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菜 |
vegetable
Top: plant 艹, below: to pluck 采 (A hand 爫 plucks from above at a tree 木.) Plants you can pluck from above from a 'tree', are the vegetables. |
彩 |
colorful, colored, tint
Left: to pluck 采 (hand 爫 plucks from above into a tree 木), right: hair 彡 (here: tree flowers) You pluck (i.e. on a meadow) those three flowers, which are colorful. |
采 |
to pluck, to pick, to collect, select
Top: hand reaching down 爫, bottom: tree 木 A hand reaching downwards into a tree for plucking sth. |
踩 |
to step on, to tread, to stamp, to press a pedal
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: to pluck 采 (hand 爫 plucks from above into a tree 木) The "plucking with the foot" means to: tread on it. |
睬 |
take notice of, pay attention, heed
Left: eye 目, right: to pluck 采 (A hand plucks from above 爫 into a tree 木.) The eye "plucks", when: taking notice of sth. |
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