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非 |
to not be, wrong, incorrect, non-, Africa
Two wings 习 = 羽
Two wings in opposite directions: that's an error. |
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啡 |
coffee
Left: mouth 口, right: denying 非 (here: 非 as image of a filter)
It is for the mouth and comes through the filter: coffee = 咖啡 [kāfēi]. |
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排 |
to set in order, a row, a line
Left: hand 扌, right: not 非 (two wings 羽 in opposite directions, here: three 三 elements at two rows ||
The hand sets three elements at two rows: in an order. |
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悲 |
sadness, sorrow, grief
Top: wrong 非 (two wings 羽 in opposite direction), below: heart 心
Wrong hearts make me sad. |
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辈 |
contemporaries, generation, lifetime
Top: not 非 (inverted wings 习), below: vehicle 车/車 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二)
Like the wings of a vehicle, the generations move towards the contemporary. |
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慧 |
intelligent, wisdom, knowledge
Top: comet 彗 (It does not 非 fall into your hands  /彐: The comet), bottom: heart 心 If you make double wings from inverted wings 非 with your hands and you have a heart, you are intelligent. |
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靠 |
to lean against or on, to stand by the side of, to depend on
Top: announce 告 (cow 牛 opens mouth 口 to announce sth.), bottom: deny 非 (wings 羽 in contrary)
The cow announces that it wants to lean on the wings. |
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罪 |
sin, crime, guilt, blame
Top: eye 罒, below: not 非 (opposed wings 羽)
The eyes do not want to see these sins and crimes. |
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徘 |
to hesitate, irresolute, to dither
Left: go 彳, right: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽)
When the "going" is denied, you are hesitating. |
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诽 |
slander, libel, condemn
Left: word 讠/言, right: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽)
Words of denial are slander. |
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菲 |
luxuriant (plant growth), Philippines 菲律宾
Top: grass 艹, bottom: not/denial 非 (opposing wings 羽)
Grass is often denied (= rejected) because it grows too luxuriant. |
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匪 |
gangster, bandit
Outside: embracement 匚 and: not 非 (inverted wings 羽)
Within our embracement (= area) we do not want him: The gangster! |
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斐 |
elegant, (phonetic) fěi, phi (Greek letter φ)
Top: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽, here: lines and columns), below: text/language 文
If you arrange it in lines and columns, the text is: elegant. |
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靡 |
wasted, extravagant, go with fashion, not
Top: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp), below: deny 非 (inverted wings 羽)
(A versatile useful plant:) If the hemp is denied/refused, it is wasteful! |
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裴 |
surname Pei
Top: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽), bottom: clothing 衤/衣
The one who has no clothings, is: Mr. Péi. |
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腓 |
calf of leg, decay, protect
Left: body part 月/肉, right: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽)
At the lower leg || (= tibia & fibula) it extends 三 (backwards), the: calf. |
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彗 |
comet
Top: vari. of not 非 (shows opposite wings 羽), bottom: hand /彐 It does not fall into your hands: The comet. |
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绯 |
scarlet, dark red
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽)
A thread (by its own), can not be: scarlet. (because this bright red needs a two-dimensional spread to develop the color effect) |
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