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离 |
to leave, to part from, distant, without sth.
Top: trash can 㐫 (cover 亠 and grim 凶 [= container 凵 with dreadful 㐅 content]), below: 禸 (part of scorpion 禺) Into the trash with the scorpion, so that it "leaves" us. |
遇 |
to meet, to encounter, opportunity, chance
Left: movement 辶, right: scorpion 禺 (image of a scorpion: combination of a carapace 田, insect 虫 and long legs 冂) (A mating/courtship ritual?) Movements of a scorpion with the opportunity to meet someone. |
偶 |
accidental, image, pair, mate
Left: person 人, right: scorpion 禺 (image of a scorpion: combination of a carapace 田, insect 虫 and long legs 冂) The person's meeting with the scorpion was accidentally but they formed a pair. |
璃 |
glass, colored glaze
Left: king, jade 王, right: to part from 离 (Use the trash 㐫 can for the scorpion 禺, so that it "leaves" us.) [禺 = skorpion 田,禸 with hint legs 冂 and the sting 厶] The king has a pot with scorpions that is made of glass. [Or: The "jade" of the pot with scorpions is: glass.] |
寓 |
to reside, to imply, to contain
Top: roof 宀, below: scorpion 禺 (scorpion with carapace 田, insect 虫 with sting 厶 and long legs 冂) Under the roof even scorpions can reside! |
愚 |
to be stupid, to cheat or deceive, me or I (modest)
Top: 禺 (pictograph of a scorpion: Combination of 田 for carapace, insect 虫 (with sting 厶), long legs 冂), bottom: heart 心 The scorpion in its heart is: stupid. |
禹 |
Yu the Great mythical leader who tamed the floods
Top: mouth 口, bottom: 禸 or with insect 虫 Like an insect 虫 with hat 一 and wide legs 冂, that is: Yu the Great. |
禺 |
ancient area
Top: sun 日, bottom: 禸 (part of scorpion 禺) In the explanations used as: scorpion |
隅 |
corner
Left: hill 阝, right: scorpion 禺 (pictograph of a scorpion: combination of 田 for carapace, insect 虫, long legs 冂) On the hill, there are scorpions in every corner. |
藕 |
root of lotus
Top: plant 艹, bottom: 耦 (tree with many branches 耒), scorpion 禺 (carapace 田, insect 虫 and long legs 冂) The plant with the many branches at the scopions is: the roots of lotus. |
蝎 |
scorpion
Left: insect 虫, right: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner  at the interrogation.) (For torture:) An insect for an interrogation is the scorpion. |
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