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铅 |
lead (chemical element)
Left: metal 钅/金 (=金 Covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: variation of valley 谷 (Found in lower places because of its weight.) The metal in the valley is: lead. |
容 |
appearance, look, to hold, to contain
Top: roof 宀, below: valley 谷 (Shows a valley opening towards the plain 口) The roofs in the valley determine the appearance. |
俗 |
custom, convention, popular, vulgar, coarse
Left: person 人, right: valley 谷 (pictograph of a valley opening towards the plain 口) People in the valleys have commonly coarse customs. |
裕 |
rich, abundant
Left: clothing 衤/衣, right: valley 谷 (pictograph of a valley opening towards the plain) The clothing in this valley looks rich. |
沿 |
along, following (a line)
Left: water 氵, right: var. of valley 谷 (pictograph of a valley opening towards a plain) The water in the valley: flows along. (that you can have your bath 浴) |
谷 |
valley, grain, corn
Image of a valley 口 that opens between mountains. |
溶 |
to melt, to dissolve, soluble
Left: water 氵, right: appearance 容 (The roofs 宀 in the valley 谷 are an appearance.) Water comes from the roof into the valley, because it is melting. |
浴 |
bath, to bathe
Left: water 氵, right: valley 谷 (image of a valley opening to the plain 口) The water flows into the valley, where you can have your bath. |
欲 |
greed, to desire, passion, lust
Left: valley 谷 (pictograph of a valley opening to the plain 口), right: lack 欠 (A yawning  person 人 is lacking sth.) In the valley (everything) is lacking, hence the greed and desires. |
蓉 |
lotus
Left: plant 艹, right: appearance 容 (The houses 宀 in the valley 谷 have an appearance.) (With the big pink blossom:) The plant for your good appearance is: The lotus. |
豁 |
opening, sacrifice, crack, slit, stake all, exempt (from)
Left: damage 害 (Under the roof 宀 is a growing plant 丰 in a pot 口, which damaged it), right: valley 谷 (image of a valley opening to the plain 口) The damage is like a valley: Such wide open. |
熔 |
to smelt, to fuse
Left: fire 火, right: appearance 容 (The houses 宀 in the valley 谷 are an appearance.) Fire causes the "appearance" of smelting. |
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