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笑 |
laugh, smile
Top: bamboo 竹, below: early death 夭 (here seen as heaven 天) Bamboo that grows up to heaven? This is to laugh! |
跃 |
to jump, to leap
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: early death 夭 (here: sky 天) With your feet you get skywards when: jumping. |
沃 |
fertile, to irrigate, rich
Left: water 氵, right: early death 夭 (here: sky/heaven 天) Water from heaven brings fertility. |
妖 |
witch, devil, demon, goblin, enchanting
Left: woman 女, right: early death 夭 (don't mistake with sky 天) The woman, who brings the early death is a witch. |
夭 |
to die prematurely, tender, gentle
Top: ノ (here: a heavy plank), rest: big 大 If a heavy plank (falls) down on a big person, he will die young. |
袄 |
coat, jacket, lined winter coat
Left: cloth 衤/衣, right: early death 夭 (here: heaven/sky 天) The cloth that is heavenly is used for the lined coat. |
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