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medical, doctor, to cure
yī Outside a box 匸 and within an arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天)
(acupuncture:) In the box are arrows for the medical treatment.
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district, area, region
qū|ōu Enclosure 匚 with a marking 㐅
An enclosure with a cross stands for an urban district. [with a street crossing]
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to converge (of rivers), collection, remit
huì Left: water 氵, right: embracement 匚
The water is embraced and collected in the confluence.
| 氵 匚 |
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huge, very large, tremendous, gigantic
jù Left: frame 匚, inside: staring eye
The staring eye is huge.
| 巨 匚 |
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to smash, crush, to fail, to get it wrong
zá Left: stone 石, right: 匝 (embracement 匚, cloth 巾
(A stone in a loop/hanger of cloth is like a slingshot:) A stone in an sling of cloth is used to smash things.
| 石 匚 巾 |
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gangster, bandit
fěi Outside: embracement 匚 and: not 非 (inverted wings 羽)
Within our embracement (= area) we do not want him: The gangster!
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craftsman
jiàng Outside: box 匚 (simplified from: to work 工), inside: axe 斤
In the box is the axe of the craftsman.
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box
xiá Left: framing 匚, right: armor, shell 甲 (The seedling丨 cracks its shell/husk 田)
A framing needs a certain strength (=armor) to serve as a box.
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to rectify, to correct sth.
kuāng Left: 匚, right: king 王
The country 国 of the king is not complete (the right side is missing), which must be rectified. [.. because it is a deficiency 匮]
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dam, embankment, dike, bank, weir
yàn Left: earth 土, right: 匽 (frame 匚, sun 日 (here: simplified field 田), woman 女)
The earth that (protects) as a frame the (simplified) fields and the women is: a dam.
| 土 匚 日 女 |
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deficiency, to lack, empty, exhausted
kuì Left: frame 匚, right: precious, expensive 贵 (A blooming flower [simplified from 堇] and money 贝 are precious.)
If the frame for the precious things is open at the right, it is a deficiency. [..that needs to be corrected 匡]
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cheerful, satisfied
qiè Left: feeling 忄, right: embracement 匚 and squeeze in 夹 [A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed)] here: be included
The feelings of being included (= squeezed in) in an embracement are: cheerful.
| 忄 匚 夹 |
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