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鼓 |
drum, to rouse, to beat, convex
Left: 壴 (twig 十 over bean 豆 [here: image of a drum 豆 on a stand]), right: twig, support 支 (With a twig 十 in the hand 又, I am supporting) With a twig over the drums and another in the hand, he beats the drums. |
技 |
skill, talent, ability
Left: hand 扌, right: branch 支 (branch/twig 十 and hand 又) A hand that balances a branch on the hand is skilled. |
支 |
branch, twig, support, to sustain, to erect
Top: twig/branch 十, below: hand 又 The twig in my hand is a twig, which I use as a support. |
翅 |
wing, shark's fin
Left: twig, support 支 (With a twig 十 in the hand 又, I am supporting.), right: wing 羽 The twig-like wing stands for: wings or fins. |
枝 |
branch, sticks, rods, pencils
Left: tree 木, right: support/branch 支 (hand 又, holding a twig 十.) A tree with a branch as a symbol for branch or long item. |
歧 |
divergent, side road
Left: to stop 止 (footprint of a right foot that stops at a line 一), right: branch, twig 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十) I stopped at the branch (of the way), because it is divergent. |
肢 |
limb
Left: body part 月/肉, right: twig / branch 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十) The body's "branches" are the limbs. |
妓 |
prostitute
Left: woman 女, right: support, twig 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十) The woman shows with a twig, that she is a prostitute. |
吱 |
(of mice) to squeak, (of small birds) to chirp /peep
Left: mouth 口, right: twig, support 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十) The sound (= "what comes out of the mouth") of twigs in a hand is like: a squeak |
伎 |
trick, scheme, skill, tactic, craft
Left: person 人, right: twig 支 (twig 十 and hand 又) The person (balancing) a twig in the hand shows a skillful trick. |
岐 |
divergent, side road, steep
Left: mountain 山, right: twig, support 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十) In the mountains is a 'twig' like a branching = divergent side road. |
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