院
JLPT HSK 1

yuàn
Left: hill 阝(If this radical is at the left of a character, it means "hill", otherwise: "village"), right: finished/complete: 完 (A roof 宀 needs an origin 元 [= groundwork, seating] to be finished and complete.) [Origin: 元 =two 二 legs 儿]
(An institute needs a lot of space:) The hill is completely used by the: Institute.

	阴
JLPT HSK 2

yīn
Left: hill 阝(If this radical: 阝is at the left of a character it means 'hill', otherwise it means 'village'), right: moon 月
The hill is on its "moon-side" shady, thus the: Yin.

	阳
JLPT HSK 3

yáng
Left: hill 阝(If this radical: 阝is at the left of a character it means 'hill', otherwise it means 'village'), right: sun 日
The hill is on its sunny side positiv, thus the: Yang (male)

	啊
JLPT HSK 3

ā, á, ǎ, à, a
Left: mouth 口, right: (exclamation of approval) 阿 (From the elevated point of a hill 阝 there is the possibility 可 [because of better sound transmission] to: shout)
A mouth on a hill can shout out: Ah! Oh!

	附
JLPT HSK 3

fù
Left: hill 阝, right: hand over, deliver 付 (A person 亻with a skillful hand 寸 handing over sth.)
(At a real estate deal) A hill is handed over and (the certificate) is attached.

	除
JLPT HSK 3

chú
Left: hill 阝, right: excess/rest 余 (A heap is still on the altar 示 [= to show], thus there in excess.)
(The mole control was almost successful:) A hill is in excess: let's get rid of it.

	阿
JLPT HSK 3

ā, ē
Left: hill 阝, right: possibility 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.)
(From an elevated point the sound is transmitted easily a bigger distance:) A hill gives the possibility of an exclamation (that is heard far away).

	队
JLPT HSK 4

duì
Left: hill 阝 (The "hill"-radical 阝, stands also for border 际, limit 限 or obstruction 阻, such that persons form here the border troops.), right: person 人
On the hill the persons are posted as troops.

	随
JLPT HSK 4

suí
Left: hill 阝, right: 迶 (movement 辶, have/exist 有 [I have hand and body 月])
(For hunters: Animals prefer to live in the valleys) Between the hills are existing movements: Follow them!

	际
JLPT HSK 4

jì
Left: hill 阝(also mountain ridge), right: to show 示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and drippling blood 八)
(The Chinese wall was built over the hills and mountain ridges, as this provided a better overview and made it more difficult for the enemy to capture) The hill shows (= in the sense of: 'is there') the border.

	险
JLPT HSK 4

xiǎn
Left: hill 阝, right: together 佥 (A person 人 as one 一 is with three ツ together.)
The hills all together are rugged and form a danger.

	陪
JLPT HSK 4

péi
Left: hill 阝 (If this radical: 阝is at the left of a character it means 'hill', otherwise it means 'village'), right: spit 咅 (stand 立 with open mouth 口 and spit)
From a hill he spits on his accompany.

	降
JLPT HSK 4

jiàng, xiáng
Left: hill 阝, right: upturned foot, sitting cross-legged 夂 (But here perhaps: image of dripping rain?), variant of stop 止
From the hill comes the falling rain and will stop at the bottom because it has fallen down.

	阻
JLPT HSK 5

zǔ
Left: hill 阝, right: further/moreover 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
Hills, piled like stone piles are an obstruction.

	隔
JLPT HSK 5

gé
Left: hill 阝(here: a wall), right: 鬲 pictograph of a cooking pot on a frame with support
The 'hill' (= a wall is meant) and the pot should be separated by a distance.

	限
JLPT HSK 5

xiàn
Left: hill 阝, right: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
A hill is not good, because it is a limit(ation).

	阶
JLPT HSK 5

jiē
Left: hill 阝, right: in-between 介 (The person 人 in this armor 丌 is in-between.)
For a hill, the 'in-between'-lying sections are the steps of a stairs.

	防
JLPT HSK 5

fáng
Left: hill 阝, right: direction/square 方
The hill that is in one direction: The dam (dike), that protects you.

	阵
JLPT HSK 5

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.

	陌
JLPT HSK 5

mò
Left: hill 阝, right: hundred 百 (tilt your head to the right and read '100')
(A street is actually just piled earth cf. 街) Hills in hundreds form a street.

	陆
JLPT HSK 5

liù, lù
Left: hill 阝, right: hit, strike 击 (here: roads 二 and mountain 山)
There are hills, roads and mountains: It is the mainland.

	陷
JLPT HSK 6

xiàn
Left: hill 阝, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pitfall 臼)
As if from a hill a person falls into a pitfall and is trapped and captured.

	陵
JLPT HSK 6

líng
Left: hill 阝, right: dawdle 夌 (Who walks over the earth 土 with legs 儿 that are crossed 夂, is dawdling)
The hill where the earth comprises two legs 儿 that are crossed: is an imperial tomb.

	陶
JLPT HSK 6

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.

	隐
JLPT HSK 6

yǐn
Left: hill 阝, right: urgent/hurry 急 (The bent person ⺈ holds hand /彐 to heart 心, because he was in hurry (and now is exhausted)
He used the hill, for urgently hiding and concealing it.

	坠
JLPT HSK 6

zhuì
Top: troops 队 (On the hill 阝the persons 人 are posted as troops), bottom: earth 土
From the hill the person comes (down) to the earth, because he has fallen down.

	陡
JLPT HSK 6

dǒu
Left: hill 阝, right: go/walk 走 (On earth 土 feet 足 have to walk.)
The hill can be, in respect to walking, be steep.

	隙
JLPT HSK 6

xì
Left: hill 阝, right: sun 日 with rays to all directions: 小 小
(It causes a shadow:) The hill causes, when the sun is shining to all directions: a crack or gap.

	陈
JLPT HSK 6

chén
Left: hill 阝, right: east 东 (=東 The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.)
If a hill is exhibited in the east, it will be an old-stale exhibit.

	障
JLPT HSK 6

zhàng
Left: hill 阝, right: medal 章 (Get up 立 early 早 to get a medal.)
(As a protection against floodwaters) The hill gets a medal, because it is a hindrance. [against the water]

	陋
JLPT HSK 6

lòu
Left: hill 阝, right: corner and Third 丙 (one 一 outside, two λ strokes inside 内 makes 3)
At the hill is a corner with three (persons) who are vulgar and mean.

	隆
JLPT HSK 6

lōng, lóng
Left: hill 阝, right: upturned-foot, crossed-legs 夂, one 一, life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.)
Sitting on a hill with crossed legs and my one life looks: intense & prosperous.

	堕
JLPT HSK 6

duò, huī
Left: hill 阝, right: be, have, exist 有 (I have hand and body 月, thus I am existing.), below: earth 土
One hill exists on earth but it is degenerating.

	隘
JLPT HSK 6

ài
Left: hill 阝, right: benefit 益 (Laid 丷 tables with plates 皿 are for him [the restaurant owner] a benefit.)
At a hill it is beneficial, if there is a narrow pass.

	阱
JLPT HSK 6

jǐng
Left: hill 阝, right: a well 井
At the hill is a 'well', that actually is a pitfall.

	椭
JLPT HSK 6

tuǒ
From left: tree 木, hill 阝, exist, have 有 (I have hand and body 月, thus I am existing.)
(not a round cross-section) Trees that have sth. "hill-like" in their existence are: oval.

	隧
JLPT HSK 6

suì
Left: hill 阝, right: satisfy 遂 (out of 丷, pig 豕/ 豚, movement 辶)
By the hill (= the excavation 丷 next to it) you see where the pig's movements made: a tunnel.

	陛
JLPT no HSK

bì
Left: hill 阝, right: 坒 (compare 比 [= compare the two sitting persons 匕], earth 土)
Like a hill in proportion to the earth is his majesty on the throne.

	荫
JLPT no HSK

yìn
Top: grass 艹, bottom: moon, rearside, Yin 阴 (The hill 阝is on its "moon-side" 月 shady, thus the: Yin)
Only grass can grow at the "moon"-side of the hill: in the shade.

	萨
JLPT no HSK

sà
Top: grass, plant 艹, bottom: hill 阝, and produce 产 (standing 立 on the cliff 厂)
Over the plants and the hills, I am standing on a cliff: with the buddhistic enlightenment.

	隋
JLPT no HSK

suí
Left: hill 阝, right: part of lazy 惰 (I feel 忄, that the left 左 [half] of my body 月 is lazy)
At the hills they were lazy during Sui dynasty.

	阮
JLPT no HSK

ruǎn
Left: hill 阝, right: Yuan 元
At the hill with money (Yuan): family Ruan.

	陨
JLPT no HSK

yǔn
Left: hill 阝, right: member 员/員 (Who has a mouth 口 and money 贝 can become a member) Here: 贝 as a simplification of head/shoulder 頁
This hill or stone 口/石 that can fall on the head is a meteorite.

	陇
JLPT no HSK

lǒng
Left: hill 阝, right: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ)
The hill with a dragon, in the: Ganzu Province

	隅
JLPT no HSK

yú
Left: hill 阝, right: scorpion 禺 (pictograph of a scorpion: combination of 田 for carapace, insect 虫, long legs 冂)
On the hill, there are scorpions in every corner.

	陀
JLPT no HSK

tuó
Left: hill 阝, right: it (lifeless) 它
The hill is lifeless (without turf) on the declivity.

	阜
JLPT no HSK

fù
Top: pair of buttocks , bottom: ten 十
Of such buttocks you need ten to pile up a mound.

	阪
JLPT no HSK

bǎn
Left: hill 阝, right: opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
The hill is opposing against being: a slope.

	窿
JLPT no HSK

lóng
Top: hole, cavity 穴, below: intense, prosperous 隆 (Sitting on a hill 阝 with upturned 夂 feet, the one 一 life 生 looks intense & prosperous)
A hole, that is intense, is a: cavity.

	陕
JLPT no HSK

shǎn
Left: hill 阝, right: squeeze in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed.)
Between hills is is squeezed: Shaanxi (mausoleum with soldier figures of Qin Shi Huang)