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则 |
rule, standard, norm, principle
Left: money 贝/貝 (cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八 as shell-money), right: knife, to cut 刂 (here: to divide) Money [= the capital] and knives [= violence] determine the rules and standards. Or: The money 贝 is divided 刂 according to rules. |
厕 |
rest-room, toilet, lavatory
Left: cliff 厂, right: standard/rule 则 (Money 贝 is cut/split 刂 according to rules.) Behind the cliff you follows rules, when using the rest-room. |
测 |
to measure, to survey, observe, probe, conjecture, to monitor
Left: water 氵, right: standard, rule 则 (Money 贝 is cut/shared 刂 by rules.) (Distribution to different fields) For the water we have rules to measure and monitor it. |
侧 |
the side, lateral, inclined
Left: person 亻, right: standard/rule 则 (money 贝 is cut/split 刂 by rules) The person observing the rules (=referee) stands at the side (of the play ground). |
恻 |
sorrowful
Left: feelings 忄, right: standard/rule 则 (money 贝 is cut/split 刂 by rules) The feeling if my money is cut/divided is: sorrow. |
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