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经 |
longitude, to pass through, sacred book, to undergo
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
Originally the vertical threads at a loom, which resulted in "longitude", through which the weft threads pass. (latitude 纬) |
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怪 |
weird, bewildering, monster
Left: feeling 忄, right: upright/vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
Feelings so upright are weird. |
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择 |
to select, to choose, to pick
Left: hand 扌, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.)
With your hand you pose vertically over (the desired goods) when: selecting. |
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轻 |
easy, light, gentle
Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart from above with axle 丨, load-area 日 wheels 二), right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
(Pulling) a vehicle by hand over the flat ground [= aligned to the vertical] is easy & light. |
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释 |
to explain, to interpret, to release
Left: 釆 (rice 米 with emphasis ノ), right: variant of vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above ground 土)
(It depends on the strong rice:) The emphasized rice stands vertically: That's how it can be explained. |
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译 |
to translate, to interpret
Left: word 讠/言, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically above the ground 土)
Making words "vertically", is their translation. |
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劲 |
strength, energy, enthusiasm, sturdy
Left: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically above the ground 土), right: force 力
(Think of gravity, thus lifting a load:) The vertical force is full of strength. |
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泽 |
moist, wet, lustre (of metals etc), pond, favor
Left: water 氵, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically over ground 土)
(The water can not run off) The water keeps it (when the ground is arranged to the vertical) moist and with lustre. |
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径 |
footpath, track, directly, diameter
Left: go 彳, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically above the earth 土)
Here you can go over the flat ground [= adjusted to the vertical] : At a footpath. |
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圣 |
holy, sacred, divine
Top: hand 又, bottom: earth 土
The hand is vertically over an object when blessing it, thus when making it: 'holy'. |
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颈 |
neck, nape, throat
Left: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The part with the 'vertical orientation' at the head is: the neck. |
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竖 |
vertical, to erect, vertical stroke
Top: knife刂, hand 又 (Here: 又 as a variant of fork 叉 [= hand holding fork 丶]), bottom: stand 立
(When setting/laying a table, please align neatly.) When the knife and fork are standing, it should be vertically aligned (or erected). |
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茎 |
stem, stalk
Top: plant 艹, below: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.)
The plant has a vertical part, namely the: stem. |
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绎 |
continuous, to intepret
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: vertical 圣 (hand 又 above the earth 土) [cf. longitude 经]
The thread that is vertically (at the loom) is the continuous one. |
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痉 |
spasm, cramp
Left: disease 疒, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
The disease where the muscles arrange "vertically", is a spasm. |
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驿 |
post horse, relay station
Left: horse 马/馬, right: vari. of vertical 圣, but here: two different hands: 又 and 扌=手
(Here the riders changed horses.) A horse comes from one hand to another at: the relay station. |
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氢 |
hydrogen (chemistry), H2
Top: steam 气 (image of uprising steam), bottom: vertical 圣 (hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.)
The "steam" that rises vertically is: hydrogen. |
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铎 |
large ancient bell
Left: metal 钅/金, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically over earth 土)
It is made of metal and rises vertically: the large ancient bell. |
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绛 |
purple-red, capital of the Jin State
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: "vertical stick" 夅 (Vertical 圣 with an extra stroke ノ as a stick plunged into the ground 土.)
(As a boundary marker?) The thread at the vertical stick is: purple-red. |
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