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talent, ability, capability
néng Left: nose 厶, body 月, right: claws 匕/匕
(In dog breeding:) Nose, body and claws prove talent.
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some, few, several, small amount
xiē Top: this/these 此 (He stopped 止 and sat 匕 down: This person), below: two 二
These two are some, ..
| 此 二 止 匕 |
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aged/old (of people), venerable, experienced
lǎo Top: old man 耂, below: sitting person 匕
The old man sitting there is aged and experienced.
| 老 耂 匕 |
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north
běi
Two persons 丬, 匕 sit back-to-back, because they feel cold: in the north.
| 北 丬 匕 |
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End-particle: "What about...?", "And...?", "okay?"
ne|ní Left: Mouth 口, right: buddhist nun 尼 (buttocks from side 尸, to sit 匕)
May the mouth of a buddhist nun (talk)? ..and what about?
| 口 尼 尸 匕 |
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to compare, to contrast, gesture with hands, Belgium
bǐ Sitting persons 匕匕
There are two sitting persons: Compare them.
| 比 匕 |
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it, (used for lifeless things)
tā Top: roof 宀, below: ladle/spoon 匕
Under the roof the ladle is a lifeless thing, an "it".
| 它 宀 匕 |
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change, transform, to make into
huà Left: standing person 亻, right: ladle/spoon 匕 (here: sitting person),
If a standing person becomes a sitting person, it is a change.
| 化 亻 匕 |
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bear, raging flames
xióng Top: talent, ability 能 (nose 厶, body 月 and claws 匕匕 prove talent.), bottom: four legs 灬
The talent on four legs is the bear.
| 厶 月 匕 灬 |
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discuss, to comment on, theory, to evaluate
lún|lùn Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: set up 仑 (Here: a person 人 over another sitting 匕 person)
Words whether persons can be above other persons are in this discussion.
| 讠 仑 匕 |
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this, these
cǐ Left: stop 止 (footprint of a right foot that stops at a line 一), right: sitting person 匕
He stopped and sat down: This person.
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to die, impassable, inflexible
sǐ bad, wicked 歹 (= vertebrae or rib) and sitting person 匕 under the ground 一
If the bones of the sitting person are under the earth, this means: to die.
| 死 歹 匕 |
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spoon
chí Left: correct 是 (sun 日, variant of correct 正), right: spoon 匕 (sitting person and eating)
It is correct: this is a spoon.
| 是 匕 正 |
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finger, to point at or to, to indicate
zhǐ Left: hand 扌, right top: sitting person 匕, below: sun 日
The hand of a sitting person points at the sun with: its finger.
| 扌 旨 匕 |
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purple, violet, amethyst
zǐ Top: this 此 (He stopped 止 and sat 匕 down: This person.), below: thread 糸
Stop at the person with the threads in purple.
| 此 糸 匕 |
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snake, serpent
shé Left: insect 虫, right: it (lifeless) 它 (roof 宀, sitting person 匕)
The 'insect' next to the house with the sitting person is: a snake.
| 虫 它 宀 匕 |
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incline, to collapse, to overturn, to tend
qīng Left: person 亻, right: short while ago, area size qǐng 顷 (sitting person 匕, page, (fore)head 页/頁 (=head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一) Better left: change 化
If a person 亻turns to a sitting 匕 person, it's in the head, that is inclining.
| 化 亻 匕 頁 |
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mud, clay, paste, pulp
ní|nì Left: water 氵, right: nun 尼 (buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕)
The water, in which the nun is sitting, is muddy.
| 氵 尼 尸 匕 |
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fat, rouge (cosmetics), resin
zhī Left: meat/body 月/肉, right: order, purpose 旨 (If sb. is sitting 匕 in sun 日 he has the purpose [to indicate with the fingers 指])
Meat/Flesh has been 'ordered' to contain: fat.
| 肉 旨 匕 |
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coherence, human relationship, order
lún Left: person 亻, right: arrange, set up 仑 (When a person 人 turns into a sitting person 匕, it is well arranged.)
A person, who is "well arranged" thinks in terms of coherence and relationships.
| 亻 仑 匕 |
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clever, gifted, new and original, head of grain
yǐng Top: a short while ago 顷 (sitting person 匕, head 页/頁), below left: rice plant 禾
It sits on the rice plant the spike (="the grain's head"), which is considered: "clever and gifted".
| 匕 禾 頁 |
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order, purpose, imperial decree, aim
zhǐ Top: sitting person 匕, bottom: sun 日
If sb. sits above the sun, he can issue orders and decrees.
| 日 匕 旨 |
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a little while ago, unit of area equal to 100 亩 or 6.67 hectares
qǐng Left: sitting person 匕, right: page,leaf, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The sitting person has in his head the area of 6.7 hectares
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Buddhist nun, (often used in phonetic spellings)
ní Buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕
Sitting on her buttocks is the nun.
| 尼 尸 匕 |
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to scold, shout at, to hoot at
chì Left: mouth 口, right: sitting person 匕
With his mouth wide open, he is sitting and scolding.
| 口 匕 |
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girl, phonetic "ni" (in girl's name)
nī Left woman 女, right: buddist nun 尼 (buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕)
A woman, sitting like a nun, is: a girl.
| 女 尼 尸 匕 |
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dagger, ladle, ancient type of spoon
bǐ In the radicals often understood as: a sitting person
Image of a spoon.
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arrange, (mountain range in Xinjiang)
lún Top: person 人, bottom: sitting person 匕
When a person turns into a sitting person, he is well arranged.
| 仑 人 匕 |
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