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bitter, hot 辛
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(picture of a needle for tattoo) |
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辛
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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bitter, (of taste) hot or pungent
xīn Image of a needle for tattooing (cf. needle 针)
The tattooing needle is bitter and hot. |
辛
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辣
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hot (spicy), pungent
là Left: hot/bitter 辛 (needle used for tattoo), right: bundle 束 (Plants 木/禾 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle.)
Hot stuff in a bundle is even hotter. |
辛
束
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辩
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debate, argue, discuss, dispute
biàn Left and right: bitter, sharp 辛 (image of a tattoo needle), middle: word 讠/言
Sharp words meet in the debate. |
辛
讠
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辞
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to resign, dismiss, leave, refined language
cí Left: tongue 舌, right: hot/bitter 辛 (needle used for tattoo)
On the tongue it was too bitter: These words made me resign. |
舌
辛
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辨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to differentiate, distinguish, recognize
biàn Twice: bitter, sharp 辛 (tattoo needle), middle knife刂 - Thus a double-bladed knife
A double-bladed knife has sharpnesses (at each blade), that differenciate. |
辛
刂
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宰
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to manage, govern, rule, to slaughter livestock
zǎi Top: roof 宀, below: hot/spicy/bitter 辛 (the image of a needle for tattooing)
Under the roof 'bitterness' is managed. |
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辛
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辟
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monarch, to repel, avoid, dispel, refute, repudiate
bì, pì Shows: anal penetration, torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口, needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture)
Penetrating the buttocks with a needle is what the monarch avoids. |
辛
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尸
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辜
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crime, sin, guilt
gū Top: old 古 (originally: skull, but better the image of a tomb stone), below: bitter, sharp 辛 (tattoo needle)
The old and bitter are the guilt of the crimes. |
古
辛
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瓣
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petal, segment, clove (of garlic), piece, section, fragment
bàn Outside: bitter, spicy 辛 (to stand 立, ten 十), inside: melon 瓜 (image of a melon in a rope loop hanging from a frame.)
Laterally to the melon stand 立 (blossoms) with each ten 十 petals as their segments. |
辛
瓜
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辫
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to plait, a braid or queue
biàn Twice: bitter, sharp 辛 (tattoo needle), middle thread 纟/糸
If two sharp threads stick out, they can be plaited. |
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糸
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锌
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JLPT no HSK |
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zinc (chemistry)
xīn Left: metal 钅/金, right: bitter, (of taste) hot 辛
The metal with the pronounciation 'xīn' like at 'bitter' is: zinc. |
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辛
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梓
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Catalpa kaempferi, (Indian bean tree), printing blocks
zǐ Left: tree 木, right: bitter, hot (taste) 辛 (image of a tattoo needle)
The tree that is bitter is: the Indian bean tree. |
木
辛
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