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很 |
very (adverb of degree), quite, awfully
Left: to go 彳, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good') (With the invention of the wheel they said this?) "Walking is not good, ... very!" |
眼 |
eye, classifier for hollow things (wells, pots)
Left: eye 目, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good') One eye (only) is not good, but it is still an eye. |
跟 |
heel, to follow closely, to go with
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good') (Most often it hurts here:) The foot is not good at the heel. |
根 |
root, basis, classifier for long slender objects (cigarettes)
Left: tree 木, right: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good') (not usable as timber) The tree is not good at the roots. (... or if it is too slender) |
银 |
silver, silver-colored
Left: metal/gold 钅(=金 Covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: "not good" 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good') (Gold would be better!) This metal is not good: It is only silver! |
腿 |
leg, lower extremities
Left: body part 月/肉, right: retreat 退 (The movement 辶 is not good 艮 if it is a retreat.) The part of the body that can be retreated is the leg. |
概 |
general, approximate
Left: tree 木, right: previous/before 既 (It is 'not good' 艮 with a 'false tusk' 牙, that's already since, ..) A tree and a not-good tusk (as drawn) are approximately in general (the same)? |
即 |
immediate, prompt, namely, to approach
Left: simplification of "not good" 艮 (var. of good 良, if the accent 丶 is missing it is "not good" 艮), right: bent person 卩 Not good, this person should bow down: Immediately! |
既 |
already, since, both... (and...)
Left: not good 艮 (良 would be good, but as one stroke is missing it is 'not good' 艮), right: (false tusk 牙) It is not good with a false tusk, that's already since, .. |
恨 |
to hate, bitterness, to regret
Left: feeling 忄, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good') Feelings are not good when they are hatred. |
退 |
to retreat, to decline, to move back, to withdraw
Left: movement 辶, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good') The movement is not good if it is a retreat. |
限 |
limit, bound
Left: hill 阝, right: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good') A hill is not good, because it is a limit. |
艰 |
difficult, hard, hardship, terrible (task)
Left: hand 又, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good') With a hand, that is not good, it's difficult. |
恳 |
earnest
Left: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good'), right: heart 心 A not-good heart is earnest. |
良 |
good, very, very much
The same character 良 with a lid  would be food 食 Take the lid from the food: it looks good! |
痕 |
scar, traces
Outside: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good') The disease was not good, it left scars and traces. |
慨 |
generous, sad
Left: feeling 忄, right: already, since 既 (It is 'not good' 艮 with a 'false tusk' 牙, that's already since, ..) With feelings she is already rather generous. |
狠 |
fierce, vicious, heartless
Left: wild animal 犭, right: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good') The wild animal is not good: It is fierce and vicious. |
卿 |
high ranking official (old), honorific (old)
Outside: rabbit 卯 (Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers), inside: not good 艮 (良 would be good; at "not good" 艮 the accent is missing) 'Rabbit' is not good as an official honorific term. |
垦 |
to cultivate, to reclaim (land)
Top: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good'), bottom: earth 土 A 'not-good' earth needs to be: cultivated. |
褪 |
to take off (clothes), to fade
Left: cloths 衤/衣, right: to retreat, decline 退 (The movement 辶 is not good 艮 if it is a retreat) Cloths are 'retreated', when: taken off. |
唧 |
to splash, pump water, to whisper, to mutter
Left: mouth 口, right: immediate, prompt 即 (Not good 艮, this person should bow 卩 down, immediately!) The mouth is not good when something 'bows' out of it when: splashing out. |
龈 |
to bite, to gnaw, gums (of the teeth)
Left: tooth 齿/齒 (Below the nose 止 an open mouth 凵 with teeth 人), right: 'not good' 艮 (良 is good, but accent 丶 is missing) (They destroy something) The teeth are not good when they: bite. |
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