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得 |
to obtain, to get, to gain, to catch (a disease), profit
Left: go 彳, right top: sunrise 旦 (sun 日 above the horizon 一), below: skillful hand 寸 "The early bird catches the worm": Go at sunrise with a skillful hand and will achieve success/profit. |
但 |
but, yet, however, merely, still
Left: person 亻, right: sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 over the horizon 一) One person watches the sunrise, but ... |
早 |
early, morning
Sunrise 旦 (sun 日 above the horizon 一) with marking: 丶 When the sun is at the marking 丶 at the horizon, it is early in the morning. |
担 |
to carry on shoulder, to undertake, to take responsibility
Left: hand 扌, right: sunrise 旦 (sun 日 above the horizon 一) The hand has already at sunrise the load carring on the shoulder. |
查 |
to examine, to research, to check
Top: tree 木, bottom: sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 is just above the horizon 一) - (Here: 旦 as a tree 日 lying flat on the ground 一) Place the tree 木 flat 日 on the ground 一 for: examining. |
量 |
to measure, amount, to estimate, classifier (in Chinese grammar)
Top: sunrise 旦 (sun 日 over the horizon 一), below: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village) At the sunrise the village is measured. |
朝 |
government, morning, audience, pilgrimage
Left: sunrise  (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹.) [Sunset is: 莫], right: moon 月 At sunrise, when the moon is still there, it is the morning [zhāo] and I make a pilgrimage to the government [cháo]. |
旦 |
dawn, morning, day-break
Above: sun 日, below: horizontal line 一 for horizon [Sunset is: 莫] When the sun appears above the horizon it's dawn. |
胆 |
the gall (bladder), the nerve, courage, guts
Left: body part 月/肉, right: sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 avove the horizon 一) (Etymologically incorrect, but: gallstones can cause nausea after eating or in the morning.) The body part you feel (already) at sunrise is: the gall. |
碍 |
to hinder, to obstruct, to block
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: sunrise 旦, skillful hand 寸 (Due to the articular gout) Like a stone is at sunrise my skillful hand: That hinders and obstructs. |
宣 |
to announce, to declare (publicly), proclaim
From top: roof 宀, a first sun ray 一, sunrise 旦 (= sun 日 above the horizon 一) (At sunrise the light first hits high places) At the roof with a first sun ray the sunrise is announced. |
坦 |
flat, open-hearted, smooth, level
Left: earth 土, right: sun rise 旦 (The sun 日 above the horizon 一) The earth at the sunrise appears flat. |
恒 |
constant, permanent, fixed, usual, ordinary
Left: feeling 忄, right: to extend wholly 亘 (from sunrise to sunset 亘 (the sun 日 above 旦 and below the horizon 一) My feelings from sunrise to sunset are usually constant. |
颤 |
to tremble, to shiver, to shake, to vibrate
Left: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦), right: page, (fore)head 页 (= 頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一) If under the cover all is rotating at sun rise in your head, you tremble and shiver. |
擅 |
without authority, to usurp, to monopolize, to be good at
Left: hand 扌, right: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦) (A rotatable blind [= jalousie] at the window) The hand that turns the cover, before the sunrise, does this: unauthorized. |
昼 |
daytime, daylight
Top: Length measurement Chǐ 尺 (Chinese foot = 30.3 cm), below: Sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 over the horizon 一) In Chǐ you measure when the sun is one foot above the horizon: then it is daytime. |
喧 |
clamor, noise, deceitful
Left: mouth 口, right: announce 宣 (At the roof 宀 [= highest point] with a first sun ray 一 the sunrise 旦 is announced.) When the mouth announces, it clamors. |
渣 |
slag (smelting), remainder, dregs
Left: water 氵, right: examine 查 (the tree 木 at the sun rise 旦) When washing 氵 wood 木 on a grid 日, dirt 一 falls down and forms the slag. |
暄 |
pleasant, genius and warm
Left: sun 日, right: announce 宣 (At the roof 宀 [= highest point] with a first sun ray 一 the sunrise 旦 is announced.) When the sun announces, it becomes pleasant and warm. |
旭 |
dawn, rising sun
Left: nine 九, right: sun 日 The upward direction ナ over the horizon 一 with a sun ray 乚 stands for: rising sun. |
垣 |
wall, city wall
Left: earth 土, right: to extend wholly 亘 (from sunrise to sunset 亘 [=the sun 日 above 旦 and below the horizon 一]) The earth must (be piled) from sunrise to sunset to get: a wall. (Or: The earth must extend wholly [without flaws] as: city wall) |
桓 |
Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi)
Left: tree 木, right: extend wholly 亘 (from sunrise to sunset 亘 (the sun 日 above 旦 and below the horizon 一) The tree as with a soap 日 between two 二 hands: The soapberry-tree. |
乾 |
warming principle of the sun, trad. form of dry 干
Left: 倝 sunrise  (sun 日 rises between plants 艹) [sunset is: 莫], right: horizontal person  , 2nd 乙 (two 二 written quickly without lifting the pen) At sunrise, the horizontal person feels at second position the warming sun. |
喳 |
twitter, chirp
Left: mouth 口, right: examine 查 (For the trees 木 we need daylight 日 (after sunrise 旦) for examining them.) The mouths (= beaks) in the trees after sunrise are: twittering. |
檀 |
sandalwood, hardwood
Left: tree 木, right: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦) The tree that grows in the shade (=covered) all around at sunrise: is the sandalwood. |
袒 |
to bare
Left: cloths 衤/衣, right: sun rise 旦 (The sun 日 above the horizon 一) Stripping of the clothing, just as the sun exposes itself at sunrise, means: become bare. |
暨 |
and, to reach to, the limits
Top: already, since 既 (It is 'not good' 艮 with a 'false tusk' 牙, that's already since, ..), bottom: sun rise 旦 (The sun 日 above the horizon 一) Already since the sun is above the horizon, until it reaches to a limit. |
渲 |
wash (color)
Left: water 氵, right: announce 宣 (At the roof 宀 [= highest point] with a first sun ray 一 the sunrise 旦 is announced.) With the water you announce a watery color. |
戟 |
halberd, a lance with two points
Left: sunrise (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹) [sunset is: 莫], right: halberd 戈 Double-sided 十 sharp around the center 日 is this: halberd. |
亘 |
extending all the way across, running through
Twice horizon 二 with the sun 日 in between as: from dawn 旦 to dusk From sunrise to sunset is: extending all the way through. |
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