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起 |
to get up, to rise, to start, to launch, to initiate (action)
Left: to walk/go 走 (On earth 土 feet 足 have to walk.), right: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.)
For walking you yourself need to get up. |
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已 |
already, to stop, then, afterwards
Winding thread
Following the winding thread, I found it already. |
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记 |
to record, report, to remember, mark, sign
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.)
The words themselves are recorded in the report. |
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己 |
self, oneself, sixth in order
Winding path
Following the winding path I find myself. |
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包 |
package, to cover, to wrap
Top: wrap 勹, below: snake 巳 (but her: self 己 [= Following the windings, I find myself])
Wrap it in, then it is itself: well packed. |
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导 |
leadership, to guide, transmit, conduct, to direct
Top: year of snake 巳 (here: self 己 = Following the windings, I find myself.), bottom: skillful hand 寸
You, yourself, must have a skillful hand for leadership. |
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改 |
to change, to alter, to transform, to correct
Left: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
You yourself, have to "strike" yourself to change. |
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纪 |
record, era, period, order, discipline
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.) (By knots in a thread you can record information like distances.)
The thread itself (by the knots) records periods. |
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配 |
to join, fit, mate, mix, complete
Left: wine mug 酉, right: self 己 (Following the windings, I find myself.)
The mug of wine itself fits and must join. |
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巴 |
to hope, long for, wish, to cling to, sth that sticks
Image of a slumped person 巴, that is hoping - Better: understand this as a doorknob
Behind the doorknob 巴 you may hope. |
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忌 |
to be jealous of, fear, dread, to avoid
Top: I/myself 己 (Following the windings, I find myself.), bottom: heart 心
My own heart is jealous. |
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港 |
harbor, port
Left: water 氵, right: 巷 (together 共, oneself 己) [共 = Put the plants 艹 on the table  together.] [己 = Following the winding path I find myself.] From the waters for reaching the "together" you yourself need to go to: the harbor. |
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异 |
different, other, unusual, separate
(simplified from: 異) Top: year of snake 巳 (here: self 己 = Following the winding path I find myself.), bottom: two hands 廾 (= twice this hand 屮 next to each-other and combined)
The "self" of my two hands is different. |
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巷 |
lane, alley
Top: together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together), bottom: self 己 (Following the windings, I find myself.) You can be together (with others) or you yourself (= alone): In a lane. |
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岂 |
how? (emphatic question)
Top: mountain 山, bottom: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.)
On the mountain? Myself? What? How? |
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熙 |
prosperous, splendid
Top: 巸 (minister 臣 [eye wide open], self 己), bottom: fire 灬
The minister himself must light the fire, to make it splendid. |
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祀 |
to sacrifice, to offer libation to
Left: to show, altar 礻/示, right: year of the snake 巳 (here: self 己)
When you are at the altar yourself, then for a sacrifice. |
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凯 |
triumphant, victorious, chi (Greek letter Χχ)
Left: how? 岂 (Up to the mountain 山? Myself 己? How??), right: table 几 (here: bonded 几 legs 儿)
Up the mountain I walk myself with bonded legs: I'm triumphant! |
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撰 |
to compose, to compile, write
Left: hand 扌, right: 巽 (self 己, together 共)
By hand things which were 'each themselves' (= words) are made into a: 'together' (= a composition), when: composing. |
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妃 |
imperial concubine
Left: woman 女, right: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.)
The woman herself is a concubine. |
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巳 |
year of the Snake, 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m.
Image of a winding snake |
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杞 |
boxthorn (Lycium chinense), willow
Left: tree 木, right: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.)
The tree itself is a boxthorn. |
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