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The Radical: 矛
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Hanzi-Trainer
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spear 矛
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矛
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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spear, lance, pike
máo
Image of a barbed lance.
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矛
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柔
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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soft, flexible, supple, yielding
róu Image of a spear 矛 (= developed from a barbed lance) that is positioned in the top of a tree 木, where the wood is still weak.
A spear made out of the top of a tree is soft and flexible. |
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木
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揉
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to knead, to massage, to rub
róu Left: hand 扌, right: soft, flexible 柔 (A spear 矛 from the upper part of a tree 木 is soft&flexible)
The hand makes it soft and flexible when kneading at the massage. |
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橘
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JLPT no HSK |
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mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata), tangerine
jú Left: tree 木, right: 矞 (spear 矛, variation of sell 商)
At this tree you pluck with a spear and sell: the mandarin. |
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矛
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茅
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JLPT no HSK |
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reeds, rushes [BOT.]
máo Top: grass 艹, bottom: spear, lance 矛
Grass as long as a spear is: reeds. |
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矛
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矜
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JLPT no HSK |
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boast, esteem, sympathize
jīn Left: spear, lance 矛, right: now 今 (Put the cover  into the corner フ Now!)
The lance has now (pierced), that's how he: boasted. |
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今
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蹂
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JLPT no HSK |
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trample
róu Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: soft, flexible 柔 (A spear 矛 from the upper part of a tree 木 is soft & flexible)
The feet destroy until everything is soft and flexible, when: trampling. |
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矛
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