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候 |
wait, later, season, expect, visit, weather
In the middle vertically: stick 丨, left and right: marquis 侯 (The person 人 to whom another person ⺈ with an arrow 矢 bows down, is a marquis.) - Here: ユ as variation of: work, craft 工
When a person wants that a stick 丨 is crafted 工 into an arrow, he needs to wait (until a later season). |
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医 |
medical, doctor, to cure
Outside a box 匸 and within an arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天)
(acupuncture:) In the box are arrows for the medical treatment. |
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知 |
to know, to be aware
Left: an arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: a mouth 口 (here: a target)
The arrow hits the target, if it knows it. |
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短 |
short or brief, to lack, weak point, fault
Left: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: bean 豆
An arrow of the size of a bean is very short. |
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矮 |
low, short (in length)
Left: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: entrust 委 (Rice plants 禾 can women 女 be entrusted.)
(A flat trajectory for a more accurate shot:) The arrow can be trusted when it (= the trajectory) is low. |
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族 |
clan, race, nationality, ethnicity
Left: direction/square 方, right: horizontal person  , arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天) It moves in one direction and has lying persons and persons moving as fast as an arrow: the clan. |
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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. |
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唉 |
'oh dear' or grunt/sigh of agreement, 'yes'
Left: mouth 口, right: end-particle 矣 (Ìf the nose 厶 is hit by an arrow 矢, it is the end.) [arrow 矢 = An arrow ノ in the sky 天]
The mouth gives at the end: the approval. |
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矩 |
rule, rectangular, carpenter's square, torque
Left: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: huge 巨 (staring eye, here: set square = measurement angle)
With the (pointed) tip of the arrow and a set square 巨, you can (draw) the regular angle. |
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疾 |
sickness, disease, hate, envy, swift
Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天)
A sickness caused by an arrow is a sickness, that comes swiftly. |
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挨 |
adjacent, close to, to endure, in sequence
Left: Hand 扌, right: end-particle 矣 (If the nose 厶 is hit by an arrow 矢, it is the end.) [arrow 矢 = An arrow ノ in the sky 天]
A hand's width (distance) from the nose was that arrow: That was closely adjacent. |
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嫉 |
jealousy, be jealous of
Left: woman 女, right: illness/quick 疾 (The disease 疒 is arrow-矢-like fast, because it makes sick quickly.)
This woman is sick of jealousy. |
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矢 |
arrow, dart, vector
Left: a stroke ノ which is seen as an arrow, right: heaven/sky 天
The stroke in the sky is an arrow. |
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矣 |
classical final particle, similar to modern 了
Top: nose 厶, bottom: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天)
If the nose is hit by an arrow, it is the: end! |
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簇 |
bunch, crowded, gathered, gather foliage
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: clan, nationality 族 (It moves in one direction 方 and has lying people or moving as fast as an arrow 矢: the clan) The bamboo forms a 'clan', when gathered as a bunch. |
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矫 |
to correct, to rectify, to redress, brave, to feign
Left: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: tall 乔 (young death 夭, but here: sky 天 [Sky-天-long legs 丿| make tall])
(just bend it straight) An arrow that is big can be corrected. |
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埃 |
dust, dirt, Ångström (=10^-10 m), Egypt
Left: earth 土, right: end-particle 矣 (If the nose 厶 is hit by the arrow 矢, it is the end) [here: 厶 as arrowhead]
The earth is hit by the head 厶 of the arrow and turns into: dust. |
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俟 |
until, wait for
Left: person 亻, right: end-particle 矣 (If the nose 厶 is hit by the arrow 矢, it is the end) [arrow 矢 = An arrow ノ in the sky 天]
When the person is at the end, it means: 'until ...' |
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