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蔽 |
to cover, to shield, to conceal, to screen
Top: grass/plant 艹, bottom: shabby, (humble) I 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.)
On the lawn, four bits of cloth are (spread) with the stick in the hand: As a cover. |
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弊 |
harm, defeat, detriment, fraud
Top: shabby, (modest) I, myself 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), below: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 next to each-other and combined)
The four shabby pieces of cloth were striked by two hands and (now) are harmed. |
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撇 |
to throw away, to discard, to fling aside
Left: hand 扌, right: shabby, (humble) I 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.)
In the hand is the shabby, which is thrown away. |
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憋 |
to restrain, to choke, to stifle, to hold (breath/urine)
Top: shabby, (humble: I) 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), bottom: heart 心
My humble/ shabby heart restrains itself. |
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瞥 |
blink, glance, to appear in a flash
Top: shabby, (humble) I 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), bottom: eye 目
It is shabby if your eyes only blink for an instance. |
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敝 |
shabby, poor, worn out, (humble) I, my
Left: variation of thorn 策, right: hit, strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
The cloth is hit/smashed into four pieces and then as shabby as I am. |
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鳖 |
freshwater soft-shelled turtle
Top: shabby, (humble) I 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), bottom: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬)
This shabby "fish" is a: turtle. |
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