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国 |
country, nation, state, national
Outside: enclosure 口, inside: jade, king 玉 (At the feet of the king 王 is his jade/jewels 丶) Like an enclosed juwel (jade): That's my country. |
回 |
to revolve, to return, to go back
A coaxial rotation stands for revolving and in particular for: returning. |
四 |
four, 4
Image of a fist with four fingers (without thumb) seen from inside. |
因 |
reason, cause, because
Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: big 大 person The fence around the big person has its reason. |
园 |
land used for growing plants, park
Outside: frame 囗, inside: yuan, origin 元 (=two 二 legs 儿) With your garden 囗 you can earn Yuan 元, if you use it for growing plants. |
图 |
picture, diagram, drawing, chart
Frame 囗 and inside: Winter: 冬 (With an upturned foot 夂 on the ice 冫- it's winter) [夂 is typically seen as image of sitting cross-legged] In the frame is a winterly picture. |
困 |
to surround, sleepy, tired, distress
Outside: enclosure 囗 as a fence, inside: tree 木 The fenced tree is surrounded and in distress. (Even though the person 亻wanted a fence 口 for the tree 木 to protect 保 it.) |
围 |
to encircle, to surround, enwrapped
Left: enclosure 囗, right: soft leather 韦/韋 (Two layers 二 are separated with a special sword 刀 to make leather.) (Think of a shoe 鞋) It makes it enclosed by leather, to be well encircled. |
固 |
hard, strong, solid, undoubtedly
Outside frame 囗, but here: mouth 口, inside: old 古 (= tomb stone). [Some things like the meat of old animals or full-grown vegetable becomes hard with age.] In the mouth old things taste: hard. [In contrast: In the mouth 口 have young things (= this is "not yet 未") a special taste 味] |
圈 |
confined, circle, loop, to lock up, surround
Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: spool 卷 (security guard 龹 [person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二], slumped person 㔾) In an enclosure a guard secures a slumped person, that is confined. |
团 |
regiment, corporation, group, round, circular
Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: talent 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented.) If you have your talents within the enclosure, you form a round regiment. |
圆 |
round, circle, spherical, full(-moon)
Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: member 员/員 (Who has a mouth 口 and money 贝/貝 can become a member.) When the members are within the enclosure, it becomes a round thing. |
捆 |
to tie together, bundle, a bunch
Left: hand 扌, right: surrounded, distress 困 (By the enclosure 囗 the tree 木 is in distress) The hand "surrounds" sth, if it ties together as a bundle. |
菌 |
mold, mildew, germ, bacteria, fungus
Top: plant 艹, bottom: 囷 (enclosure 囗, rice plant 禾) Plants enclosed like this rice plant will be affected by mold. |
囚 |
prisoner
Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: person 人 The person inside the enclosure is a prisoner. |
圃 |
garden, orchard
Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: just now 甫 (A hand  for holding an item 丶 is what I need 用 just now) Within the enclosure, I make just now my garden. |
囱 |
chimney
Above: emphasis 丶 (here: image of a chimney), outside: frame 囗 (here: room), inside: turned foot / cross-legged 夂 You sit cross-legged in a room below the chimney. |
卤 |
to brine, salt, stupid, gravy
Above: devine 卜 (Here: handle of a cover), below: Barrel 囗 with something 㐅 in The lid on the pickle barrel with something that is brined. |
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