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家 |
household, family, businesses, specialist
At top: a roof 宀, bottom: a pig 豕 (see: 豚) Under the roof the pig is part of the: household. |
像 |
to resemble, to appear, to seem, image, portrait
Left: person 亻, right: elephant 象 (A trunk ⺈ and two big ears 罒 make a pig 豕 appear like an elephant) A person resembling an elephant is an appearance. |
象 |
elephant, shape, form, appearance, comparable to
From top: trunk ⺈, two big ears 罒, var. of pig 豕 A trunk and two big ears make a pig appear like an elephant. |
橡 |
oak, acorn
Left: tree 木, right: elephant 象 (A trunk ⺈ and two big ears 罒 make a pig 豕 appear like an elephant.) A tree as tall as an elephant: The oak. |
逐 |
to chase, to pursue, gradually, one by one
Left: movement 辶, right: pig 豕 (cf.豚) The pigs move, when you pursue or chase them. |
豪 |
superior, grand, heroic, luxurious
Top: var. of high/tall 高, below: pig 豕 The tall pig is superior and heroic. |
豫 |
to hesitate, happy, carefree, at one's ease
Left: give, bestow 予 (The bent person マ has a nail 丁 to give.), right: elephant 象 A trunk ⺈ and two big ears 罒 make a pig 豕 appear like an elephant. (Where shall it live?) If sb. give you an elephant, you should hesitate. |
缘 |
fate, predestined affinity, karma, cause, margin, hem, edge
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: 彖 (mouth and pig 豕 [cf. 喙]) Like a thread through the mouth of a pig (which is directing it), we are lead by our fate. |
毅 |
perseverance, endurance, resolute staunch
Left: 豙 (to stand 立 and pig 豕), right: 殳 (battle axe  in a hand 又) He stands like a pig with a battle axe in the hand and has perseverance. |
蒙 |
to deceive, cheat, hoodwink, unconscious
From top: plant 艹, cover 冖, one 一, pig 豕 Under the plants and under the cover there shall be a/one pig? You deceiver! |
稼 |
sow grain
Left: rice plant 禾, right: household 家 (Under the roof 宀 is a personal pig 豕) The rice plants for the household need to be sowed. |
琢 |
to cut (gems)
Left: jade, king 王 (jade itself is: 玉), right: 豖 (pig 豕 with a cut leg) Jade is just as a cut pig's leg, both are: cut and polished. |
隧 |
tunnel, underground passage
Left: hill 阝, right: satisfy 遂 (out of 丷, pig 豕/豚, movement 辶) By the hill (= the excavation 丷 next to it) you see where the pig's movements made: a tunnel. |
朦 |
hazy, deceive, indistinct
Left: moon, body 月, right: to deceive, cheat 蒙 (Under the plants 艹 and under the cover 冖 there shall be a/one 一 pig 豕? You deceiver!) The moon light can be deceiving, because it hazy. |
冢 |
burial mound, senior (i.e. eldest person in rank)
Top: cover 冖, bottom: 豖 (pig 豕/豚 with a stab wound) Under a cover is the stabbed pig in a burial mound. |
壕 |
air-raid shelter, trench
Left: earth 土, right: superior, heroic 豪 (The tall 高 pig 豕 is superior and heroic) The earth with the tall pigs is: the trench. |
亥 |
pig, boar of the 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m.
Variation of pig 豕 and shows head 亠, fat body ノノ and small tail 丶. |
嚎 |
howl, bawl
Left: mouth 口, right: superior, heroic 豪 (The tall 高 pig 豕 is superior and heroic.) Out of the mouth of the tall pig comes a: howl. |
豚 |
suckling pig
Left: body 月/肉, right: pig 豕 The body of a pig is (initially) a suckling pig. |
啄 |
to peck
Left: mouth 口, right: stabbed pig 豖 (but here: pig 豕 with some food ) The mouth of the pig sees between the feet some food and pecks it. |
遂 |
to satisfy, to succeed, finally, to proceed
Connection of chasing 逐 [The pig 豕/豚, moves 辶, when you chase it] and out of 丷 (here: a goal marked by two poles 丷) The chasing to the goal is a: "satisfying succeeding". |
豢 |
to rear/raise (animals)
Top: security guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷) and two barrier bars 二), bottom: pig 豕 (cf: 豚) (Security) guards are needed when a pig is raised. |
檬 |
lemon
Left: tree 木, right: deceive, cheat 蒙 (Under the plants 艹 and under the cover 冖 there shall be a/one 一 pig 豕?: You deceiver!) (It is surprisingly sour) The tree that cheats is: the lemon. |
遽 |
fast, hurry, suddenly
Left: movement 辶, right: wild boar 豦 (Tiger 虍/虎 and pig 豕) The movements of the wild boar are fast. |
邃 |
profound, mysterious, deep, detailed, distant
Left: movement 辶, right: hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave) and 㒸 (horned pig 豕) The movement into the hole to the horned pig is profound but mysterious. |
喙 |
beak, snout, to pant
Left: mouth 口, right: 彖 (mouth with pig 豕) A mouth and a pig's mouth stand for: beak, snout. |
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