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妹 |
younger sister
left: woman 女, right: not yet, immature 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet".) This woman, who is "not yet a woman", is my: younger sister. |
味 |
taste, smell
Left: mouth 口, right: not yet 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet".) In the mouth have young shoots (="what is not yet") a special taste. [In contrast: In the mouth 口 old 古 things taste: hard 固] |
殊 |
unique, special, extraordinary
Left: bad, wicked 歹 [= bare bone, vertebrae or rib], right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young [=not yet] 未 tree 木 has sth. red ノ =apple?) Bare bones turn vermilion, that is so unique. |
未 |
not yet, earthly, year 8 of the Sheep
Tree 木 with upper shorter branch 一 As the upper branch is still shorter, the tree is "not yet". |
魅 |
demon, devil, magic, to charm
Left: demon 鬼 (death mask [accent ノ, field 田], legs 儿, nose 厶), right: not yet 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet") The devil has not yet 'deviled'. |
珠 |
bead, pearl
Left: king, jade 王, right: vermilion/red 朱 (A branch at the young tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?) The king has red beads and perls. |
昧 |
conceal, dark, obscure
Left: sun/day 日, right: not yet 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet") The day is still immature: It is still concealed in the dark. |
株 |
tree(s)trunk, stump (tree root), [classifier]
Left: tree 木, right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?) The tree turns red seeing that he is used as a classifier. |
朱 |
cinnabar, vermilion
Top: accent or emphasis ノ, rest: not yet, unfinished 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet".) At the upper branch of the tree is sth. vermilion. (an apple?) |
诛 |
to punish, to put (a criminal) to death, execute
Left: word 讠/言, right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young [=not yet) tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?) (death penalty with flowing blood?) Words that are vermilion want to: punish. |
铢 |
weight unit =1/24 Liang = 2 or 3 grams
Left: metal 钅, right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?) (for not getting lost due to the small size) This metal weight is vermilion: a zhū. |
侏 |
dwarf
Left: person 亻, right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young [= not yet] tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?) This person is like sth. small ノ at the young, unfinished tree: The dwarf. |
寐 |
to sleep, be asleep
Top: roof 宀, below: variant of fragment 爿 (here: as a bed 丬), not yet 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet") Under the roof there is a bed 爿/丬, but I am not yet read to: sleep. |
蛛 |
spider, spider web
Left: insect 虫, right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young [= not yet] tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?) Here: a net  in a tree 木 This insect makes a net in a tree: the spider. |
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