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网 |
net, network
Image of a dragnet having the net 罒 in the upper section and two ropes at the sides. As a radical sometimes simplified to 罒. |
罚 |
to punish, to penalize
Top: variant of eye 罒, bottom: word 讠/言, knife 刂 You can use a (deprecating) stare, words or knifes for: punishing. |
逻 |
patrol, logic
Left: movement 辶, right: to sift 罗 (With the net 罒 we sifted until evening 夕.) The eye 罒 moves in the evening 夕 at a patrol, (where it is best to proceed logically). |
置 |
to place, position, to install, to put
Top: eye 罒, below: straight 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the base line __ that is straight.) The eye sees directly what has been placed in that position. |
德 |
virtue, goodness, ethics, character, Germany
Left: to go 彳, right: ten 十, eye/net 罒, one 一, heart 心 Going with ten eyes and only one heart demands German virtue. |
摆 |
to arrange, to exhibit, to move to and from, a pendulum
Left: hand 扌, right: cease, quit 罢 (In a drag net 罒 [cf. 网] you are left 去 and it will cease) [leave= 去 =Below ground 土 is the nose 厶, which has left] The hand shall quit with arranging and moving things. |
罩 |
cover, fish trap (basket), shade
Top: net 罒, bottom: excellent 卓 ([Before the day happens:] Fortune telling 卜 early at the morning 早 is excellent) A net is excellent as a cover. |
罪 |
sin, crime, guilt, blame
Top: eye 罒, below: not 非 (opposed wings 羽) The eyes do not want to see these sins and crimes. |
罢 |
to cease, stop, dismiss, suspend, quit
Top: eye/drag net 罒 (cf.网), below: to leave 去 (Below ground 土 is the nose 厶, which has left.) In the drag net you are left: It's coming to cease. |
罕 |
rare, seldom
Top: Variant of hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), bottom: dry 干 (laundry rack) (Water collects in holes) A hole that is dry is rare and seldom. |
愣 |
unexpectedly, to stare blankly, distracted, rashly
Left: feelings 忄, right: net 罒, direction 方 The feeling, that the net works in one direction, was unexpected. |
署 |
government office, bureau, to sign
Top: eye 罒, below: person 者 (old man 耂 on the sun 日) These "eyes" are above the (normal) persons: the government office. |
蔑 |
belittle, ignore, nothing
From top: grass/plant 艹, eye 罒, garrison 戍 (= The persons 人 at the halberds 戈) If they have grass in their eyes, the garrison will neglect/ignore you. |
啰 |
(final exclamatory particle)
Left: mouth 口, right: sift 罗 (With the net 罒 until the evening 夕 whe have to sift it.) The mouth is sifted with this exclamation. |
爵 |
nobility, duke, baron, lord
Top: hand reaching down 爫, net/eye 罒 (here: plate 皿), below: var of food 食, skillful hand 寸 A hand reaches down to the plates to serve food skillfully to the nobility. |
萝 |
radish, turnip, creeping plant
Top: plant 艹, bottom: to sift 罗 (with the net 罒 to sift until evening 夕) The plants that need to be sift are the radish/turnip. |
罗 |
to sift, gauze, to collect, chatty
Fishing net or variant of eyes 罒, bottom: evening 夕 (When the moon 月 is not yet fully there, it is only evening.) With the net until the evening: We have to sift it. |
锣 |
gong
Left: metal 金, right: to sift 罗 (with the net 罒 to sift until evening 夕, here: bell's body 罒 and bell's bolt 夕) Made of metal and with a bell's body and bolt: A gong. |
楞 |
corner, edge, square beam
Left: tree 木, right: drag net/eye 罒, direction, square 方 Made of wood and you can arrange three 罒 in a direction: the cornered square beams. |
羁 |
bridle, halter, to restrain, to detain, to lodge, inn
Top: net 罒/网, bottom: Leder 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), horse 马/馬 The 'net' made of leather for the horse is: the bridle. |
薯 |
potato, yam
Top: plant 艹, bottom: government office 署 (These eyes 罒 are above the persons 者, namely: the government office) (Potatoes are harvested with a rake [here: 罒 net], which is used to furrow the ground.) The plant that is (harvested) with the rake of a person is the: potato. |
曙 |
daybreak, dawn, the dawn of a new epoch (metaphor)
Left: sun 日, right: government office 署 (These eyes 罒 are above the persons 者, namely: the government office) [see the similarity to: heat 暑] When the sun 日 is still flat without heat 暑 (this sun 日 is 90°-rotated 罒 over a person 者), we are in the dawn.# |
蜀 |
larva, caterpillar, abbr. for Sichuan 四川
Top: net 罒 (cf. net 网), bottom: enwrap 勹 and insect 虫 It has a 'net' for enwrapping. This insect is: the larva. |
惘 |
disconcerted, discouraged, dejected, disappointed
Left: feelings 忄, right: 罔 (net 网/drag net 罒+冂, inside: to die 亡 [= coffin in cross-section]) When my feelings are caught in a net until they die, I am disconcerted. |
镯 |
bracelet, armband
Left: metal 钅/金, right: larva, caterpillar 蜀 (It has a 'net' 罒 for enwrapping 勹. This insect 虫 is: the larva) This metal is bent like a caterpillar: the bracelet. |
罡 |
stars of the Big Dipper
Top: 罒 (here: 3 stars ロ next to eachothers), bottom: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct) The three stars are correct if the show the: Big Dipper. |
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