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说 |
to explain, to canvass, to persuade
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: money transfer 兑 (coming out of 丷 my elder brother 兄) The words coming out ouf my elder brother explain it. |
关 |
to close, to shut, to turn off, mountain pass
Top: out of 丷, below: heaven 天 - Shows a mountain pass (=lowest section of the ridge), which is "in the sky", but from which it gets higher 丷 (Depending on the weather) A mountain pass can be closed. |
送 |
to deliver, send, carry, give (as a present)
Left: movement 辶, right: to close 关 (The mountain pass 丷 in the sky 天 is closed.) Down out of 丷 heaven 天 with a movement this was delivered. |
弟 |
younger brother, I (modest word in letter)
From top: to come out 丷, bow 弓, and an arrow λ A feathered arrow comes from the bow of my younger brother. |
总 |
in every case, always, gather, overall, chief
From the top: coming out 丷, mouth 口, heart 心 (not just half-truths) What comes out of your mouth and heart, shall always be the 'whole'. |
单 |
single, individual, only, bill, list
From top: coming out 丷 (here: rays or shine), sun 日, ten 十 It shines the sun in a group of ten (with nine planets, including Pluto) as the single one. |
梯 |
ladder, stairs, steps
Left: tree 木, right: younger brother 弟 (A feathered 丷 arrow λ from the bow 弓 of my younger brother.) It is wooden and for my younger brother (to be as tall as me): a ladder. |
瓶 |
bottle, vase, pitcher, jar
Left: unite 并 (When you are coming out 丷 of a buddhist. temple 开 [= image of the entrance gate] you shall be united.), right: roof tile 瓦 (interhooked tiles) (The roof tiles are generalized understood as "pottery") For making sth. 'uniting' (= a container) the pottery is formed into a bottle of pitcher. |
胖 |
fat, plump
Left: body part 月/肉, right: half 半 (A knife cuts 丨 a birthday cake 二 with candles 丷 in half.) If your body could be halved, you are too fat. |
糕 |
cakes, pastry
Left: rice 米, right: lamb 羔 (sheep 羊 [here: rising heat 丷 in an oven with three levels 王], fire 灬) It's made of rice in a 3-level-oven over the fire: The cake. |
联 |
to unite, to join, unification
Left: ear 耳 (image of a pinna), right: to close 关 (The mountain pass 丷 in the sky 天 is closed.)- (cf. deaf 聋) Those whose ears are closed (= the deaf) join in a union. |
脱 |
strip off, to shed, get rid of, get away from
Left: body 月/肉, right: money transfer 兑 (Going out 丷 from my elder brother 兄 money transactions take place) [Here: 兑 as the big brother (= the big mouth 口 on feet儿), lifting both arms 丷] (I see) the body of my elder brother with lifted arms, who is just stripping-off. |
并 |
to combine, to merge, also
Top: out of 丷, below: open 开 (= the entrance gate of a buddh. temple) When you are coming out of the open temple's gate, you shall be combined/united. |
弹 |
bullet, shot, pluck (a string instrument), pellet, elastic
Left: bow 弓, right: sole, single 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets including Pluto] as the single one.) The bow "singles" [=making it single] the bullet at the shot. |
益 |
benefit, profit, advantage, to increase
In the middle: table  , with something on 丷 and below: plates/bowl 皿 With a well-laid table and plates he (i.e. the restaurant owner) benefits. |
掷 |
to toss, to throw dice
Left: hand 扌, right: serious, solemn 郑 (If the mountain pass 丷 in the sky 天 is closed 关, for the village ⻏ this will be: serious.) By hand out of 丷 into the sky over the village it was tossed. |
奠 |
to settle, to lay foundation, to fix, pay respect
Top: tribal chief 酋 (Who distributes out of 丷 the wine jug 酉, is the tribal chief.), bottom: big 大 A tribal chief is doing big, when settling a foundation. |
丧 |
mourn, mourning, funeral
Top: two bodies 丷 in the earth 土 (cf. gold 金), bottom: clothes 衣 When the two bodies come into the earth, you wear these clothes: to mourn at the funeral. |
柬 |
card, letter, note, notice
Bundle 束 (The tree 木 stands for many plants, which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 or the like (cf. 兼) with extra parts 丷 The bundle with two wrapped items 丷 as a: notice or letter. |
兰 |
orchid, lily magnolia
Top: blossom 丷, bottom: three 三 petals The flower with the petals forms the orchid. |
谏 |
to admonish, to remonstrate
Left: word 讠/言, right: notice, letter 柬 (Bundle 束 with two wrapped parts 丷 as a notice or letter.) Words in a notice are: admonishing. |
朕 |
I, we (imperial use), subtle
Left: body 月, right: to close 关 (The mountain pass 丷 in the sky 天 is closed.) A body from heaven: that's Us. |
酋 |
tribal chief
Top: out of 丷, bottom: wine jug 酉 Who distributes out of the wine jug, is the tribal chief. |
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