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机 |
machine, engine, opportunity
Left: tree 木, right: table 几 (cf. ordinary: 凡)
This tree turns into a table by use of a machine. |
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几 |
almost, how much, a few, small table
Image of a small table 几 |
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亮 |
to shine, bright, clear, brilliant, resonant
Top: variant of high 高 (guard tower with two floors), bottom: table 几
The height of a table can give it a shine. |
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朵 |
blossom, flower, earlobe
Top: table 几 (Here: image of a closed blossom), below: tree 木
The blossom in a tree stands for: 'blossom'. |
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微 |
tiny, miniature, profound, micro-
Left: go 彳, center: mountain 山, table 几, right: to strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
Go to the mountain to the one 一 table and smash it into tiny pieces. |
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凭 |
to lean against, to rely on, on the basis of, proof
Top: official duty 任 (A person 亻 as scolor 士 with hat ノ has responsibilities), bottom: table 几
With his official duty he leans on the table, which is considered as a proof. |
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沉 |
to sink, to submerge, to immerse, to keep down
Left: water 氵, right: superfluous 冗 (A tablecloth 冖 on the table 几 is superfluous.)
In the water, the waste (= that what is superfluous) will sink. |
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佩 |
admire, to respect, to wear (belt etc)
Left: person 亻, right: sail 几 (cf. wind 风) and cloth 巾
The person sees in the sail a piece of cloth, admires it and wants to wear it. |
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肌 |
flesh, muscle
Left: body part 月/肉, right: table 几 (cf. 凡)
The body part for the table is muscle's flesh. |
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壳 |
shell, carapace, crust (earth's crust etc)
Top: scholar 士, bottom: superfluous 冗 (A tablecloth 冖 on the table 几 is superfluous.)
The scholar places a tablecloth on the table as a "shell" or carpace. |
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凡 |
ordinary, commonplace, temporal
A table 几 with a scratch 丶
Tables with scratches are sth. ordinary. |
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饥 |
hungry
Left: food 饣/食 (Below the cover  is good 良 food), right: (empty) table 几 No food on the empty table: I am hungry. |
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秃 |
bald, blunt
Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: table 几
The rice plant is placed on the table (for peeling / cleaning) until it is bald. |
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讥 |
ridicule, to mock
Left: 讠/言, right: flat table 几 (but here: sail, cf. wind 风)
Words like against a sail: Do you want to ridicule me? |
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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! |
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凰 |
phoenix
Outside: sail 几 (here: wing), inside: emperor 皇 (=the sun-日-rayノ above the king 王)
With wings, that are imperial: the phoenix. |
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颓 |
to crumble, to collapse, to decline, decadent, dejected
Left: bald, blunt 秃 (The rice plants 禾 are placed on the table 几 (for peeling / cleaning) until they are bald.), right: page, leaf, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The bald head has crumbled. |
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凤 |
phoenix
Outside: table 几 (here: a sail), inside: hand 又
(Because of the large wings) Its 'hand' is like a sail: The Phoenix. |
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玑 |
irregular pearl
Left: king, jade 王, right: table 几
[Also because it is ordinary 凡 = table 几 with a scratch 丶] The king can put it on the table (without rolling away): an irregular pearl. |
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咒 |
incantation, magic spell, curse, malediction
Top: 2x mouth 口, bottom: table 几
Two huge eyes and a mouth 几 drawn down during: an incantation. |
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凯 |
triumphant, victorious, chi (Greek letter Χχ)
Left: how? 岂 (Up to the mountain 山? Myself 己? How??), right: table 几 (here: bonded 几 legs 儿)
Up the mountain I walk myself with bonded legs: I'm triumphant! |
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薇 |
Osmunda regalis, a species of fern
Top: grass 艹, bottom: tiny 微 (Go 彳 on the mountain 山 to the one 一 table 几 and smash 攵 it into tiny pieces.)
The plant that is tiny is this fern. |
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叽 |
grumble
Left: mouth 口, right: table 几
The mouth is (big) as a table, when: grumbling. |
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矶 |
jetty, mole, breakwater
Left: stone 石, right: table 几
Stones piled up like tables serve as jetty. |
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冗 |
superfluous, extraneous, redundant, busy
Top: cover 冖 (here: tablecloth), below: table 几
A tablecloth on a table is: superfluous. |
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