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生 |
life, to be born, to grow, raw/uncooked
Accent/emphasis ノ (here: a twig) at a growing plant  /丰 [cf. abundant 丰] The twig at the growing plant stands for life. |
星 |
star, planet
Top: sun 日, bottom: live 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  stands for life.) (Due to their movement in the night sky) Suns that live are the stars. |
姓 |
family name, surname
Left: woman 女, right: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  stands for life.) The woman lives under her family name. |
性 |
personality, nature, character, sexuality, gender
Left: feeling 忄, right: life/birth 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  stands for life.) Feelings you have at your birth determine your personality. |
胜 |
victory, success, to beat, to defeat, to surpass
Left: body part 月/肉, right: life/birth 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  stands for life) If the body is full of life, it will succeed. |
牲 |
domestic animal, pet
Left: cow 牛, right: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  stands for life) A cow has the live of a: domestic animal. |
隆 |
intense, prosperous, to swell, to bulge
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. |
甥 |
nephew
Left: life, birth 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  stands for life.), right: man, male 男 (In the rice field 田 is the strength 力 male.) The born man is the: nephew. |
窿 |
cavity, hole
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. |
笙 |
free reed mouth organ with various organs
Top: bamboo 竹, below: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  stands for life.) Bamboo gets lifely as a mouth organ. |
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