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who, whose, to whom
shéi|shuí Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: bird 隹
'Words' from a bird: But from which?
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to allow, to grant, in accordance with, approved, standard
zhǔn Left: ice 冫, right: bird 隹
The ice bird has the permit.
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difficult (to...), problem, disaster, to scold
nán|nàn Left: once-again 又 (image of a hand), right: bird 隹
To use your hand (for catching) a bird - That's difficult!
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to push (forward), to pass sth, nominate
tuī Left: hand 扌, right: bird 隹
When the hand (touches) a bird, it can push it or pass it on.
| 扌 隹 |
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to sell, to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
shòu Top: bird 隹, bottom: mouth 口 (here: cage)
If I get the bird into the cage, I can sell it.
| 隹 口 |
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to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
wéi Left: thread 纟/糸, right: bird 隹
The thread at the bird will preserve and keep it. (against flying away)
| 糸 隹 |
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pile, heap, stack, mass, to pile up
duī Left: earth 土, right: bird 隹
(never directly on the bare ground) The earth, on which a bird is sitting, is piled up.
| 土 隹 |
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to gather, collect, collected works
jí|jì Top: bird 隹 (alternative to 鸟/鳥), below: tree 木
The Birds on a tree are: gathering.
| 隹 木 喿 |
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male, imposing, powerful
xióng Left: upper arm 厷 (ten 十, nose 厶), right: bird 隹
The ten-noses-bird is the male and the female 雌 is the stop-and-sit-bird.
| 十 厶 隹 |
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coast, beach, shoal
tān Left: water 氵, right: difficult 难 (By hand 又 to catch a bird 隹 is difficult.)
(There is only salt water at the coast) The water is difficult (to use) if it is from the coast.
| 氵 难 又 隹 |
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to urge, to press, to prompt, to rush sb
cuī Left: person 人, right: high mountain 崔 (=mountain 山 only for birds 隹)
Person want to the high mountains, where only birds are: Thereto, they are urged.
| 人 山 隹 |
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only, alone, sole, -ism
wéi Left: mouth 口, right: bird 隹
(A choros of birds twittering is seldom:) The mouth of a bird (sings) only alone.
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elegant
yǎ Left: tusk 牙 (elephant's 象 head with a tusk ノ), right: bird 隹
A tusk at a bird looks elegant.
| 牙 隹 |
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suddenly
huò Left: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), right: bird 隹
Rain and birds come suddenly.
| 雨 隹 |
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brilliant, sparkle, glorious
yào Left: light, ray 光 (The fire 火 on legs 儿 serves as light.), right: 翟 (wings 羽, bird 隹)
The light on the wings of the birds sparkles brilliant and glorious.
| 光 羽 隹 |
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employee, to hire, to rent
gù Top: door 戸, below: bird 隹 (Here: door of a shop, in which sb. is shouting for clients)
The one in the door (shouting) like a bird is an employee.
| 戶 隹 |
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eagle, to engrave, shrewd
diāo Left: circumference/cycle 周 (A framed 冂 luck 吉, sets its circumference.), right: bird 隹
'Cycles' are made by this bird: The eagle.
| 周 隹 |
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to carry, to take along, to bring along, to hold (hands)
xié Left: hand 扌, right: 隽 bird 隹, below: 乃 (pregnancy belly in side view; cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃)
The hand holds the bird around the corpus/belly to carry it along.
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a section, to cut off (a length)
jié Top: ten 十 and halberd 戈, below: bird 隹
For the ten birds use the halberd for cutting them in sections.
| 戈 隹 |
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to spread out, vendor's stand
tān Left: hand 扌, right: difficult 难 (By hand 又 [to catch] a bird 隹 is difficult)
By hand (to select) is difficult, if it is not spread out.
| 扌 难 又 隹 |
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to destroy, break, devastate, repress
cuī Left: hand 扌, right: high mountain 崔 (= mountain 山 only for birds 隹)
(To throw) by hand a "high mountain" on a bird brings destruction.
| 扌 山 隹 |
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sparrow, (=small bird), a freckle, lentigo
qiāo|qiǎo|què Top: small 小, bottom: bird 隹
The small bird is a sparrow.
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female
cí Left: this 此 (She stopped 止 and sat 匕 down: This person), right: bird 隹
The stop-and-sit-bird is the female wheras the male 雄 is the ten-eyes-bird.
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spine, vertebra, backbone, mallet
chuí|zhuī Left: tree 木, right: bird 隹
Like a tree (better a branch) on which birds are sitting appears: the backbone with its spines.
| 木 隹 |
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infantile, young
zhì Left: rice plant 禾, right: bird 隹
The grain and the bird are still infantile.
| 禾 隹 |
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paralyzed, limp
tān Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: difficult 难 (by hand 又 [to catch] a bird 隹 is difficult)
The disease, where you have difficulties, is when being paralyzed.
| 疒 难 又 隹 |
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eagle, falcon, hawk
yīng Left: building 广, right: person 亻, bird 隹, bird 鸟
Above the building and (big as) a person is the bird that kills other birds: the eagle.
| 广 隹 鳥 |
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only, however, nevertheless
wéi Left: feelings 忄, right: bird 隹
(Due to their ability to fly:) The feeling that this is for birds only.
| 忄 隹 |
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to jab, to poke, to stab, to blunt, to fuck (vulgar)
chuō Left: feather of pheasant 翟 (feather 羽 and bird 隹), right: halberd 戈
With a (pointed) feather of a bird or a halberd, you can jab or poke.
| 羽 隹 戈 |
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reef, shoal rock
jiāo Left: stone 石, right: scorch, burn, fret 焦 (The bird 隹 is on fire 灬 to be burnt.)
The stones appear to be scorched on the reef.
| 石 焦 隹 灬 |
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cone, awl, to bore
zhuī Left: metal 钅/金, right: bird 隹
Use metal to make a hole like a bird (= the woodpecker) that is: a drilled cone bore.
| 金 隹 |
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name of a river, that flows into lake Hongze
huái Left: water 氵, right: bird 隹
The water with birds is the Huai-river.
| 氵 隹 |
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high mountain, precipitous
cuī Top: mountain 山, bottom: bird 隹
The mountain that is only (accessible) for birds, is a high mountain.
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wild goose
yàn From left: cliff 厂, person 亻, bird 隹
On the cliff and (big as) a person is this bird: the wild goose.
| 厂 亻 隹 |
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to startle, to get frightened
jù|qú Top: twice eye 目, bottom: bird 隹
Two eyes above the bird, let it startle.
| 目 隹 |
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harmony
yōng Top: cover 亠, bottom: country, native place 乡 (here two noses 厶), bird 隹
Under a cover two noses' birds live: in harmony.
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firewood, gather wood
qiáo Left: tree 木, right: scorched, burnt 焦 (The bird 隹 is on fire 灬 to be burnt.)
The tree that is scorched is: firewood.
| 木 焦 隹 灬 |
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curtain, screen
wéi Left: cloth 巾, right: bird 隹
(in the breeze:) The cloth that (moves like) a bird is: the curtain.
| 巾 隹 |
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chick, young bird
chú Left: mowing grass 刍 (handle ⺈ of a big scythe 彐), right: bird 隹
The little head ⺈ above the edge of the nest 彐. This bird is: the chick.
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haggard, pallid and thin
qiáo Left: feelings 忄, right: scorch, burn 焦 (bird 隹, fire 灬 Here: four legs)
Feelings like a bird on fire: haggard.
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crane
hè Left: 隺 (a hooded 冖 bird 隹), right: bird 鸟/鳥
A hooded bird, this bird is the: crane.
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to seize, to snatch, to grab
jué Left: hand 扌, right: 矍 (2x eye 目, to seize 隻 [... a bird 隹 by hand 又])
You need your hand and both eyes when seizing a bird with your hand: The seizing.
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to exorcise demons
nuó Left: person 亻, right: difficult 难 (By hand 又 [to catch] a bird 隹 is difficult.)
Persons have difficulties with: exorcism.
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long-tail pheasant
dí|zhái Top: feather 羽, bottom: bird 隹
These (special) feathers has this bird: the pheasant.
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