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点 |
point, o'clock, drop (of liquid), dot stroke
Top: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told), bottom: fire 灬
If you tell the fortune over a fire, you will get to the point. |
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店 |
shop, store, inn
Top: building 广, below: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the 口 shell of a turtle, from which the furtune was told. HERE: a key with the teeth卜 and the handle 口)
The building that is locked with a key is: a shop. |
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站 |
station, to stand, to halt, to stop
Left: standing 立, right: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told.)
(As to whether the train is coming) Here you stand and you can only divine fortune: At the station. |
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占 |
to divine, to occupy, to take up
Crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle used for divination. |
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战 |
to fight, war, battle
Left: divine/fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told), right: halberd 戈
After the divination, the halberd was taken: to fight. |
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贴 |
to stick, to paste, sticker
Left: shell/money 贝/貝, right: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told.)
Money from fortune telling has sth. sticky. |
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粘 |
sticky, glutinous, to adhere
Left: rice 米, right: divine 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle used for divination)
Rice is good for divination if it's sticky. |
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卓 |
outstanding, excellent
Top: divination 卜/占 (crack 卜 in the shell of a turtle used for divination), below: early/fast 早
[before the day happens:] A divination at the early morning is: excellent. |
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沾 |
to moisten, to be infected by, to receive favors
Left: water 氵, right: fortune-telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told)
If you use water for forturne telling, you need to moisten sth. |
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钻 |
to drill, bore, auger, dig into (studies), diamond
Left: metal 钅(=金 covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: fortune telling 占 (here: drill | with handle - over a stone 口) Made of metal is the drill over the stone: and drills. |
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帖 |
fitting snugly, appropriate, to obey, invitation (message)
Left: cloth 巾, right: divine 占
A cloth to devine, that it is appropriately fitting snugly. |
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毡 |
felt (fabric)
Left: wool 毛, right: fortunetelling 占 (Here: hammer with handle 卜 and body 口)
The wool is worked with a hammer until it is: felt. |
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拈 |
to grasp with fingers, to nip, to draw lots
Left: hand 扌, right: fortune telling, to occupy 占
When the hand is occupying, it grasps wih the fingers. |
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黏 |
sticky, glutinous, to adhere, to stick
Left: millet 黍 (rice plant 禾, person 人, water 水), right: fortune telling 占
Millet is used for fortune telling, if it is sticky. |
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