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vehicle 车
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Explanation |
Simplified from 車. Shows a hand-cart from top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二. This sign 车 is similar to the simplified east 东 =東. |
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车
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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car, vehicle, carriage
chē, jū
Simplified from 車, which showed a hand-cart from top with an axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二.
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车
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轻
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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easy, light, gentle
qīng Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart from above with axle 丨, load-area 日 wheels 二), right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
(Pulling) a vehicle by hand over the flat ground [= aligned to the vertical] is easy & light.
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车
圣
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辆
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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classifier for vehicles
liàng Left: vehicle 车/車 (車 = cart with axle丨load-area 日 & wheels 二), right: pair, both 两 (Two connected 一 persons 人 are inside 内, thus both.)
You need vehicles, both of them, to be able to count them.
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车
两
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较
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to compare, comparatively, to contrast, rather
jiào Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart from above with axle 丨, load-area 日 wheels 二), right: exchange, crossing 交 (= six 六 crosses 㐅)
When vehicles are exchanged, they (first) should be: compared!
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车
交
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裤
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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pants, trousers, drawers
kù Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: warehouse 库 (If there is a vehicle 车/車 in a building 广, then in the warehouse.)
Clothes for the warehouse are the pants.
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衣
广
车
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输
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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to transport, to donate, to lose, to enter (a password)
shū Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart from above with axle丨, load-area 日 and two wheels 二), right: to assent, approve 俞 (When the arrowhead gets into the body 月/肉 to cut刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The vehicle assents, that it shall transport.
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车
俞
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转
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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to turn, revolve, convey, transfer
zhuǎn, zhuàn Left: vehicle 车 (=車 cart with axle丨 load-area 日 and 2 wheels 二), right: focused to a thing 专 (The skier in the downhill-squat with poles 二 in the hands is focussed.)
In a vehicle you need to be focussed if you turn.
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车
专
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连
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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to link, join, connect, continuously, including
lián Left: movement 辶, right: vehicle 车 (=車 cart with axle丨 load-area 日 and two wheels 二)
Vehicles and 'movement' are linked.
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辶
连
车
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辑
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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gather up, collect, edit, compile
jí Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart from above with axle 丨, load-area 日 wheels 二), right: whisper 咠 (from the mouth 口 to the ear 耳 - But here: 口=1 parking space and 耳=3 parking spaces)
If the vehicles are not each in one space, but in (a group of) three, they are gathered up.
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车
口
耳
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辈
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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contemporaries, generation, lifetime
bèi Top: not 非 (inverted wings 习), below: vehicle 车/車 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二)
Like the wings of a vehicle, the generations move towards the contemporary.
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车
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载
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to convey, to load, written record, year
zǎi, zài A plus + for 'more', a halberd 戈 and a vehicle 车/車
To have more halberds loaded onto the vehicle results in a good convey of the load.
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戈
戎
车
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阵
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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disposition of troops, front, classifier for short durations
zhèn Left: hill 阝, right: vehicle 车 (=車 cart with axle丨, load-area 日 and two wheels 二)
On the hill the vehicles show the troop's disposition and their roll-down is a short period of time.
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阝
车
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软
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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flexible (not hard), soft, weak
ruǎn Left: vehicle 车 (車= carriage mit with axle 丨, load area 日, 2 wheels 二), right: lack 欠.(A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
A vehicle is lacking, we need to be flexible.
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车
欠
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辅
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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to assist, to complement, auxiliary
fǔ Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: just now 甫 (A hand for holding an item 丶 is what I need 用 just now)
A vehicle is needed just now for assisting.
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车
甫
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链
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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chain
liàn Left: metal 钅/金, right: link, combine 连 (Vehicles 车/車 and 'movement' 辶 are linked)
These [parts of] metal are linked as a chain.
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金
连
车
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军
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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army, military, arms
jūn Top: cover 冖 (here: camouflage), bottom: vehicle 车 (=車 top view with two wheels 二, axle丨and loading section 日)
Camouflaged vehicles belong to the army.
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军
冖
车
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轮
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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to rotate, wheel, disk, ring, steamship
lún Left: vehicle 车 (車= carriage mit with axle 丨, load area 日, 2 wheels 二), right: arrange, set up 仑 (When a person 人 turns into a sitting person 匕, it is well arranged.)
A vehicle is well arranged, if it can rotate with its wheels.
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车
仑
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库
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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warehouse, storehouse, reservoir, arsenal
kù Outside: building 广, inside: vehicle 车 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二)
The building for vehicles is the warehouse.
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广
车
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轰
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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clash, bang, rumble, to shoo away, to expel, explosion
hōng Top: vehicle 车 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), bottom: Two hands 双
Vehicles, as well as two clapping hands, can clash and thereby shoo away.
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车
双
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轨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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rail, track, course, path
guǐ Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: nine 九 [here: two rails 儿 connected with a tie/sleeper 一]
For the vehicles are the rails as their track or path.
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车
九
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辉
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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glorious, splendid, to shine upon
huī Left: light, ray 光 (A fire 火 on legs 儿 serves as light), right: army 军 (.. with covered 冖 camouflaged vehicles 车/車)
(Signal fires in ancient China) The lights at the army are shining and glorious.
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光
军
车
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舆
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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carriage, sedan chair, public/world
yú Outside: mortar 臼 (= two hands E,ヨ pressing from the sides), inside: vehicle 车/車, below: two hands 廾 (= twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined)
The vehicle that requires four hands is the sedan chair.
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臼
车
廾
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辖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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linchpin of a wheel, to govern, control, administrative
xiá Left: vehicle 车 (車= (cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: damaged 害 (Under the roof 宀 is a growing plant 丰 in a pot 口, which damaged it.)
If the vehicle is damaged, you see: The linchpin governs and administers.
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车
害
丰
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辐
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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spoke of a wheel
fú Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: barrel of rice wine 畐 (here: spoke 一, wheel without spokes 口, wheel with spokes 田)
At a vehicle take a spoke add it to the rim to get the finished wheel with spokes.
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车
畐
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斩
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to chop, cut, sever, behead
zhǎn Left: vehicle 车 (車= top view with two wheels 二, axle | and loading surface 田), right: ax 斤
The beautiful vehicle 車 was simplified to 车, namely they took an axe, to chop it.
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斩
车
斤
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辙
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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track, rut, track, to remove
zhé From left: vehicle 车/車, to give birth, educate 育 (The new born baby [=child 子 upside down, as head first at birth] has a body 月, that is born and raised), strike 攵
The vehicle creates (= gives birth) with every strike (=pothole) a track/rut.
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车
育
攴
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辕
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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shafts of cart, yamen
yuán Left: vehicle 车/車 (top view with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: long robe (old) 袁 (Down to the ground 土 reaches the sleeve 口 of this clothes 衣: the long robe.)
At a vehicle is between earth and the clothes (of the passengers) an opening 口 for the cart's shaft.
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车
袁
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莲
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JLPT no HSK |
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lotus
lián Top: growing plant 艹, below: link, combine 连 (Vehicles 车/車 and 'movement' 辶 are linked.)
The plant (which floats on the water), but is connected (to the ground) is the: lotus.
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艹
连
车
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轩
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pavilion with a view, high, tall, curtained carriage (old)
xuān Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: dry 干 (laundry rack)
The vehicle in which you stay dry is the high carriage.
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车
干
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轴
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JLPT no HSK |
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axis, axle, pivot, rotational bearing
zhóu, zhòu Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: reason 由 (The sprout/seedling 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.), Here: axis 丨 in a bearing 臼
A vehicle with axis and pivot.
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车
由
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轿
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JLPT no HSK |
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a sedan chair, a palanquin
jiào Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: tall 乔 (top:夭, but here: sky 天: [Sky-天-long legs 丿| make tall])
A vehicle, in which you appear tall, is the: sedan chair.
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车
乔
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轼
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JLPT no HSK |
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crossbar in carriage front
shì Left: vehicle 车 (=車 = top view with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: type/style 式 (Craftsmen 工 make sabres 弋 in their (preferred) type)
In a vehicle according to the style there is a crossbar.
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车
式
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轧
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JLPT no HSK |
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to crush (by weight), to roll (steel)
yà, zhá Left: vehicle 车 (=車 = top view with axle | load-area 日 wheels 二), right: a hook 乚 like at: 'to bundle 扎'
The vehicle's (weight) presses/crushes when a hook is produced by: rolling it.
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车
乚
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辗
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JLPT no HSK |
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roll over on side (in bed), roller
zhǎn Left: vehicle 车/車, right: exhibition, to spread out 展 (For the buttocks 尸 they used grass 艹 to make clothes 衣, and this should be in an exhibition)
With a vehicle the buttocks becomes (flat) like clothes, if you: roll over.
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车
尸
共
衣
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辄
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JLPT no HSK |
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always, then, at once
zhé Left: vehicle 车 (車= (top view with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: 耴 (ear 耳, here: axle or axe nail 乚)
At a vehicle you hear 耳 sth. at the axle 乚: always.
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车
耳
乚
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撵
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JLPT no HSK |
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to expel, to oust
niǎn Left: hand 扌, right: 辇 (2x husband 夫 and vehicle 车/車
A hand (pushes) the gay couple (=2 husbands) on a vehicle, because they are expelled.
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扌
夫
车
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琏
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JLPT no HSK |
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vessel used to hold grain offerings
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.
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王
连
玉
车
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辘
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JLPT no HSK |
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pulley, capstan, windlass
lù Left: vehicle 车/車, right: deer 鹿 (orig. image of a deer)
A vehicle with the pronunciation 'lù' as used at 'deer' stands for a pulley.
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车
鹿
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轲
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JLPT no HSK |
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given name of Mencius/Mengzi (follower of Confucius)
kē Left: vehicle 车/車 (top view with load-area 日, axle丨 & wheels 二), right: can, possibility 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.)
Like a vehicle with possibilities is: philosopher Mengzi
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车
可
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涟
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ripple, tearful, flowing water, weeping
lián Left: water 氵, right: to link, combine 连 (Vehicles 车/車 and 'movement' 辶 are linked.)
Water can combine to rippling waves or weeping.
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氵
连
车
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