 5

huǎn
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: to help 爰 (a hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.)
If you have a thread (a rope?) for helping you can be relaxed.

	踩
JLPT HSK 5

cǎi
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: to pluck 采 (hand 爫 plucks from above into a tree 木)
The "plucking with the foot" means to: tread on it.

	乳
JLPT HSK 6

rǔ
Left: trust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting.), right: kneeling person 乚
To reach down to the child, when you yourself are kneeing: You give breast and milk.

	妥
JLPT HSK 6

tuǒ
Top: hand reaching down 爫, below: woman 女
The hands reaching down (= caring) of the women settle the suitable adequately.

	浮
JLPT HSK 6

fú
Left: water 氵, right: trust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting.)
Into the water, a hand reaches down for a child that is floating.

	俘
JLPT HSK 6

fú
Left: person 亻, right: entrust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting.)
A person who trusts can (easily be) taken as prisoner.

	瞬
JLPT HSK 6

shùn
Left: eye 目, right: Emperor Shun 舜 (hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖, 舛 two var. of foot 夕/止 (opposite feet, originally a pictograph, like at: to dance 舞)
The eye sees a hand covering two unequal feet and twinkles for a moment.

	援
JLPT HSK 6

yuán
Left: hand 扌, right: to help 爰 (a hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.)
A hand helps to help.

	溪
JLPT HSK 6

xī
Left: water 氵, right: What? WHERE? 奚 (The down-reaching hand 爫 wants to fish with the thread 糸 something big 大, but: What? Where?)
To get to the water, you need to reach down and it seems like a 'big thread', then it is a rivulet.

	稻
JLPT HSK 6

dào
Left: rice plant 禾, right: 舀 (hand reaching down 爫, mortar 臼)
It comes from the rice plant and the hand puts it (for processing) into the mortar: The rice.

	谣
JLPT HSK 6

yáo
Left: word 讠/言, right: hand reaching down 爫, can 缶 (= lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
Words you pick out of a can are: rumors or ballads.

	蹈
JLPT HSK 6

dǎo
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: 舀 (hand reaching down 爫, mortar 臼)
(At the grape-stomping) With the feet from above into the mortar: to tread in.

	嚼
JLPT HSK 6

jiáo, jué
Left: mouth 口, right: nobility 爵 (A hand 爫 takes the plates 罒(=皿) to serve food 食 skillfully 寸 to the nobility.)
Also the mouths of the nobility chew.

	遥
JLPT HSK 6

yáo
Left: movement 辶, right: 䍃 (hand from above 爫, can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
If it takes a movement to get from above to the can, it is distant.

	觅
JLPT HSK 6

mì
Top: hand reaching down 爫, bottom: to see 见/見 (an eye 目 on legs 儿)
If the hand reaching down wants to "see" (= feel, grope) something, it: seeks.

	睬
JLPT HSK 6

cǎi
Left: eye 目, right: to pluck 采 (A hand plucks from above 爫 into a tree 木.)
The eye "plucks", when: taking notice of sth.

	爵
JLPT no HSK

jué
Top: hand reaching down 爫, net/eye 罒 (here: plate 皿), below: var of food 食, skillful hand 寸
A hand reaches down to the plates to serve food skillfully to the nobility.

	绥
JLPT no HSK

suí
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: to settle sth. adequately 妥 (The hands 爫 of the women 女 settle the suitable)
(When taming animals) Threads settle adequately the: pacifying.

	瑶
JLPT no HSK

yáo
Left: king, jade 王, right: 䍃 (hand reaching down 爫, can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
The 'jade', the hand gets out of the can, is a precious stone.

	淫
JLPT no HSK

yín
Left: water 氵, right: hand reaching down 爫; bundle, burden 壬 (spindle for winding up threads)
Water cools down and a hand imposes a burden against lewdness.

	舜
JLPT no HSK

shùn
From top: hand grasping down 爫, cover 冖, oppose 舛 (opposed feet, like at: dancing 舞)
With a downward hand he covered/protected, but was opposed and thus the last of the five emperors.

	奚
JLPT no HSK

xī
From top: a hand reaching down 爫, thread 纟, big 大
The down-reaching hand 爫 wants to fish with the thread 糸 something big 大, but: What?, Where?

	孚
JLPT no HSK

fú
Top: hand reaching down 爫, bottom: child 子
A hand reaching down is what a child can trust in.