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喜 |
to be happy, to like, to enjoy, glad
From top: scholar 士, beans 豆, mouth 口. (This character has also been simplified to 吉) A scholar with beans in his mouth is happy. |
短 |
short or brief, to lack, weak point, fault
Left: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: bean 豆 An arrow of the size of a bean is very short. |
登 |
to ascend, to mount, to step on, publish
Top: volcano 癶, bottom: beans 豆 The volcano spits beans: let's ascend it! |
鼓 |
drum, to rouse, to beat, convex
Left: 壴 (twig 十 over bean 豆 [here: image of a drum 豆 on a stand]), right: twig, support 支 (With a twig 十 in the hand 又, I am supporting) With a twig over the drums and another in the hand, he beats the drums. |
厨 |
kitchen
Left: cliff 厂 (here: kitchen table), inside: bean 豆, skillful hand 寸 The kitchen table, at which beans are processed with skillful hands, is in: the kitchen. |
豆 |
bean, peas, sacrificial vessel
Top: one 一, below: vessel 口 on a stand A vessel full of beans. |
嘉 |
excellent, auspicious
Top: drum 壴 (twig 十 over a bean 豆 [here: image of a drum 豆 on a stand]), bottom: 'to add' 加 (For getting power 力 your mouth 口 needs sth. to be 'added' [=to eat]) If a drum is added, it will be excellent. |
逗 |
to tease (play with), to stay, to pause
Left: movement 辶, right: bean 豆 "His movements are like that of a bean", that's how you can tease. |
瞪 |
to stare at, to open (one's eyes) wide, to glare at
Left: eye 目, right: climb, ascend 登 (The volcano 癶 spits beans 豆: let's ascend it) The eyes wide open like a vulcano spitting beans, when he stares at me. |
澄 |
clear, limpid, to purify, settle (liquid)
Left: water 氵, right: climb, ascend 登 (The volcano 癶 spits beans 豆: let's ascend it.) (In dirty water, the dirt settles down, the clear part rises up:) When water is climbing, it becomes clear. |
蹬 |
to tread on, to pedal, to step on
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: to climb, ascend 登 (The volcano 癶 spits beans 豆: let's ascend it) On foot you climb: Tread by tread. |
橙 |
orange tree, orange (color)
Left: tree 木, right: to climb, ascend 登 (The volcano 癶 spits beans 豆: let's ascend it.) The tree, you climb, is the: orange tree. |
凳 |
bench, stool
Top: climb, ascend 登 (The volcano 癶 spits beans 豆: let's ascend it), bottom: table 几 (Particularly small children) can climb up this "table": a bench! |
懿 |
virtuous, admirable, esteemed, restrain
Top variation of: be happy, enjoy 喜 (A scholar 士 with beans 豆 in his mouth 口 is happy.), right: lack 次, heart 心 Who is happy without a lack of heart, is: virtuous. |
橱 |
wardrobe, closet, cabinet
Left: tree 木, right: kitchen 厨 (The kitchen table 厂, at which beans 豆 are processed with skillful hands 寸, is in the kitchen.) Its made of wood and is in the kitchen: the wardrobe. |
噎 |
to choke (on), to choke up, suffocate
Left: mouth 口, right: one (anti-fraud) 壹 (scholar 士, cover冖 & Bohne 豆) If something in the mouth with wide arms (= 士) covers like a bean, you have to choke. |
彭 |
surname Peng
Left: drum 壴 (twig 十 over bean/drum 豆), right: three hairs 彡 The one at the drum with the three sticks is: the 'Péng'. |
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