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五 |
five, 5
Three horizontal lines and two vertical lines make a total of five. |
语 |
language, dialect, speech
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: I, my 吾 (five 五 and mouth 口) Words, as if from five mouths, are the (different) languages. |
羞 |
ashamed, shy, bashful, delicacies
Left: var. of sheep 羊 (with bent leg ノ), right: ugly 丑 (var. of five 五) For the sheep with five curved legs you should feel ashamed. |
伍 |
squad of five soldiers, associated
Left: person 亻, right: five 五 Persons as 'five' are a military squad. |
悟 |
enlightment, consciousness, awareness, to comprehend
Left: feeling 忄, right: I, me 吾 (Here: Five 五 mouths 口 are standing for the five paths of buddhistic enlightment.) The (right) feeling and five mouths/paths mean enlightment. |
吾 |
I, my
Top: five 五, bottom: mouth 口 Five times my mouth emphasized myself. |
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