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矮 |
low, short (in length)
Left: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: entrust 委 (Rice plants 禾 can women 女 be entrusted.)
(A flat trajectory for a more accurate shot:) The arrow can be trusted when it (= the trajectory) is low. |
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委 |
to entrust, to accumulate, committee member
Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: woman 女
Rice plants can women be entrusted. |
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萎 |
wither, spiritless
Top: plant 艹, bottom: to entrust 委 (Rice plants 禾 can women 女 be entrusted.)
The plants I entrusted you, are (all) withered. |
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魏 |
'Wei' (one of the Warring States)
Left: entrust 委 (Rice plants 禾 can women 女 be entrusted.), right: devil 鬼
For the rice plants, the women quarreled like devils in the state: 'Wei' during the warring states. |
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巍 |
lofty, towering
Top: mountain 山, bottom: Wei-Dynasty 魏 (entrust 委 [Rice plants 禾 can women 女 be entrusted], devil 鬼)
The mountains in the Wei-dynasty were lofty. |
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倭 |
Japanese (old derogatory term), dwarf
Left: person 亻, right: entrust 委 (Rice plant 禾 can women 女 be entrusted.)
(especially trustworthy) A person who can be entrusted is the: Japanese. |
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