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舞 |
to dance
Top: variation of: not 無 (originally dancers lined up), below: variants of feet 夕/止, in opposed positions Dancers with opposed feet are dancing. |
瞬 |
to twinkle, wink, a moment
Left: eye 目, right: Emperor Shun 舜 (hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖, 舛 two var. of foot 夕/止 (opposite feet, originally a pictograph, now simplified) The eye sees a hand covering two unequal feet and twinkles for a moment. |
麟 |
female unicorn (mythical creature)
Left: deer 鹿, right: 粦 (rice 米 and opposed 舛 [=two twisted feet]) The deer, that only eats rice and has upturned feet, is the unicorn. |
鳞 |
scales (of fish)
Left: Fisch 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: 粦 (rice 米, oppose 舛 [= two twisted feet]) At the fish is sth. 'rice-shaped' up until the feet 舛 (= fins/flipper) which are the scales. |
磷 |
phosphorus (chemistry), water in rocks
Left: stone 石, right: 粦 (rice 米, opposed 舛 [two twisted feed]) (Think of phosphorus fertilizer) The 'stone' for the rice, that comes into furrows drawn by feet is the: Phosphorus. |
舜 |
Shun (c. 22nd century BC), fifth of the Five Emperors
From top: hand grasping down 爫, cover 冖, oppose 舛 (opposed feet) With a downward hand he covered/protected, but was opposed and thus the last of the five emperors. |
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