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我 |
I, me, my
Left: hand 手/扌, right: halberd 戈 In my hand a halberd, and I am myself. |
找 |
to find/seek sb. for a job, to look for, to call on sb
Left: hand 扌, right: halberd 戈: I want to find someone (= a hand with a halberd) for this job. |
或 |
maybe, perhaps, possibly
Halberd 戈 and mouth 口 (cf. salty 咸) Can you hit the mouth with the one halberd? Maybe! |
成 |
to achieve, succeed, to accomplish
Left: part of direction, square 方, right: a halberd 戈 In the direction of the halberd we will achieve it. |
越 |
to climb over, to exceed, to surpass
Left: to go, walk 走 (On earth 土 feet 足 have to walk.), right: var. of halberd 戈 (As a support or walking aid:) When walking use your halberd to climb over it. |
戏 |
a play, drama, opera, trick
Left: again 又 (image of a hand), right: halberd 戈 Again and again the hand at the halberd in a play. |
划 |
to scratch a surface, to row/paddle, to plan
Left: halberd 戈, right: knife, to cut 刂 A halberd is for cutting, but also for scratching, paddling or planning. |
戴 |
to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc), to bear, support
Top/right: var. of halberd 戈, below: extraordinary, strange 異 (field 田 [here: place holder for piece of clothing], bottom: together 共) [異 is often simplified to: 异] Ten pieces of clothings 田 together with a halberd was, what he put on. |
线 |
line, thread, string, wire
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈, here: draw one 一 line with a halberd) Like one thread and drawn with a halberd is this one: line. |
戚 |
relatives, grief, sorrow
Outside: halberd 戈, below: pepper plant 尗 When halberds are raging in the pepper fields the relatives are grieving. |
域 |
region, zone, area, field, domain (taxonomy)
Left: earth 土, right: maybe 或 (halberd 戈, below: outline 口 of a field with marked border line 一) Earth and fields are divided 一 by halberds into regions and zones. |
裁 |
to cut out (as a dress), trim, reduce, decision, judgment
Top: ten 十, halberd 戈, bottom: clothing 衤/衣 For ten layers of clothes we use a halberd to cut it out. |
战 |
to fight, war, battle
Left: divine/fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told), right: halberd 戈 After the divination, the halberd was taken: to fight. |
藏 |
to hide away, to conceal, to harbor, depository
Top: plant 艹, below: 臧 (fragment 爿, official 臣, halberd 戈) The plant is the fragment that the official with the halberd is hiding away. |
威 |
authority, power, prestige
Outside: var. of halberd 戈, below: woman 女 A woman with a halberd gets authority. |
戒 |
warning, guard against, to exhort, to admonish
Left: two hands 廾 (= twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined), right: halberd 戈 Two hands are holding up a halberd to warn and admonish. |
载 |
to convey, to load, written record, year
A plus + for 'more', a halberd 戈 and a vehicle 车/車 To have more halberds loaded onto the vehicle results in a good convey of the load. |
浅 |
shallow (water), light (color)
Left: water 氵, right: two 二 and halberd 戈 Water covering only two halberds is too shallow. |
伐 |
to cut down, to fell, attack, boast
Left: person 亻/人, right: halberd 戈 The person used the halberd for cutting down (felling). |
残 |
to destroy, to ruin, cruel, incomplete, to remain
Left: bad, wicked 歹[= bare bone], right: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈) Only bones and two halberds remained: at the destruction. |
贼 |
thief, traitor, wily, deceitful, evil
Left: money 贝/貝, right: military 戎 (Ten 十 halberds 戈 for the military.) Whoever takes money by force (=military-like) is a thief. |
截 |
a section, to cut off (a length)
Top: ten 十 and halberd 戈, below: bird 隹 For the ten birds use the halberd for cutting them in sections. |
惑 |
confuse, to be puzzled
Top: maybe 或 (halberd 戈, circumference 口 of a field with a mark 一 for boundary), below: heart 心 Limited [= limit 一 and field 口] by halberds, the heart feels confused. |
茂 |
luxuriant, luxuriant nature, voluptuous
Top: plant 艹, below: 戊 (halberd 戈 with additions) Plants are cut/mowed with halberds for a luxuriant nature. |
栽 |
to plant, to grow, to insert
Left: ten 十, tree 木 (cf. abundant 丰), right: halberd 戈 Using a halberd (i.e. used as a plow) ten trees were planted. |
械 |
machine, appliance, tool, gear, mechanical
Left: tree 木, right: admonish/warning 戒 (two hands 廾 holding a halberd 戈 to admonish) If you use wood and your hands to make a halberd, you need: a machine. |
蔑 |
belittle, ignore, nothing
From top: grass/plant 艹, eye 罒, garrison 戍 (= The persons 人 at the halberds 戈) If they have grass in their eyes, the garrison will neglect/ignore you. |
绒 |
woolen, velvet, silk
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: military 戎 (ten 十 halberds 戈 for the military) The threads (= uniforms) at the military are woolen. |
诫 |
commandment, to admonish, prohibit
Left: word 讠/言, right: to warn 戒 (Two hands 廾 are holding a halberd 戈 to warn) [hands 廾 = twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined] Words to warn as a commandment. |
阀 |
clique, faction, valve (loanword)
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: to cut down, fell 伐 (A person 亻with a halberd 戈 is cutting down.) It's like a gate with a guarding person (person with a halberd): the valve. |
戈 |
halberd, spear combined with axe
Image of a halberd |
哉 |
(exclamatory or interrogative particle)
Left: old 古 (originally a skull, but better as image of a tomb stone), right: halberd 戈 "An old halberd!", was what he exclaimed. |
盏 |
a small cup, classifier for lamps
Top: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈), below: bowl 皿 The (diameter) of two halberds has this 'bowl': a small cup. |
嘎 |
cackling sound, creak, crunch
Left: Mouth 口, right: 戛 (Vari. of: head, shoulder 頁 [= head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一], halbard 戈) The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when cutting off a head with a halberd is a: cackling. |
戳 |
to jab, to poke, to stab, to blunt, to fuck (vulgar)
Left: feather of pheasant 翟 (feather 羽 and bird 隹), right: halberd 戈 With a (pointed) feather of a bird or a halberd, you can jab or poke. |
戎 |
military, army (matters)
Left: ten 十, right: halberd 戈 (cf. garrison 戍 = the persons 人 at the halberd 戈) Ten halberds for the military. |
戮 |
to kill
Left: sound of the wind 翏 (At feather 羽 or the beard 㐱 you feel the wind. [㐱 = person 人 with beard 彡]), right: halberd 戈 Soundless like the wind is the halberd, when: killing! |
贱 |
inexpensive, low, lowly
Left: money 贝/貝, right: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈) If you only have money for two halberds, you live inexpensive and are low. |
戊 |
fifth of 10 heavenly stems, fifth in order, penta
Variation of halberd 戈 with 5 spikes for five |
戟 |
halberd, a lance with two points
Left: sunrise (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹) [sunset is: 莫], right: halberd 戈 Double-sided 十 sharp around the center 日 is this: halberd. |
笺 |
comment, letter, note, note-paper
Top: bamboo 竹, below: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈) Made of bamboo and cut with a halberd into two (note-) papers for the comments. |
戍 |
garrison, to protect
Mainly: halberd 戈, and left: person 人 The persons with the halberds form the garrison. |
筏 |
raft (of logs)
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: to cut down, fell 伐 (The person 亻with the halberd 戈 is cutting down.) The bamboo should be cut down to make a: raft. |
戌 |
11th earthly branch, year of the Dog
Left: variation of person 人, right: halberd 戈 The weird person with a halberd needs a dog. |
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