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房 |
room, house
Top: door 戸 (sliding door with upper rail), bottom: direction/square 方 Behind the door is a square: A room! |
游 |
to travel, to swim, to tour, to roam, to walk
left: water 氵, right: variation of travel 旅 (direction 方, banner/flag  and child 子) To the water 氵 leads the trip 旅, with a child 子 [instead of clothes 衣], because is it a travel for swimming. |
旅 |
journey, travel, trip
Left: square/direction 方, right: originally two persons 人 assembling under a banner  ; better: as a var. for clothes 衣 At the side of the banner are the clothes for: the journey. |
旁 |
one side, beside, other, the right-hand side of Chinese character
Top: modification of emperor 帝 (He stands 立 and is covered 冖 with cloth 巾.), below: direction/square 方 This "imperial" side/direction ís in composed characters often at the right-hand side. (and thus typically determines the pronunciation) |
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. |
方 |
direction, square, upright, side
Top: cover, shield 亠, below: sword 刀 The cover covers the sword to all directions or in a square. |
放 |
to release, to free, to let go, to let out
Left: direction/square 方, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜) Strike in this direction such that he shall release. |
族 |
clan, race, nationality, ethnicity
Left: direction/square 方, right: horizontal person  , arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天) It moves in one direction and has lying persons and persons moving as fast as an arrow: the clan. |
邀 |
to invite, to request, to intercept, to solicit or seek
Left: movement 辶, right: 敫 (white 白, release, let loose 放 (In his side 方 he was striked 攵, until he released) cf.敫 The movement with which I hold the white stick in my hand in a direction, is an invitation. |
仿 |
to imitate, to copy, mimic, seemingly
Left: person 亻, right: direction, square 方 A person who (follows) in a direction is: imitating someone. |
防 |
to protect, to defend, guard, dam, dike
Left: hill 阝, right: direction/square 方 The hill that is in one direction: The dam (dike), that protects you. |
施 |
implement a measure, to grant, to bestow, to carry out
Left: direction/side 方, right: horizontal person  , winding creature 也 (scorpion or snake) Beside the lying person is a winding creature: We need to implement a measure. |
访 |
to visit, to call on, to seek, to investigate
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: direction, square 方 Words in your direction shall: "visit" you. |
妨 |
obstruction, hinder, harm
Left: woman 女, right: direction/square 方 A woman at my side would be obstructing??? |
膀 |
shoulder, upper arm, swollen, urinary bladder
Left: body part 月/肉, right: one side, beside 旁 ([The servants] are in one direction 方 (side) of the emperor 帝: at his side.) The part of the body that is at the body's side is: the shoulder. |
傍 |
near, approaching, to depend on
Left: person 人, right: one side, beside 旁 ([The servants] are in one direction 方 (side) of the emperor 帝 [modified]: at his side.) The person approaching the emperor's side is near to him. |
盛 |
flourishing, to contain, vigorous, prosperous
Top: achieve, become, make 成 (in direction 方 of halberd 戈 we will achieve it.), below: bowl 皿 Fill up the bowls and it will be flourishing. |
愣 |
unexpectedly, to stare blankly, distracted, rashly
Left: feelings 忄, right: net 罒, direction 方 The feeling, that the net works in one direction, was unexpected. |
纺 |
to spin (cotton or hemp etc)
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: direction/square 方 (here: spool) Bring the thread in one direction, when: spinning. |
旋 |
to revolve, a loop, a circle, whirl, return
Left: side, direction 方, right: horizontal person  , var. of correct 正. (When sleeping, one must occasionally turn to the other side to avoid pressure & bed sores & circulation problems.) The side of the lying person is fine/correct, but he must turn. |
敷 |
to lay out, to apply (powder, ointment), to spread, enough
Left: just now 甫 (A hand  for holding an item 丶 is what I need 用 just now), rest: let go/release 放 (In his side 方 he was striked 攵/攴, until he released) When a hand is used/needed 用 for "releasing" sth., this means: to lay out sth. |
旗 |
banner, flag
Left: direction 方, right: a lying person  [here: banner], below a grain swing/shovel 其 that was used to separate the grain from the husk In one direction blows the banner at the end of the grain swing: This is a flag. |
肪 |
animal fat
Left: body part 月/肉, right: direction, side, square 方 The body is on its sides: fat. |
芳 |
fragrant
Top: plant 艹, below: direction, square 方 (Fragrance spread by the wind) When plants act in one direction, they are fragrant. |
璇 |
beautiful jade, star
Left: king, jade 王, right: revolve 旋 (The side 方 of the lying person  is okay 正, but he has to be turned [because of bed sores?]) The royal jade is revolved (= round at all sides) as: beautiful jade. |
簇 |
bunch, crowded, gathered, gather foliage
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: clan, nationality 族 (It moves in one direction 方 and has lying  people or moving as fast as an arrow 矢: the clan) The bamboo forms a 'clan', when gathered as a bunch. |
坊 |
lane (often in a street name), neighborhood, workshop
Left: earth/ground 土, right: direction/square 方 It's only made of earth and leads in one direction: The lane |
楞 |
corner, edge, square beam
Left: tree 木, right: drag net/eye 罒, direction, square 方 Made of wood and you can arrange three 罒 in a direction: the cornered square beams. |
彷 |
irresolute, seemingly
Left: go 彳, right: direction, square 方 Going in (different) directions is: irresolute. |
敖 |
to ramble, to rove
Left: growing plant  , direction 方, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜) (against grow wildly) The growing plant needs as direction a stick in a hand, so that it does not "rambling". |
赘 |
superfluous, redundant, cumbersome
Top: to ramble 敖 (The growing plant  would grow in all directions 方 and needs the 攵 [= stick 卜 in a hand 又] against rambling.), bottom: money 贝/貝 Rampling money is superfluous. |
淤 |
river sludge, to silt up
Left: water 氵, right: 'particle for relation': in, at 於 (direction 方, person 人 two 二 footsteps) Where did next to the water, in one direction a person leave two footprints? - In the sludge! |
漩 |
eddy
Left: water 氵, right: turn, revolve 旋 (The side 方 of the lying person  is okay 正, but he has to be turned [because of bed sores?]) Water, that revolves is an eddy. |
於 |
'particle for relation': in, at, to, from
Left: direction, square 方, right: person 人 and two strokes 二) Directed to persons, where two are: in a relation. |
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