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The Radical: 言
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Hanzi-Trainer
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speech 言
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Used in these Kanji:
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信
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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to trust, to believe, letter, mail
xìn Left: person 亻/人, right: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口)
This person and his words are trustworthy. |
亻
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言
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言
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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words, speech, to say, to talk
yán
Sound waves out of a mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word (As a radical simplified to 讠) |
言
讠
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警
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to alert, to warn, police
jǐng Top: respect 敬 (When a plant 艹 speaks a sentence 句, it is a strike 攵 of respect), bottom: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口)
With respectful words: the police is warning. |
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誓
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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oath, vow, to swear, to pledge
shì Top: to break 折 (.. by hand 扌 or with an axe 斤), bottom: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口)
Put your hand on the axe and speak: This is my oath. |
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譬
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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analogy, metaphor, simile, give an example
pì Top: anal penetration, torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口, needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture), bottom: word 言 (Schallwellen aus einem Mund 口)
The anal penetration is in my words only an analogy. |
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讠
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誉
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reputation, honor, credit
yù Top: flourish 兴 (flowers  on a low table  ), below: word 言 (sound waves out ouf a mouth 口)
Flourishing words give you: reputation. |
兴
讠
言
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詹
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verbose, excellent
zhān From top: looking upwards 厃, eight 八 and word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口)
Who, when looking upwards, is using eight words, is verbose. |
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言
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