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head, leader 頁
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Picture of an eye 目 with emphasized eye-brows 首 to express the special: the head or the chief. (When used as a radical often without eye-brows 頁 meaning forehead). It is always at the right side of a character. |
Used in these Kanji:
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题
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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topic, problem for discussion, subject, to inscribe
tí Left: correct, indeed 是 (sun 日, correct 正), right: page, leaf 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The correct head is the topic of the discussion.
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是
頁
疋
正
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颜
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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color, face, countenance
yán Left: elegant 彦 (He stands 立 on the cliff 厂 and his hair 彡 look elegant.), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
He has an elegant head with color in the face.
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彦
頁
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顾
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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to take into consideration, to look after
gù Left: distress 厄 (Below the cliff 厂 a crouching person 㔾 is in distress.), right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
(You should plan ahead:) A (potential) distress should (in your head) been taken into consideration.
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厄
頁
㔾
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须
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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beard, mustache, feeler (of insect), to have to
xū Left: hair 彡, right: page, leaf ( 页/頁= head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The hair of the head can be a beard.
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彡
頁
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夏
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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summer
xià From top: cover 一 (against the sun), I, myself 自 (The emphasized ノ eye 目 is myself.), upturned foot (=sitting cross-legged) 夂
Covered (= in the shade) I myself sit cross-legged, because it is summer.
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一
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夂
自
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首
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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head, leader, chief
shǒu Image of an eye 目 with emphasized eye-brows 首 to express the special: the head or the chief.
Thick eyebrows at the head of the leader
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首
頁
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顺
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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sequence, order, to obey, to follow, favorable
shùn Left: river 川, right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
Just as the river directs the water, the head gives things the order / sequence.
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川
頁
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页
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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page, sheet, leaf
yè
Simplified image of a head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一), now generalized to: page, sheet
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頁
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烦
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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to bother, to trouble, to feel vexed
fán Left: fire 火, right: page, leaf, head 页/頁 (=head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
Like a fire in my head, that's how you bother me.
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火
頁
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预
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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beforehand, in advance, predict, forecast
yù Left: to give 予 (The bent person マ has a nail 丁 to give.), right: page, leaf ( 页/頁= head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
"To give your head" to a subject means planning like 'in advance' or 'beforehand'.
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予
頁
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硕
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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huge, massive, large, big
shuò Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: page, leaf, head 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
A stone like a head such huge.
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石
頁
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颗
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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small spheres: pearls, grains, satellites, planets
kē Left: fruit, result 果 (= The "rice field" 田 at the tree 木), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
From fruits to heads: Counter for small round things.
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果
頁
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频
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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frequently, often, repetitious
pín Left: pace, step 步 (Stop 止 a little 少 when: walking.), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
(Better results in learning:) For the steps use your head to repeat them frequently.
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步
頁
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领
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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neck, collar, to lead, to receive
lǐng Left: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered), right: page,sheet developed of a head ( 页/頁 = head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
It follows the orders of the head: The neck.
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令
頁
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顶
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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apex, to carry on the head, summit
dǐng Left: nail 丁, right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The nail has a head and that's its apex.
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丁
頁
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顿
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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to pause, meal, bout, to stop
dùn Left: barracks 屯, (Where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.), right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
(Soldiers on march need regular breaks) At the barracks the heads join to pause and for meals.
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屯
乚
頁
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项
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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back of neck, item, thing, term sum (of money), projects
xiàng Left: construct 工 (here: image of a neck with: head 一, neck | and shoulders 一), right: page, leaf ( 页/頁= head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The neck with the head stands for neck or projects.
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工
頁
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厦
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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mansion, tall building, rear annex, lean-to
shà, xià Left: cliff 厂, right: summer 夏 (Covered 一 [= in the shade] I myself 自 sit cross-legged 夂, because it is summer.)
Directly at the cliff and (nice like) the summer: our mansion.
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厂
頁
夂
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额
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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forehead, share, portion, amount
é Left: guest 客 (Under the roof 宀 is everybody 各 our guest.) [everybody 各 = is sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口], right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The guests get by head (or forehead) each their share.
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客
頁
宀
各
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倾
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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incline, to collapse, to overturn, to tend
qīng Left: person 亻, right: short while ago, area size qǐng 顷 (sitting person 匕, page, (fore)head 页/頁 (=head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一) Better left: change 化
If a person 亻turns to a sitting 匕 person, it's in the head, that is inclining.
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化
亻
匕
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颤
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to tremble, to shiver, to shake, to vibrate
zhàn, chàn Left: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦), right: page, (fore)head 页 (= 頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
If under the cover all is rotating at sun rise in your head, you tremble and shiver.
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亠
回
旦
頁
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顽
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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stupid, obstinate, stubborn, mischievous, naughty
wán Left: Yuan/money 元, right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
Who shows his Yuan (open) at the forehead, is stupid.
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元
頁
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颇
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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rather, considerably, inclined, slanting
pō Left: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The skin at the forehead is rather inclined.
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皮
頁
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颈
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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neck, nape, throat
jǐng Left: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The part with the 'vertical orientation' at the head is: the neck.
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圣
頁
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颠
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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apex, top (of the head), to fall forwards, inverted
diān Left: really, truly 真 (The ten 十 eyes 目 see that the table is truely real.), right: page, leaf, head 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
It is truely the forehead the apex.
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真
具
頁
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颁
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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promulgate, publish, issue, to confer
bān Left: to divide 分 (... with the sword 刀 in 8 八 pieces), right: page, leaf, head 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
Divide (or let others participate) with the pages when: promulgating.
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分
頁
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颂
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to praise, ode, bless, eulogy
sòng Left: public 公 (Eight 八 noses 厶 form the public.), right: page, leaf, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
Publically his (fore-)head shall be praised.
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公
頁
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颖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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clever, gifted, new and original, head of grain
yǐng Top: a short while ago 顷 (sitting person 匕, head 页/頁), below left: rice plant 禾
It sits on the rice plant the spike (="the grain's head"), which is considered: "clever and gifted".
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匕
禾
頁
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濒
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to be close to, near, to approach
bīn Left: water 氵, right: frequently, often 频 (to go 步, side, head 页/頁 [head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrow 一])
The water goes (up to) your head and is thus (really) close to you.
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氵
步
頁
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顷
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JLPT no HSK |
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a little while ago, unit of area equal to 100 亩 or 6.67 hectares
qǐng Left: sitting person 匕, right: page,leaf, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The sitting person has in his head the area of 6.7 hectares
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匕
頁
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嘎
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JLPT no HSK |
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cackling sound, creak, crunch
gā, gǎ Left: Mouth 口, right: 戛 (Vari. of: head, shoulder 頁 [= head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一], halbard 戈)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when cutting off a head with a halberd is a: cackling.
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口
頁
戈
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癫
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JLPT no HSK |
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convulsions, crazy, mentally deranged
diān Outside: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), inside: apex, inverted 颠 (It is truely 真 that the forehead 页 is the apex, where you return/inverte)
The disease, where you "inverte" are the convulsions of a crazy person.
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疒
真
頁
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颅
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JLPT no HSK |
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skull
lú Left: Luxembourg 卢 (forking of the way卜, buttocks 尸), right: page, leaf, forehead 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
If there is only one hair 卜 on the head 尸, this head 頁 is a skull.
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卜
尸
頁
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嚣
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JLPT no HSK |
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clamor, screaming, noise, rampant
xiāo Four mouths 口, a head 页/頁 (with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
Mouths screaming on all sides of your head, is a: clamor.
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口
頁
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颓
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JLPT no HSK |
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to crumble, to collapse, to decline, decadent, dejected
tuí Left: bald, blunt 秃 (The rice plants 禾 are placed on the table 几 (for peeling / cleaning) until they are bald.), right: page, leaf, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The bald head has crumbled.
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禾
几
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颐
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JLPT no HSK |
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cheek, lower cheek, chin, jaw, to nourish
yí Left: minister, offical 臣 (here: image of left cheek 匚 with mouth ロ), right: page, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The cheek at the head stands for: cheek or to nourish.
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臣
頁
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寡
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JLPT no HSK |
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few, widowed
guǎ From top: roof 宀, head/forehead (for person) 頁, divide 分 (with a sword 刀 in 8 八 pieces)
If under the roof there are (further) heads, the part/division for the widow becomes too little.
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宀
頁
分
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颌
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JLPT no HSK |
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jaw (= maxilla and mandible)
hé Left: to fit 合 (The lid on the pot 口), right: page, head 页 (=頁; head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
What is fitting at the head is the jaw (with its upper and lower jaw)
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合
頁
咢
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颉
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JLPT no HSK |
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fly upward (bird), soar, contest
xié Left: happy 吉 (simplification of 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy.), right: page, head 页 (=頁; head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The happyiness (above) the heads is: to fly upwards.
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吉
頁
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顼
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JLPT no HSK |
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anxious, grieved
xū Left: king 王, right: page, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The king is in his head: anxious.
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王
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巅
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JLPT no HSK |
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summit
diān Top: mountain 山, bottom: apex, inverted 颠 (It is truely 真 that the forehead 页 is the apex, where you return/inverte)
The mountain with an apex is: the summit.
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山
真
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颍
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JLPT no HSK |
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river in Anhui, grain husk, tip of sth short and slender
yǐng Left: spoon 匕 (or sitting person), water 水, right: page, head 页 (=頁 = head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
You sit ath the water with your head at this river.
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頁
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颊
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JLPT no HSK |
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cheeks
jiá Left: to squeeze 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed.), right: page, head 页 (=頁; head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
They are squeezing the head: the cheeks.
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夹
頁
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颚
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JLPT no HSK |
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jaw, palate
è Left: jaw 咢 (two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂), right: page, head 页 (=頁; head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The jaw at the head is: the jaw
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咢
頁
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