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家 |
household, family, businesses, specialist
At top: a roof 宀, bottom: a pig 豕 (see: 豚) Under the roof the pig is part of the: household. |
院 |
courtyard, institution
Left: hill 阝(If this radical is at the left of a character, it means "hill", otherwise: "village"), right: finished/complete: 完 (A roof 宀 needs an origin 元 [= groundwork, seating] to be finished and complete.) [Origin: 元 =two 二 legs 儿] This hill is completely (suitable) for an institute. |
字 |
character, letter, symbol, word
Top: roof 宀, bottom: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一 seeking help.) Under a roof a child is sitting to study: the characters. |
客 |
guest, customer, visitor
At top: roof 宀, bottom: every 各 (With a crossed legs 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.) He sits under the roof cross-legged on a cushion: Our guest! |
它 |
it, (used for lifeless things)
Top: roof 宀, below: ladle/spoon 匕 Under the roof the ladle is a lifeless thing, an "it". |
室 |
room, apartment
Top: roof 宀, below: to arrive 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 comes to the earth 土: falling back.) When I arrive under the roof, I go to my room. |
完 |
complete, to finish, whole, entire
Top: roof 宀, bottom: origin, chin. Yuan 元 (two 二 legs 儿) A roof needs an origin (= groundwork, seating) to be finished and complete. |
宜 |
appropriate, proper, suitable
Top: roof 宀, below: further/moreover 且 (stone cairn = A pile of stones where more stones are further added.) A roof over the pile/stack is appropriate. |
宾 |
visitor, guest, object (in grammar)
Above: roof 宀, below: soldier 兵 (At the hill 丘 there are eight 八 soldiers) (At compulsory billeting) Under your roof is a soldier accommodated as your: guest. |
害 |
to damage, to cause trouble to, calamity
From top: roof 宀, growing plant 丰 [cf. abundant 丰], pot 口 Under the roof (of the house) is a growing potted plant, which caused a damage. |
实 |
real, fact, true, honest
Top: roof 宀, below: leader 头 (= big 大 with protruding eyes 丶) (Only one master can rule the household) Under a roof is (just) one leader. This is a real fact! |
安 |
peaceful, calm, content, safety
Top: roof 宀, below: woman 女 Under the roof, a woman makes it peaceful. |
容 |
appearance, look, to hold, to contain
Top: roof 宀, below: valley 谷 (Shows a valley opening towards the plain 口) The roofs in the valley determine the appearance. |
赛 |
competition, match, to surpass, to excel sb.
From top: roof 宀, a well 井 and table  (or variant of together: 共), Money 贝/貝 (= cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八= shell-money) Under the roof we (fight) 'doubly' together 共 for money: in a competition. |
定 |
to set, to fix, to determine, to order, surely
Top: roof 宀, bottom: var. of correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.) Under the roof, everything is o.k. if things are set and determined. |
碗 |
bowl, cup
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口.), right: as if/similar 宛 (When I at home 宀 in the evening 夕 slump 㔾 (e.g. on the TV-coach) it's always just similar) They are made of stone(ware) and all are similar: The bowls and cups. |
察 |
to examine, inspect, to look into
Top: roof 宀, below: sacrifice 祭 (The body 月/肉 is put by hand  on the altar 示 as sacrifice) If a cover (= roof) is over the altar with the sacrificial item, this shall be investigated. |
密 |
dense, thick, intimate, close, secret
From top: roof 宀, certainly 必 (The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!), montain 山 If under the roof is certainly a mountains of ..., then it will be dense and thick. |
寒 |
cold, poor, to tremble
From top: a roof 宀, a well 井, variant of six 六, variant of ice 冫 Under the roof, the well has six pieces of ice: It's cold! |
寄 |
to depend, to live (in a house), to lodge
Top: roof 宀, below: strange, odd 奇 = tall/big 大 and possible 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.) Under the roof, there are great possibilities, because you depend on each-other. |
管 |
tube, pipe, conduit, control, to care about
Top: bamboo 竹, below: government 官 (Under one roof 宀 with connected ノ rooms 吕) (Here: see 官 as two tubes in cross-section in a covered conduit) Made of bamboo, the tubes are in the conduit. |
擦 |
rubbing, to wipe, to clean, to polish
Left: hand 扌, right: investigate 察 (When there is a cover 宀 over the sacrificial 祭 item on the alter 示, it is to be investigated.) [sacrify = 祭 = The body 月/肉 is put by hand  on the altar 示 to sacrifice.] The hand investigates by rubbing. |
演 |
to perform, to play, to act, to evolve
Left: water 氵, right: 寅 (roof/house 宀, one 一, field 田, eight 八) The water in the house at the single field is part of the eight perfomances. |
谊 |
friendship
Left: word 讠/言, right: appropriate, proper 宜 (A roof 宀 [above the pile 且] in addition 且 is appropriate.) With words that are appropriate for the friendship. |
富 |
wealthy, rich, abundant
Top: roof/house 宀, below: barrel of rice wine 畐 (originally pictograph of a barrel of rice wine as an altar offering; from there: wealth, luck 福) A house with barrels of wine is wealthy. |
缩 |
shrink, to withdraw, pull back, abbreviation
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: lodge/hostel 宿 (Under the roof 宀 persons 人 in the hundreds 百 in the lodge) The threads (of bed linen) in the hostel will (after washing) shrink. |
官 |
official, government, organ of body
Top: roof 宀, below: connected ノ rooms 吕 A roof with connected rooms is: the government. |
灾 |
disaster, calamity
Top: roof 宀, bottom: fire 火 Under a roof, a raging fire is a disaster. |
宣 |
to announce, to declare (publicly), proclaim
From top: roof 宀, a first sun ray 一, sunrise 旦 (= sun 日 above the horizon 一) (At sunrise the light first hits high places) At the roof with a first sun ray the sunrise is announced. |
蛇 |
snake, serpent
Left: insect 虫, right: it (lifeless) 它 (roof 宀, sitting person 匕) The 'insect' next to the house with the sitting person is: a snake. |
寂 |
lonely, solitary, silent
Top: roof, house 宀, below: parent's younger siblings 叔 (left: image of a pepper plant 尗, right: hand 又) (They are just out harvesten pepper by hand:) The house of my younger uncle is lonely. |
宁 |
peaceful, rather, better, tranquil
Top: roof 宀, below: nail 丁 (There is no risk that the building might collapse:) When the roof is built with nails, you have peace. |
宿 |
dormitory, hostel, to lodge, stay at, old, former
Top: roof 宀, below: 佰 (person 亻/人 and hundred 百 [tilt your head to the right to read 100]) The roof hosting hundred people is a lodge. |
守 |
to guard, defend, protect, to observe (rules)
Top: roof 宀, below: skillful hand 寸 A roof or a skillful hand can guard. |
蜜 |
honey
Top: 宓 (roof 宀, certainly 必 [The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!]), bottom: insect 虫 Under the roof are certainly insects for making honey. |
嫁 |
(of a woman) to marry, to shift (blame etc)
Left: woman 女, right: household 家 (Under the roof 宀 with the personal pig 豕) The woman for the household is the bride. |
宝 |
a treasure, jewel or gem, precious
Top: roof/house 宀, bottom: jade, jewel 玉 (At the feet of the king 王 is his jade/jewels 丶) Under the roof are jewels: A treasure! |
宴 |
banquet, feast, repose
From top: roof 宀, sun 日, woman 女 Under the roof the sunny woman hosts a banquet. |
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! |
宠 |
to love, to pamper, to spoil, to favor
Top: roof 宀, bottom: dragon, emperial 龙 (The outstanding (emphasized) 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a winding dragon ノ) Under your roof, the emperial dragon is what you should love and favor. |
寞 |
lonely, lonesome
Top: roof 宀, below: negative 莫 (sink, go down: The sun 日 is setting between plants 艹, 艹= 大) Behind the roof the sunset happens, and it becomes lonely. |
宽 |
wide, broad, spaciousm, lenient
Top: roof 宀, below: 苋 (plant 艹, see 见/見 (An eye 目 on legs 儿 = looking around) From the roof, the plants, which I can see are (everywhere): widely and broadly. |
额 |
forehead, share, portion, amount
Left: guest 客 (Under the roof 宀 is everybody 各 sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 our guest.), right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一) The guests get by head (or forehead) each their share. |
宏 |
magnificent, great, imposing, macro-
Top: roof 宀, below: upper arm 厷 (here: ten 十, nose 厶) If under the roof, there are ten noses, it is magnificent. |
宗 |
Religion, school of a teaching, ancestor
Top: roof 宀, bottom: to show 示 (altar 丁 on which something 一 can be seen) The 'roof' over the altar is the religion. |
宅 |
residence
Top: roof/house 宀, below: plant 乇 with roots The house with the rooted plant is my residence. |
宇 |
universe, cosmos, space
Top: roof 宀, below: in,on,at 于 (similar to umbrella (cf.伞), I having in,on,at me. - Or with a handle 亅 and keeps 干 dry) A roof that is like an umbrella is the universe. |
宪 |
statute, constitution
Top: roof 宀, below: in advance, first 先 (A cow 牛 with only two legs 儿 walks preceding.) When being under a roof, you first need a statute. |
穴 |
hole, cave, cavity, acupuncture point
Top: roof 宀, below: eight 八 or the image of an entrance It is covered and a narrowing path leads into: the cave. |
塞 |
to block, to stuff, to squeeze in, cork, stopper, Serbian
From top: roof 宀, a well 井, var. of six 六, earth 土 Covering like a roof, the well is with six-fold earth: blocked and stuffed. |
审 |
to investigate, to examine, carefully, to try (in court)
Top: roof 宀, below: say 申 Under the roof an object 日 is cut up with a knife 丨 for: investigations. |
宰 |
to manage, govern, rule, to slaughter livestock
Top: roof 宀, below: hot/spicy/bitter 辛 (the image of a needle for tattooing) Under the roof 'bitterness' is managed. |
溶 |
to melt, to dissolve, soluble
Left: water 氵, right: appearance 容 (The roofs 宀 in the valley 谷 are an appearance.) Water comes from the roof into the valley, because it is melting. |
奥 |
obscure, mysterious, Austria 奥地利
From top: var. of roof 宀, rice 米, big 大 Under the roof, he hides rice in big quantities and this is obscure in Austria. |
宫 |
palace, castle, temple
Top: roof 宀, below: two rooms 吕, which stands for many rooms Under one roof are the (many) rooms in: a palace. |
牢 |
cage, corral, prison, firm, sturdy
Top: roof 宀, below: cow 牛 The roof serves for the cow as an enclosure, that is firm and sturdy. |
诧 |
to be surprised, to be astonished
Left: word 讠/言, right: residence 宅 (The roof 宀 with the rooted plant 乇 is my residence.) His words about the house with the rooted plant surprised me. |
稼 |
sow grain
Left: rice plant 禾, right: household 家 (Under the roof 宀 is a personal pig 豕) The rice plants for the household need to be sowed. |
寝 |
sleep, dormitory, to lie down
Top: house 宀, left: bed 丬 (= image of a tree cut into half; cf. 片), right: var. of hand holding a broom 帚 A house with a bed and a broom is where I sleep. |
宵 |
night
Top: house 宀, bottom: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.) The houses look alike in the night. |
淀 |
sediment, deposits, precipitate
Left: water 氵, right: to settle, to fix 定 (Under the roof 宀, everything is correct 正, if things are settled.) For water that is covered, it is correct (normal) to form a sediment. |
宙 |
universe, cosmos
Top: roof 宀, below: reason/cause 由 (Here: a rocket丨starting from a rice field 田) Towards 'the roof' the rocket is starting from the field into the universe. |
暄 |
pleasant, genius and warm
Left: sun 日, right: announce 宣 (At the roof 宀 [= highest point] with a first sun ray 一 the sunrise 旦 is announced.) When the sun announces, it becomes pleasant and warm. |
棺 |
coffin
Left: tree 木, right: government 官 (Under one roof 宀 with connected ノ rooms 吕) They are wooden and below a cover the coffins 吕 are piled. |
贮 |
to store, to save, stockpile
Left: money 贝/貝, right: roof 宀 and one 一 We need money, because under the roof a stockpile shall be stored. |
喀 |
sound of coughing or vomiting
Left: mouth 口, right: guest 客 (Under the roof 宀 is everybody 各 sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 our guest) His mouth is covering 宀 everybody 各, when: coughing. |
婶 |
wife of father's younger brother
Left: woman 女, right: to examine, to investigate 审 (Under the roof 宀 the language 申 ist examined.) (She is very curious) The woman who investigates is: this aunt. |
宦 |
court eunuch, imperial official
Top: roof 宀, bottom: minister 臣 (An eye wide open represents the attentiveness of a minister) Under the roof is this minister: the eunuch. |
寡 |
few, widowed
From top: roof 宀, head/forehead (for person) 頁, divide 分 (with a sword 刀 in 8 八 pieces) If under the roof there are (further) heads, the part/division for the widow becomes too little. |
熔 |
to smelt, to fuse
Left: fire 火, right: appearance 容 (The houses 宀 in the valley 谷 are an appearance.) Fire causes the "appearance" of smelting. |
宛 |
just like, as if, winding
Top: Roof/house 宀, below: 夗 (evening 夕, slumped Person 㔾) At home, when I am slumped in the evening (e.g. on the television coach) it's always just the like. |
寥 |
empty, lonesome, very few
Top: roof 宀, bottom: sound of the wind 翏 (At feather 羽 or the beard 㐱 you feel the wind. [㐱 = person 人 with beard 彡 or warts/measles 彡]) If under the roof, the wind rustles, the building is empty. |
绽 |
to burst open, rend, open seam
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: to settle, to determine 定 (Under the roof 宀, everything is correct 正, if things are settled.) (When the tension becomes too big:) The thread determines when it will burst open. |
宋 |
the Song dynasty (960-1279)
Top: Roof 宀, below: tree 木 The Song Dynasty as the last of the 5 dynasties had roofs over the trees? |
狩 |
to hunt, to go hunting
Left: animal 犭, right: protect 守 (A roof 宀 or a skillful hand 寸 can guard) Animals can for the protection (of the environment) be hunted. |
皖 |
abbr. for Anhui 安徽 province
Left: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white), right: finished/complete: 完 (A roof 宀 needs an origin 元 (= groundwork, seating) to be finished and complete. [Origin: 元 =two 二 legs 儿] In white and finished: the Anhui province |
寇 |
bandit, foe, enemy, to invade, to plunder
Top: roof 宀, bottom: Yuan/money, origin 元, strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a stick 卜) He comes under your roof, wants your Yuan and strikes: the bandit. |
腕 |
wrist
Left: bodypart 月/肉, right: as if 宛 (When I at home 宀 in the evening 夕 slump 㔾 (e.g. on the TV-coach) it's always just similar.) The body part that (hurts), when I am in my home, at the evening (after work) and am slumped, is the: wrist. |
寨 |
stronghold, stockade, camp, village
From top: roof 宀, a well 井, table  , tree 木 For (protecting) our roofs and wells, we use tables and trees to (build) a: stronghold. |
寅 |
year of the tiger, 3-5 a.m.
Above: cover 宀, below: variant of yellow 黄 (Together 共 the fields 田 [in autumn] turn yellow.) Under the cover (of black stripes) it is somewhat yellow: The tiger. |
嚓 |
sound of breaking or snapping
Left: mouth 口, right: investigate 察 (When there is a cover 宀 over the sacrificial 祭 item on the alter 示, it is to be investigated.) [祭 = The body 月/肉 is put by hand  on the altar 示 as sacrifice] The mouth must be investigated if it makes cracking sounds. |
寐 |
to sleep, be asleep
Top: roof 宀, below: variant of fragment 爿 (here: as a bed 丬), not yet 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet") Under the roof there is a bed 爿/丬, but I am not yet read to: sleep. |
寰 |
large domain, extensive region
From top: roof 宀, net 网/罒, grief 哀 (about the big hole 口 in the clothing 衣) It still can cover, but the eye sees that the hole in the clothing already extends over a large domain. |
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