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列 |
row, to arrange, to line up, series
Left: evil, bad 歹 (image of a bare bone, vertebra), right: knife 刂
(i.e. backbone) The bones are lain bare by knife: arranged in a row. |
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例 |
example, precedent, rule, instance
Left: person 亻, right: row 列 (A [back-]bone 歹 is exposed with a knife刂 in a row.)
A person queuing in a line/row sets an example. |
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烈 |
burning fiercely, intense, ardent
Top: row 列 (wicked 歹 [bar bone] is exposed with a knife刂 in a row [i.e. backbone]), bottom: fire 灬
A row of fires burns fiercely. |
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裂 |
to tear, split, crack, to break open, to rend
Top: row 列 (wicked 歹 [= bar bone] is exposed with a knife刂 in a row [i.e. backbone]), bottom: clothing 衣
In a row (=direction of looming) clothes are teared. |
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咧 |
child's cry, draw back corners of mouth
Left: mouth 口, right: row 列 (wicked 歹 [bar bone] is exposed with a knife刂 in a row [i.e. backbone])
If the mouth is (long as) a row: it is crying. |
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