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两 |
both, two, a few, tael(=50 grams unit = two ounces)
Shows: inside 内 with one 一 further person 人, who is inside. (cf. third 丙) Two connected 一 persons are inside, thus both |
内 |
inside, inner, interior
Outside: enclosure 冂, inside: person 人 The enclosure keeps the person inside. |
纳 |
to receive, accept, enjoy, bring into, to pay
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: inside 内 (Here: a thread 冂 around a person 人 for marking) A thread wound around the person for marking a: receiving, accepting or paying. |
祸 |
disaster, misfortune, calamity
Left: to show 礻(=示 image of an altar), right: chat, gossip 呙 (A mouth 口 as big as the chest 内 likes gossip.) (At the altar, you should be reverently silent:) At the altar they had chats and gossips which caused the: disaster. |
呐 |
battle cry, sentence-final particle
Left: mouth 口, right: inside 内 (The included 冂 person 人 is inside.) The mouth shouts: "I want to come inside!" as a battle cry. |
钠 |
sodium (chemistry)
Left: metal 钅/金, right: inside 内 (The included 冂 person 人 is inside.) (The pure sodium oxidizes very quickly and must constantly be stored in e.g. oil) The metal that is (always) 'inside' is: sodium. |
讷 |
speak cautiously or slowly
Left: word 讠/言 (=sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: inside 内 (The included 冂 person 人 is inside.) The words stay inside, when sb.: speaks slowly. |
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