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忙 |
busy, hurriedly
Left: feeling 忄 (var. of heart 心), right: dead 亡 (a coffin seen from the end)
Feelings died (Cardiac death?) caused by being too busy. |
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望 |
to expect, to hope, to visit, to gaze (into the distance)
Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross-section), body 月, bottom: king 王
The dead body of the king goes with our expectations. |
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忘 |
to forget, to overlook, to neglect
Top: dead 亡 (coffin in cross-section), bottom: heart 心
A dead heart is forgot. |
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赢 |
to win, gain, to beat, to profit
From top: 亡 (coffin in cross-section), mouth: 口, body 月, money 贝, usually 凡 [= table 几 with scratches 丶]
If your coffin is as small as a mouth and your body pays money for it, then (the seller) usually makes: a profit. |
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茫 |
uncertain, vast, without clear boundary, hazy
Top: grass 艹, bottom: 汒 (water 氵, dead 亡 [coffin in cross section])
Either the grass (smoking) or the water will let us die, which is uncertain. |
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亡 |
to die, deceased, to lose, to flee
(Originally: left:. corner  , in this corner character for "person" 人, which changed to "lid" 亠) Coffin seen in a cross-sectional view as symbol for dying. |
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盲 |
blind
Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross section), below: eye 目
A dead eye is blind. |
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妄 |
absurd, fantastic, presumptuous, rash
Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross-section), below: woman 女
The death of his woman, he considered to be: absurd. |
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荒 |
uncultivated, desolate, shortage, scarce
Top: plant 艹, below: 巟 (dead 亡 (coffin in cross-section), river 川
The plants die and because of the river it becomes uncultivated. |
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芒 |
club-awn (=grey hair grass), tip (of a blade)
Top: plant/grass 艹, below: death 亡
The plant for (wrapping) the dead, was the club-awn. |
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氓 |
ruffian, gangster, rogue, hooligan, vagrant
Left: to die 亡 (coffin in cross-section), right: people, nation 民 (several times 'family' 氏 behind each others as multiplier for the people.)
It could be the death of our people having these ruffians. |
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惘 |
disconcerted, discouraged, dejected, disappointed
Left: feelings 忄, right: 罔 (net 网/drag net 罒+冂, inside: to die 亡 [= coffin in cross-section])
When my feelings are caught in a net until they die, I am disconcerted. |
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