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deficiency, lack, scarce, vacant post
quē Left: can 缶 (lid  and can opener 十 of that can 凵), right: 夬 (unfinished center 央) [央 = Image of a yoke 冂 on the shoulders of a man 大 that is centered]
If the can is still unfinished, it has a deficiency. | 缶 夬 央 |
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grapes
táo Top: plant 艹, below: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])
A plant where it is like "wrapped in a can" are the grapes. | 艹 匋 勹 缶 |
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to hit, to strike, to break
jī Bottom: container 凵, similar to a can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵, but without stick ノ)
He takes the stick ノ from the can 缶 and hits/strikes with it. | 凵 缶 |
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to shake, rock, wag, swing
yáo Left: hand 扌, right: hand reaching down 爫, below: can, jar 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
The hand reaches downwards to the can, to shake it. | 扌 爫 缶 |
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to wash, clean out, cleanse, eliminate, dredge
táo Left: water 氵, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])
Use Water, because before enwrapping, the can shall be washed. | 氵 匋 勹 缶 |
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to fish out (from pocket), to scoop
tāo Left: hand 扌, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])
You need your hand for something packed, to fish it out from your pocket. | 扌 匋 勹 缶 |
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pottery, pleased
táo Left: hill 阝, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵])
With material from a hill (clay), you can make this package: pottery. | 阝 匋 勹 缶 |
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can, jar, pot
guàn Left: can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵), right: stork 雚 (Between plants 艹 in two ponds ロロ is this bird 隹: The stork)
A can on which a stork is depicted is still a can. | 缶 雚 午 |
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rumor, popular ballad, legend
yáo Left: word 讠/言, right: hand reaching down 爫, can 缶 (= lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
Words you pick out of a can are: rumors or ballads. | 讠 爫 缶 午 |
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distant, remote, far, far away
yáo Left: movement 辶, right: 䍃 (hand from above 爫, can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
If it takes a movement to get from above to the can, it is distant. | 辶 爫 缶 |
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jar, vat, classifier for loads of laundry
gāng Left: can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵), right: work(er) 工
A 'can' built by a worker is a jar. | 缶 工 |
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precious stone, jade, nacre, precious
yáo Left: king, jade 王, right: 䍃 (hand reaching down 爫, can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
The 'jade', the hand gets out of the can, is a precious stone. | 玉 王 爫 缶 |
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oven, kiln
yáo Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
At the top is the hole at this 'can': the oven. | 穴 缶 |
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