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是 |
correct, indeed, to be:am/is
Top: sun 日, bottom: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.) The sun looks correct: This is indeed correct! |
题 |
topic, problem for discussion, subject, to inscribe
Left: correct, indeed 是 (sun 日, correct 正), right: page, leaf 页 (=頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一) The correct head is the topic of the discussion. |
正 |
correct, just (right), straight, principle
Top: a line 一, bottom: to stop 止 (image of the right foot that stops at a line 一) To stop at the line is correct. |
蛋 |
egg, oval shaped
Top: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct, - actually 疋 = bales of cloth), bottom: insect 虫 It is correct for insects to lay: eggs. |
提 |
to carry/hold in a hand (suspended), to lift, to raise
Left: hand 扌, right: correct/indeed 是 (The sun 日 is correct 正) [And it is correct 正 to stop 止 at the line 一] The hand is 'correct' for carrying sth. |
楚 |
clear, orderly, distinct, pain, suffering
Top: forest 林 (= two trees 木), bottom: correct 正 [actually bales of cloth 疋] (the correct foot 止 stops at the line 一) The forest is correct if it is clear and orderly. |
定 |
to set, to fix, to determine, to order, surely
Top: roof 宀, bottom: var. of correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.) Under the roof, everything is o.k. if things are set and determined. |
证 |
certificate, proof, to demonstrate, to confirm
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.) Words that are correct are confirmed in a certificate. |
整 |
in good order, exactly, to repair, to punish
Top: imperial order 敕 (It comes in a bundle 束 and strikes 攵: the imperial order) [to strike 攵=攴=hand 又 with stick卜], bottom: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct) The bundle needs to be punched correctly to be in good order. |
疑 |
to doubt, to misbelieve, to suspect
Left: sitting person 匕, arrow 矢; right: bent person マ, correct 正 The sitting person with the arrow and the bent person are right with their doubt. |
匙 |
spoon
Left: correct 是 (sun 日, variant of correct 正), right: spoon 匕 (sitting person and eating) It is correct: this is a spoon. |
征 |
campaign, impose (taxes), expedition, evidence
Left: go 彳, right: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.) To "go ahead correctly", that's how to make a campaign or expedition. |
政 |
politics, government
Left: correct, proper 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct), right: to strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with stick 卜) A proper strike is essential in politics. |
武 |
martial, military
Left: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.), right: sabre 弋 Correct sabres belong to: the military. |
歪 |
at a crooked angle, devious, noxious, askew
Top: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!), below: correct, right 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.) If sth. is not correct, it is crooked. |
延 |
to spread, extend, to prolong, to delay, defer
Left: movement 廴, right: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct) Movement is correct (= is needed) to spread. |
蔬 |
vegetables
Top: gras, plant 艹, bottom: scatter, sparse 疏 (It is correct 正, that newborn babies  [= child 子 upside down & amniotic fluid 川] scatter sparsely.) The plants that are scattered are the (eatable) vegetables. |
嚏 |
sneeze
Left: mouth 口, right: fall, stumble 疐 (Person 十 falling from a roof 冖 into a field 田, but correctly 正/疋) Out of the 'mouth' is falling sth., when sneezing. |
症 |
illness, disease, symptom
Outside: illness/disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), below: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct) This disease is a correct/real disease. |
惩 |
to punish, to reprimand, to warn
Top: campaign 征 (go 彳 correct 正 for the campaign), bottom: heart 心 Proceed correctly, but also with heart, when you have to punish. |
疏 |
scatter, sparse, scanty, neglect, thin, to dredge
Left: 疋 (here: correct 正), right: 㐬 ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down  : the child 子 comes with head first, with amniotic fluid 川) (Declining birth rate) It is correct that newborn babies are scattered sparsely. |
凝 |
to congeal, coagulate, to gaze/stare at sb.
Left: ice 冫, right: doubt 疑 (Both persons 匕, マ with the arrow 矢 are correct 正 in their doubts.) Ice is without doubt congealed. |
旋 |
to revolve, a loop, a circle, whirl, return
Left: side, direction 方, right: horizontal person  , var. of correct 正. (When sleeping, one must occasionally turn to the other side to avoid pressure & bed sores & circulation problems.) The side of the lying person is fine/correct, but he must turn. |
堤 |
dike, dam, embankment
Left: earth 土, right: correct 是 (sun 日, variant of correct 正) The earth is correctly (used) for a dike. |
丐 |
to beg for alms, beggar
Correct 正 with a hook 亅 His actions are correct, but like with a hook he gets people's money: The beggar. |
钙 |
calcium (chemistry, Ca)
Left: metal 钅, right: beggar, alms 丐 (His actions are correct 正, but like with a hook 亅 he gets people's money: The beggar.) (An alkaline earth metal, but not silvery). The metal for poor persons/beggars, is the calcium. |
淀 |
sediment, deposits, precipitate
Left: water 氵, right: to settle, to fix 定 (Under the roof 宀, everything is correct 正, if things are settled.) For water that is covered, it is correct (normal) to form a sediment. |
赋 |
taxation, bestow on, endow with, poetic essay
Left: money 贝/貝, right: military 武 (correct 正 sabres 弋 for the military) The money for the military are the: taxes. |
怔 |
terrified, to stare blankly, startled
Left: feeling 忄, right: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.) The feeling that I have to make it (always absolutely) correct, is being: terrified. |
焉 |
where, how
Top: correct 正, bottom: vari of bird 鳥 (without head) Is it correct, that the bird has no head: How? Where? |
婿 |
son-in-law
Left: woman 女, right: 胥 (var. of correct/proper 正, body 月) The woman wants a "proper body" as son-in-law. |
绽 |
to burst open, rend, open seam
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: to settle, to determine 定 (Under the roof 宀, everything is correct 正, if things are settled.) (When the tension becomes too big:) The thread determines when it will burst open. |
嫣 |
beautiful, sweet, captivating, engaging
Left: woman 女, right: where, how 焉 (Is it correct 正, that the bird 鳥 has no head: How? Where?) The woman does it correctly when being like a bird: captivatingly beautiful. |
胥 |
all, together, mutually, assist, to store
Top: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct), below bodypart 月/肉 The correct bodies assist each-other mutually. |
漩 |
eddy
Left: water 氵, right: turn, revolve 旋 (The side 方 of the lying person  is okay 正, but he has to be turned [because of bed sores?]) Water, that revolves is an eddy. |
罡 |
stars of the Big Dipper
Top: 罒 (here: 3 stars ロ next to eachothers), bottom: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct) The three stars are correct if the show the: Big Dipper. |
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