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静 |
calm, quiet, not moving
Left: blue, young 青 (Growing plants  appear in the moonshine 月 blue and young.), right: dispute/fight 争 (The bent person ⺈ with a stick 亅 in hand  looking for dispute) A "young" dispute is still calm and quiet. |
净 |
clean, completely, only
Left: ice 冫, right: dispute/fight 争 (The bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand  looking for dispute) (simplified from 淨 (= water 氵, hand from above 爫, broom 帚) About the use of ice it has been disputed, if you can clean with it. |
争 |
dispute, to strive for, to argue or debate
Top: bent person ⺈, below: hand  /彐, stick 亅 The bent person with a stick in his hand is looking for a dispute. |
挣 |
struggle to get free, throw off, earn (money)
Left: hand 扌, right: dispute/fight 争 (A bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand  looking for a dispute.) Use your hand in the fight to get free and earn money. |
睁 |
to open (one's eyes)
Left: eye 目, right: dispute/fight 争 (bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand  looking for dispute) (I want to sleep a little longer:) My eyes are in dispute with me, if I shall open them. |
铮 |
clang of metals, clash, small gong
Left: metal 钅/金, right: dispute/fight 争 (bent person ⺈ with a stick 亅 in hand  looking for dispute) The metal cause in a dispute a clang of metals. |
筝 |
Guzheng (=long zither with 13 to 16 strings)
Top: bamboo 竹, below: dispute 争 (The bent person ⺈ with a stick 亅 in hand  looking for dispute) Made of bamboo and sounds like a dispute, the: Guzheng. |
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