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can, jar 缶
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| Explanation |
In Chinese this character 缶 is hardly used. Thus its meaning "can, jar" is taken from Japanese: 缶 (=かん), which means: "the can". |
Used in these Kanji:
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缺
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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deficiency, lack, scarce, vacant post
quē Left: a can 缶 (lid  and can opener 十 of that can 凵), right: 夬 (a person 人 with a backpack コ)
With only one 'can' in the backpack, the person still has a defficiency. |
缶
夬
央
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萄
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grapes
táo Top: plant 艹, below: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])
A plant where it is like "wrapped in a can" are the grapes. |
艹
匋
勹
缶
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击
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to hit, to strike, to break
jī Bottom: container 凵, similar to a can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵, but without stick ノ)
He takes the stick ノ from the can 缶 and hits/strikes with it. |
凵
缶
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摇
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to shake, rock, wag, swing
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. |
扌
爫
缶
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淘
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to wash, clean out, cleanse, eliminate, dredge
táo Left: water 氵, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])
Use Water, because before enwrapping, the can shall be washed. |
氵
匋
勹
缶
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掏
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to fish out (from pocket), to scoop
tāo Left: hand 扌, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])
You need your hand for something packed, to fish it out from your pocket. |
扌
匋
勹
缶
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陶
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pottery, pleased
táo Left: hill 阝, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵])
With material from a hill (clay), you can make this package: pottery. |
阝
匋
勹
缶
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罐
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can, jar, pot
guàn Left: can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵), right: stork 雚 (Between plants 艹 in two ponds ロロ is this bird 隹: The stork)
A can on which a stork is depicted is still a can. |
缶
雚
午
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谣
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rumor, popular ballad, legend
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. |
讠
爫
缶
午
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遥
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distant, remote, far, far away
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. |
辶
爫
缶
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缸
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jar, vat, classifier for loads of laundry
gāng Left: can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵), right: work(er) 工
A 'can' built by a worker is a jar. |
缶
工
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瑶
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precious stone, jade, nacre, precious
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. |
玉
王
爫
缶
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窑
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oven, kiln
yáo Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
At the top is the hole at this 'can': the oven. |
穴
缶
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