墙 |
wall
Left: earth 土, right: stingy 啬 (Variant of squeeze in 夹 [to squeeze 夹 = A husband 夫 between two persons 丷 (= 2x 人; cf: 薔) is squeezed] and return/revolve 回) The earth is squeezing you in and revolving: at the wall. |
夹 |
squeezed in, wedged between, middle layer (to sandwich)
Husband 夫 and two persons 丷 (=人) on the sides, which squeeze in. (It was traditional 夾) The squeezed husband stands for being: squeezed in. (OR: He has squeezed sth. under his arms.) |
狭 |
narrow, narrow-minded, tight
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: squeezed in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed. cf. traditional form 狹) The animal is squeezed in because it is too narrow. |
侠 |
brave and chivalrous, hero, heroic
Left: person 亻, right: squeeze in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed, [traditional 俠] HERE: Husband with two kids on the arms) A person who has as husband two kids on the arms is brave and chivalrous. |
峡 |
gorge, ravine
Left: mountain 山, right: squeezed in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed.) [traditional: 峽] The mountain is squeezing in: at the gorges. |
诬 |
to accuse falsely, false evidence, trap
Left: word 讠/言, right: witch 巫 (She's doing the work 工 of two persons 从: This witch! - cf. squeeze 夹) The words of a witch are false accusations. OR: Words that squeeze-in 夹 are: false accusations. |
啬 |
stingy
Top: simplification of gold 金 or squeeze in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons (= 人) is squeezed.), bottom: return, revolve 回 When the 'gold/money' 金 is (steadily) revolved, this guy is stingy. |
巫 |
witch, wizard, shaman
Outside: two persons 从, inside: work 工 It seems, that she is doing the work of two persons: The witch. |
挟 |
to coerce, to clasp under the arm
Left: hand 扌 right: squeezed in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed; cf. 挾) A hand that is squeezed in, is "coercing". |
噬 |
to bite, to devour
Left: mouth 口, right: 筮 (bamboo 竹, witch 巫 [She's doing the work 工 of two persons 从], here: variant of: sqeeze in 夹) The mouth, in which bamboo is squeezed in: is biting. |
陕 |
abbr. for Shaanxi 陕西 province
Left: hill 阝, right: squeeze in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed) Between hills is is squeezed: Shaanxi (mausoleum with soldier figures of Qin Shi Huang) |
颊 |
cheeks
Left: squeeze in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed.), right: page, head 页 (=頁; head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一) They are squeezing in the head: the cheeks. |
蔷 |
wild rose
Top: plant 艹, below: stingy 啬 (here: squeeze in 夹 [A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=2x人; cf:薔) is squeezed] and rotate 回) (due to its thorns) The plant that squeezes-in if you rotate in it: is the wild rose. |
惬 |
cheerful, satisfied
Left: feeling 忄, right: embracement 匚 and squeeze in 夹 [A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed)] here: be included The feelings of being included in an embracement are: cheerful. |