BASIC CHARACTERS • 810–814
收 810 6 strokes
SHŌU, to put away; to receive; to collect [A] L4 收入 shōurù income; to earn [B] L4 收成 shōuchéng harvest [D] 收回 shōuhuí to recall; to countermand [D] 收买 shōumǎi to buy; to bribe [D] 收支 shōuzhī income and expenditures [D] 收音机 shōuyīnjī a radio [B] L6 收起来 shōuqǐlái to put away RADICAL (130), “top of 春” (see next)
811 5 strokes
春 812 9 strokes
兆 813 6 strokes
跳 814 13 strokes
CHŪN, spring (the season); erotic feeling, erotic; a family name [A] L3 春 is supposed to show vegetation burgeoning in the sun. 春天 chūntiān springtime [A] 青春 qīngchūn youth [C] L5 春意 chūnyì the feeling of early spring; thoughts of love 春宫 chūngōng pornography ZHÀO, omen; a family name [D] 兆 shows the cracks on the heated tortoise shell which were anciently used in China for divination. (Read the note in 159, p. 32.) 兆头 zhàotou omen 预兆 yùzhào signs of the times L6 吉兆 jízhào a good omen
TIÀO, to leap [A] The “foot” radical gives the meaning; zhào (813, above) is supposed to give the sound. 跳远 tiàoyuǎn broad jump [D] 跳高 tiàogāo high jump [D] 心跳 xīntiào heart palpitations 撑杆跳 chēnggāntiào pole vault, pole jump
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