The Radical: 舛


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Meaning
oppose    舛

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 2
to dance

Top: variation of: not 無 (originally dancers lined up), below: variants of feet /, in opposed positions
Dancers with opposed feet are dancing.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 6
to twinkle, wink, a moment
shùn
Left: eye , right: Emperor Shun (hand reaching down , cover , two var. of foot / (opposite feet, originally a pictograph, like at: to dance )
The eye sees a hand covering two unequal feet and twinkles for a moment.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
female unicorn (mythical creature)
lín
Left: deer 鹿, right: 粦 (rice and opposed [=two twisted feet, like at: to dance )
The deer, that only eats rice and has upturned feet, is the unicorn.
鹿
Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
scales (of fish)
lín
Left: Fisch / (... with mouth ⺈, body and tail fin ), right: 粦 (rice , oppose [= two twisted feet, like at: to dance ])
At the fish is sth. 'rice-shaped' up until the feet (= fins/flipper) which are the scales.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
phosphorus (chemistry), water in rocks
lín
Left: stone , right: 粦 (rice , opposed [two twisted feed like at: to dance ])
(Think of phosphorus fertilizer) The 'stone' for the rice, that comes into furrows drawn by feet is the: Phosphorus.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
Shun (c. 22nd century BC), fifth of the Five Emperors
shùn
From top: hand grasping down , cover , oppose (opposed feet, like at: dancing )
With a downward hand he covered/protected, but was opposed and thus the last of the five emperors.

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