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陷 |
to trap, to capture (in battle), defect, submerge
Left: hill 阝, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pitfall 臼)
As if from a hill a person falls into a pitfall and is trapped and captured. |
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焰 |
flame
Left: fire 火, right: pitfall 臽 (a falling person ⺈ over a pitfall 臼, but here: flame ⺈ over a fireplace 臼)
The fire that comes flame-like from a fireplace is: the flame. |
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阱 |
hole, pitfall
Left: hill 阝, right: a well 井
At the hill is a 'well', that actually is a pitfall. |
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掐 |
to pick (flowers), to pinch, to clutch
Left: hand 扌, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pit trap 臼)
The hand acts like a "pitfall" when picking sth. or pinching. |
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馅 |
stuffing, filling, force-meat
Left: food 饣/食, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pit trap 臼 [= mortar])
The food that is pressed into a "pitfall", is the stuffing. |
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阎 |
gate to a lane / community
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pit trap 臼, but here: 臼 as a lane with houses on both sides E 彐)
Through this gate the person comes to the residential street: The entrance gate. |
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