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题 |
topic, problem for discussion, subject, to inscribe
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. |
蛋 |
egg, oval shaped
Top: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct, - actually 疋 = bales of cloth), bottom: insect 虫 It is correct for insects to lay: eggs. |
楚 |
clear, orderly, distinct, pain, suffering
Top: forest 林 (= two trees 木), bottom: correct 正 [actually bales of cloth 疋] (the correct foot 止 stops at the line 一) The forest is correct if it is clear and orderly. |
疑 |
to doubt, to misbelieve, to suspect
Left: sitting person 匕, arrow 矢; right: bent person マ, correct 正 The sitting person with the arrow and the bent person are right with their doubt. |
嚏 |
sneeze
Left: mouth 口, right: fall, stumble 疐 (Person 十 falling from a roof 冖 into a field 田, but correctly 正/疋) Out of the 'mouth' is falling sth., when sneezing. |
疏 |
scatter, sparse, scanty, neglect, thin, to dredge
Left: 疋 (here: correct 正), right: 㐬 ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down  : the child 子 comes with head first, with amniotic fluid 川) (Declining birth rate) It is correct that newborn babies are scattered sparsely. |
凝 |
to congeal, coagulate, to gaze/stare at sb.
Left: ice 冫, right: doubt 疑 (Both persons 匕, マ with the arrow 矢 are correct 正 in their doubts.) Ice is without doubt congealed. |
旋 |
to revolve, a loop, a circle, whirl, return
Left: side, direction 方, right: horizontal person  , var. of correct 正. (When sleeping, one must occasionally turn to the other side to avoid pressure & bed sores & circulation problems.) The side of the lying person is fine/correct, but he must turn. |
璇 |
beautiful jade, star
Left: king, jade 王, right: revolve 旋 (The side 方 of the lying person  is okay 正, but he has to be turned [because of bed sores?]) The royal jade is revolved (= round at all sides) as: beautiful jade. |
婿 |
son-in-law
Left: woman 女, right: 胥 (var. of correct/proper 正, body 月) The woman wants a "proper body" as son-in-law. |
胥 |
all, together, mutually, assist, to store
Top: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct), below bodypart 月/肉 The correct bodies assist each-other mutually. |
漩 |
eddy
Left: water 氵, right: turn, revolve 旋 (The side 方 of the lying person  is okay 正, but he has to be turned [because of bed sores?]) Water, that revolves is an eddy. |
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