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等 |
class, rank, grade, equal to
Top: bamboo 竹, below: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
Put the bamboo 竹 (= the sprouts) into the earth 土 and (take care of them) with a skillful hand 寸, and (the growth) will be in the same way/class. |
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特 |
special, unique, distinguished, unusual
Left: cow 牛 (The head of a cow キ with only one horn ノ), right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
A cow in a temple is sth. special. |
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持 |
to hold, to grasp, to support, to maintain
From left: radical for hand 扌, temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
Having a hand at the temple gives you a hold. |
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诗 |
poem, poetry, verse
Left: word 讠/言, right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸.)
The words at the temple are the poems. |
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待 |
stay, to wait, delay, to treat, going to (do sth)
Left: go 彳, right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
Go to the temple and stay and wait there. |
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寺 |
buddhist temple, monastery
Top: earth 土, bottom: skillful hand 寸
Use earth and skillful hands to build a temple. |
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侍 |
to serve, to attend upon
Left: person 亻/人, right: temple 寺 (Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
The person is in the temple as a: servant. |
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峙 |
peak, to stand erect, to pile up, to store, to stand up
Left: mountain 山, right: temple 寺 (= made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
The mountain has a temple on its peak. |
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恃 |
to rely on, mother (formal)
Left: feelings 忄, right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
I have the feeling, that a temple can be relied on. |
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痔 |
hemorrhoid, piles
Left: disease 疒 (An ice- 冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
(caused by long sitting on cold stones?) The disease from the temple are the: hemorrhoids. |
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