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束 |
bundle, to bind, bunch
In the background a tree 木, in front an embracement 口. - The tree 木 stands for many plants 禾, which are bound/lashed with with a ribbon 口 (cf.: double 兼) "Trees" bound by a ribbon make a bundle. |
速 |
fast, rapid, quick, velocity
Left: movement 辶, right: bundle 束 (Plants 木/禾 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle) If you bundle it, the movement (= transport) is faster. |
整 |
in good order, exactly, to repair, to punish
Top: imperial order 敕 (It comes in a bundle 束 and strikes 攵: the imperial order) [to strike 攵=攴=hand 又 with stick卜], bottom: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct) The bundle needs to be punched correctly to be in good order. |
懒 |
lazy, idle, inactive
Left: feeling 忄, right: depending on 赖 (bundle 束, to bear 负 [With the load ⺈ at the backpack 冂 the person 人 bears a load]) The feeling when you give your bundle to the bent ⺈ for money 贝/貝 is: to be lazy. |
辣 |
hot (spicy), pungent
Left: hot/bitter 辛 (needle used for tattoo), right: bundle 束 (Plants 木/禾 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle.) Hot stuff in a bundle is even hotter. |
嗽 |
cough
Left: mouth 口, right: suck/drink 欶 (bundle 束 [a mouth behind a tree], lack 欠 [A yawning  person 人 is lacking sth.]) If you open your mouth so that it's visible from behind the tree, like a yawning 欠 person: that is cough. |
嫩 |
soft, tender, delicate, light (color)
Left: woman 女, right: imperial order 敕 (It comes in a bundle 束 and strikes 攵: the imperial order) [to strike 攵/攴= hand 又 with stick 卜] (Manufacturing process for flax fiber by beating) By women the bundle is beaten to until it is: soft. |
赖 |
to depend on, to trust, to renege, to blame
left: bundle 束, right: carry load 负 (With a load ⺈ at the backpack 冂 the person 人 bears a load) The bundle needs sb. to carry the load: That's what it is depending on. |
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. |
喇 |
sound of wind, trompet, horn
Left: mouth 口, right: 剌 (bundle 束 [Plants 木/禾 like sheafs of rice (cf. 兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle], knife 刂) From the mouth a bundle of cutting (sounds): The trompet! |
柬 |
card, letter, note, notice
Bundle 束 (The tree 木 stands for many plants, which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 or the like (cf. 兼) with extra parts 丷 The bundle with two wrapped items 丷 as a: notice or letter. |
漱 |
to gargle, to rinse one's mouth with water
Left: water 氵, right: to suck, drink 欶 (bundle 束, deficient/lack 欠 [A yawning  person 人 is lacking sth.]) Water can be drunk by gargling. |
敕 |
imperial order
Left: bundle 束 (Plants 木 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle.), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜) It comes in a bundle and strikes: the imperial order. |
悚 |
frightened
Left: feelings 忄, right: bundle 束(Plants 木 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle.) The feeling like being bound as a bundle, when being: frightened. |
剌 |
unreasonable, perverse, absurd
Left: bundle 束 (Plants 木 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle), right: knife, to cut刂 The bundle was cut with the knife, which was unreasonable. |
簌 |
very slight sound, rustling (onom.), tears streaming down
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: suck/drink 欶 (bundle 束, lack 欠) The bamboo is bundled with gaps (=lacks) in between, which causes slight rustling sounds. |
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