现
JLPT HSK 1

xiàn
Left: king, jade 王, right: to see 见/見 (an eye 目 on legs 儿)
(He has the overview:) The king sees it presently now.

	球
JLPT HSK 2

qiú
Left: a king 王, right: to seek / request for 求 ([I'm dying of thirst:] Just one 一 drop 丶 of water 水, this is my: request!)
The king asks for his ball.

	班
JLPT HSK 2

bān
Left and right: king 王, center: knife 刂
If there are the 'knifes' between the kings, it is their squads.

	玩
JLPT HSK 2

wán
Left: king 王, right: chin. Yuan, originally 元 (=two 二 legs 儿)
The king looks originally for: amusement.

	望
JLPT HSK 2

wàng
Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross-section), body 月/肉, bottom: king 王
The dead body of the king goes with our expectations.

	环
JLPT HSK 3

huán
Left: king 王, right: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!)
A king is not limiting himself with only one ring.

	理
JLPT HSK 3

lǐ
Left: king 王, right: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to the village.)
When the king comes to the village, there must be a reason.

	弄
JLPT HSK 4

lòng, nòng
Top: king 王 (here: four sticks: 三,丨), bottom: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined.)
With four sticks in the hands he is juggling, or playing in the alley.

	程
JLPT HSK 4

chéng
Left: rice plant 禾, right: to submit, petition 呈 (With your mouth 口 at the king 王 to submit sth.)
Rice plants for the mouth of the king: This is the regulation!

	逛
JLPT HSK 4

guàng
Left: movement 辶, right: mad/wild 狂 (The wild animal 犭of the king 王 is mad.)
The movement is mad, when the wild animal with the king is strolling or roaming.

	王
JLPT HSK 5

wáng

The three 三 spheres (heaven, earth and mankind) unite in the person 丨 of the king.

	珍
JLPT HSK 5

zhēn
Left: king 王, right: 㐱 (person 人 with skin rash 彡 [like measles 疹], but here: jewels 彡)
The king is the person with the jewels and looks precious.

	润
JLPT HSK 5

rùn
Left: water 氵, right: 闰 (gate 门/門 and king 王)
With water the gate of the king became smooth and lubricated.

	玉
JLPT HSK 5

yù
King 王 (three spheres 三 [heaven, earth, mankind], one person 丨), jewel 丶
At the foot of the king are his jade-jewels.

	玻
JLPT HSK 5

bō
Left: king, jade 王 (jade by itself is also: 玉), right: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂)
When jade is (as thin) as a skin, it is glass.

	璃
JLPT HSK 5

lí
Left: king, jade 王, right: to part from 离 (Use the trash 㐫 can for the scorpion 禺, so that it "leaves" us.) [禺 = skorpion 田,禸 with hint legs 冂 and the sting 厶]
The king has a pot with scorpions that is made of glass. [Or: The "jade" of the pot with scorpions is: glass.]

	宝
JLPT HSK 5

bǎo
Top: roof/house 宀, bottom: jade, jewel 玉 (At the feet of the king 王 is his jade/jewels 丶)
Under the roof are jewels: A treasure!

	狂
JLPT HSK 5

kuáng
Left: animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: king 王
The dog of the king is mad.

	珠
JLPT HSK 6

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.

	呈
JLPT HSK 6

chéng
Top: mouth 口, bottom: king 王
With your mouth [Or: a document 口] at the king to submit sth.

	旺
JLPT HSK 6

wàng
Left: sun, day 日, right: king 王
During the day, the king looks so flourishing!

	枉
JLPT HSK 6

wǎng
Left: tree 木, right: king/jade 王 (jade itself is also: 玉)
If the whole tree is fully (hung) of jade, it becomes (due to the weight) twisted and crooked.

	琢
JLPT HSK 6

zhuó
Left: jade, king 王 (jade itself is: 玉), right: 豖 (pig 豕 with a cut leg)
Jade is just as a cut pig's leg, both are: cut and polished.

	玛
JLPT no HSK

mǎ
Left: king, jade 王 (Jade itself is: 玉), right: horse 马 (=馬 with mane, four legs 灬 und tail ㄅ)
The jewel (=jade) that has similar to a horse different colored stripes is: the agate.

	琳
JLPT no HSK

lín
Left: king, jade 王, right: forest 林
The king has a forest with gems.

	琼
JLPT no HSK

qióng
Left: king, jade 王 (jade itself is: 玉), right: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern)
The 'jade' for the capital is: the fine jasper.

	瑞
JLPT no HSK

ruì
Left: king 王, right: concentrated 耑 (like a mountain 山 of beards 而)
A king who is focused (to his job) is propitious.

	琐
JLPT no HSK

suǒ
Left: king 王, right: small 小, money 贝/貝
For a king is small change trifling.

	璇
JLPT no HSK

xuán
Left: king, jade 王, right: revolve 旋 (The side 方 of the lying person is okay 正, but he has to be turned [because of bed sores?])
The royal jade is revolved (= round at all sides) as: beautiful jade.

	瑜
JLPT no HSK

yú
Left: king 王, right: to assent, approve 俞 (When the arrowhead gets into the body 月/肉 to cut 刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The king is assenting this excellence.

	玲
JLPT no HSK

líng
Left: King, jade 王, right: order, command 令 (here: image of a bell - cf. metal bell 铃 - (令 = bell's body , bell's bolt マ)
The jade bell has tinkling sound.

	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.

	琉
JLPT no HSK

liú
Left: king, jade 王, right: 㐬 ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down : the child 子 comes with head first, with amniotic fluid 川)
If a 'jade' gets a new live, then as: a precious stone.

	珀
JLPT no HSK

pò
Left: king 王, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white)
The king's "white" is amber.

	瑰
JLPT no HSK

guī
Left: king, jade 王, right: devil 鬼
The jade of the devil is extraordinary.

	汪
JLPT no HSK

wāng
Left: water 氵, right: king 王 (here: water surface 一 with earth 土)
Water that is (mixed) up to its surface with earth is ooze/mud.

	瑛
JLPT no HSK

yīng
Left: king/jade 王, right: brave, England 英 (The plant 艹 in the center 央 is brave.)
The jade that is 'brave' is lustrously.

	琪
JLPT no HSK

qí
Left: king, jade 王, right: his, her, its 其 (image of grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing), here: Playing field, like at chess 棋
The jade on the playing-field is: fine jade.

	瑚
JLPT no HSK

hú
Left: king, jade 王, right: beard, non-Han-person 胡 (Like old 古 flesh 月 are the beards of the non-Han people.)
The 'jade' that is on old 古 bodies 月 (= coral reef), is the coral. (Or: The king in the water-less lake 湖 is the coral.)

	珊
JLPT no HSK

shān
Left: king, jade 王, right: book, booklet 册 (here: two boats 舟)
For this 'jade' (its extraction) you need boats, the: Coral.

	逞
JLPT no HSK

chěng
Left: movement 辶, right: to submit/petition 呈 (With your mouth 口 at the king 王 to submit sth.)
With movements and the mouth (= much talking) at the king to show off.

	玫
JLPT no HSK

méi
Left: king 王, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜, here: sprout ノ)
Something royal develops when this sprout 卜 is planted: a rose.

	璋
JLPT no HSK

zhāng
Left: king/jade 王, right: medal 章 (Get up 立 early 早 to get a medal.) [early 早 = When the sunrise 旦 is at a mark 丶 at the horizon 一, it is early in the morning.]
The king gives as a medal a: jade plaything.

	琦
JLPT no HSK

qí
Left: king, jade 王, right: strange/odd 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility (opportunity) 可, but it looks strange.) [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]
This 'jade' gives big possibilities, because it is a gem.

	琛
JLPT no HSK

chēn
Left: king, jade 王, right: 罙 (var. of hole 穴, tree 木
The 'jade' in the hole at the tree is a precious stone.

	噩
JLPT no HSK

è
Four mouths 口 and in the middle: king 王
If four mouths (talk to) the king, he is: unlucky.

	瑙
JLPT no HSK

nǎo
Left: king, jade 王, right: wild river 巛, druse 口 with an agate 㐅
The jade from a wild river in a druse is: the agate.

	顼
JLPT no HSK

xū
Left: king 王, right: page, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The king is in his head: anxious.

	琅
JLPT no HSK

láng
Left: king, jade 王, right: good 良
The jade is good if it is tinkling.

	珂
JLPT no HSK

kē
Left: king, jade 王, right: be possible, can 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.)
The 'jade' of the possibilities is the: jade-like.

	琵
JLPT no HSK

pí
Top: Two pegs 王 for tensioning the strings of a string instrument, bottom: to compare 比 (here: 4 strokes for 4 strings)
The string instrument with 4 strings is this lute.

	珑
JLPT no HSK

lóng
Left: king 王, right: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ)
He is the king of the dragons, because he is exquisite.

	瑾
JLPT no HSK

jǐn
Left: king, jade 王, right: blooming plant 堇 (from top: plant 艹, blossoms 口, growing plant )
A king like a 'blooming plant' is brilliant.

	璐
JLPT no HSK

lù
Left: king, jade 王, right: road, path 路 (The feet 足 all 各 move on the road.)
Jade is the road to beautiful jade.

	琏
JLPT no HSK

liǎn
Left: king, jade 王, right: link, combine 连 (Vehicles 车/車 and 'movement' 辶 are linked.)
To the king we are linked through vessels of offerings.

	瑕
JLPT no HSK

xiá
Left: king, jade 王, right: (free interpretation: mine/pit) 叚 (In a hole 口 with a ladder 'E' you have the tool コ in your hand 又.)
(Jade becomes beautiful by grinding:) The jade (directly) from the mine (still) has a flaw/blemish.

	珥
JLPT no HSK

ěr
Left: king, jade 王, right: ear 耳
The jade at the ear is the: earring.

	璞
JLPT no HSK

pú
Left: king, jade 王, right: thicket, tedious 菐 (In hollow 业 things the orchid 兰 grows and the person 人 takes it out of the: thicket)
If the jade appears like in a 'thicket', it is still an: unpolished gemstone.