Character Details
| reach; as well as | Ascii: 20992 | w33 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 及 | jí | djee | 2 | 又 (again) + 人 (person) → reach | 及 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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I like to think of this as a fist with brass knuckles because of the extra line. An old school thug reaches out to help you up but then with his other hand (with the brass knuckles) punches you. You run away and he tries to catch up with you. | ||||||||||
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| [HSK 3] - — | |||||||||||
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| - It's too late | - I can't wait | ||||||||||
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| Single Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Radical | Name | Label | Domain | Component Persona | Example Characters | ||||||
| 113 - 又 | yòu | right hand | again | right hand shape | 又 友 | ||||||
| Elements | Semantic Element | Phonetic Element | Note | ||||||||
| 又 (again) + 人 (person) → reach | 又 (semantic) | 人 (phonetic origin) | phonetic from 人 | ||||||||