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是 |
correct, indeed, to be:am/is
Top: sun 日, bottom: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.) The sun looks correct: This is indeed correct! |
时 |
period, time, era, hour, season
Left: sun/day 日, right: skillful hand 寸 A day is divided by a skillful hand into: periods. |
想 |
to think, to believe, to suppose, to wish, to miss
Top: mutually 相 (At the tree 木 you watch 目 mutually.), below: heart 心 The mutual exchange with the heart are the thoughts. |
明 |
bright, clear, to understand
A combination of sun 日 and moon 月 Both sun and moon shine bright. |
影 |
shadow, reflection, movie, photograph
Left: panorama, view 景 (The sun 日 above the capital 京 [= stone lantern] is a panorma.), right: hair 彡 (When long hair are in front of the eyes:) The panorama appears through the hair like: in a shadow. |
星 |
star, planet
Top: sun 日, bottom: live 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  stands for life.) (Due to their movement in the night sky) Suns that live are the stars. |
喝 |
to drink, to shout loudly, My goodness!
Left: mouth 口, right: interrogation 曷 (= The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner  at the interrogation) His mouth wants (when the sun is over the wrapped person 人) something: to drink. |
昨 |
yesterday, past
Left: sun/day 日, right: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.) (At midnight:) The present day is "sawn" into yesterday. |
早 |
early, morning
Sunrise 旦 (sun 日 above the horizon 一) with marking: 丶 When the sun is at the marking 丶 at the horizon, it is early in the morning. |
日 |
day, sun, abbr. for Japan
Originally the image of a sun, drawn as a circle with an inner point, from which 日 was developed. |
晚 |
evening, night, late
Left: day/sun 日, right: avoid, escape 免 (An escaping rabbit 兔: long ears ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿, but without tail 丶) The day "escapes". It's getting evening. |
唱 |
sing, to call loudly, to chant
Left: mouth 口, right: prosperous, flourishing 昌 (Two suns 日 and it is flourishing.) A mouth as big as two suns makes a good singer. |
间 |
between, among, to separate
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: sun 日 The gate 門 has two wings (with a gap) and the sun shines between. |
晴 |
clear, fine (weather)
Left: day/sun 日, right: young, blue 青 (Growing plants  appear in the moonshine 月 blue and young.) Sunny and blue (sky) - It's sunny and the weather's cleared up. |
最 |
most, the most, extreme, -est
Top: sun 日, below: take/hold 取 (at the ear 耳 with the hand 又 to grasp) The sun takes/captures [with its shine] mostly the extreme. |
者 |
person, (used to refer to previous)
Top: old man 耂, below: sun 日 The old man in the sun shows that he is the one, ... |
阳 |
Sun, positive, sun, male principle, Yang of (Yin:阴/Yang:阳)
Left: hill 阝, right: sun 日 The hill is on its sunny side positiv, thus the: Yang (male) |
单 |
single, individual, only, bill, list
From top: coming out 丷 (here: rays or shine), sun 日, ten 十 It shines the sun in a group of ten (with nine planets, including Pluto) as the single one. |
旧 |
former, old, opposite, worn (with age)
Left: var. of one 丨, right: sun, day 日 One day formerly. |
春 |
spring (time), joyful, gay
From top: three 三, person 人, sun 日 Three persons sit in the sun: It is spring and we are joyful! |
婚 |
to marry, marriage, wedding, to take a wife
Left: woman 女, right: dusk/nightfall 昏 (The family 氏 sits in the sun 日 at dusk.) The woman comes into the family/clan 氏 at the day 日 of the marriage. |
易 |
easy, amiable, to change, to exchange
Top: sun 日, below: rays 勿 Sunshine makes it easy. |
景 |
scenery, bright, circumstance
Top: sun 日, below: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern) The sun above the capital is a nice scenery. |
温 |
warm, temperature
Left: water 氵, right: 昷 (sun 日 and a bowl/plate 皿) The water in the sunny bowl becomes warm. |
申 |
to explain, to extend, (monkey in animal calendar)
Sun/day日, lightning 丨 A flash of lightning in full daylight: What will that say to us? |
厚 |
thick, deep or profound, kind, generous
From top: cliff 厂, sun 日, child 子 (.. a child with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一) Under the cliff in the sun there is a child that is thick, but kind and generous. |
暂 |
temporary, for the time being, provisional
Top: chop 斩 (The vehicle 車 was chopped by an axe 斤.), below: sun/Tag 日 In the vehicle there was an axe for a day, so only temporarily. |
普 |
general, popular, everywhere, universal
Top: to line up 並 (originally 2 x stand 立立 [for row], then merged to 並), bottom: sun 日 Lining up in the sun is generally popular. |
暖 |
to warm, to heat
Left: sun 日, right: help 爰 (a hand reaching down 爫 gives a rope ノ [with two 二 knots], another hand 又 takes this help) The sun helps to warm up. |
暑 |
heat, hot weather, summer heat
Top: sun 日, bottom: person 者 (old man 耂 on the sun 日) The sun directly above the person - that's a heat! |
智 |
wisdom, knowledge, intelligence
At top: to know 知 (The arrow 矢 has a target 口, which it knows.), below: sun 日 Knowledge like a shining sun is true wisdom. |
显 |
visible, to illustrate, to display, conspicuous
Top: sun 日, bottom: business, occupation 业 (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak) When the sun is (directly) above the volcanic vent, it is visible there. |
旦 |
dawn, morning, day-break
Above: sun 日, below: horizontal line 一 for horizon [Sunset is: 莫] When the sun appears above the horizon it's dawn. |
映 |
reflect, shine
Left: sun 日, right: center 央 (The yoke 冂 on the shoulders of the big 大 man is centered). When the sun reaches the zenith [= center] everything is reflecting. |
湿 |
moist, wet
Left: water 氵, right: visible 显 (If the sun 日 is [directly] over a hollow volcanic vent 业, it is visible there) Water makes a sunny hole (=vent) wet. Or: Water is visible, when (i.e. the floor) is wet. |
昆 |
elder brother, descendant, insect
Top: sun 日, bottom: compare 比 (originally: image of insect with carapace 日 and legs 比) He appears like the sun in comparison (with the siblings): The elder brother. |
替 |
to replace, on behalf of, to substitute for
Top: 2 x husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.), bottom: sun 日 The two husbands 夫 are during sunshine 日 (=good times) exchangeable. |
宴 |
banquet, feast, repose
From top: roof 宀, sun 日, woman 女 Under the roof the sunny woman hosts a banquet. |
倡 |
to propose, instigate, initiate, promote, introduce
Left: person 亻, right: to flourish 昌 (Two suns 日 and it is flourishing.) According to this person, there should be two suns: that was the proposal! |
晕 |
dizzy, giddy, to faint, to swoon, to lose consciousness
Top: day, sun 日, bottom: army, military 军 (.. with camouflaged 冖 vehicles 车/車) (due to the heat) When the sun shines on your covered vehicle, you get dizzy in it. |
旬 |
ten days, ten years, full period
Wrap sth. 勹 and sun 日 When the sun is wrapped (by clouds), then often for a duration of 10 days. |
暗 |
obscure, gloomy, hidden, dark, secret, muddled
Left: sun 日, right: sound/noise 音 (Stand/Get up 立 into the day 日 with sounds [of the clock radio]) When the sun stands between two days, it is: dark and obscure. |
晒 |
to dry in the sun, to sunbathe
Left: sun 日, right: west 西 (sun 日 moves 儿 below the horizon 一 at sunset in the west) The sun in the west (= at the afternoon) is good for drying or a sunbath. |
踏 |
to tread on, to stamp, to press a pedal
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: many 沓 (water 水, sun 日 [here: sun 日 as 吕 = stones lying next to each other]) The foot can step into water or if there is a way of aligned stones to: tread on. |
晃 |
to dazzle, to shake, swing
Top: sun 日, bottom: light, ray 光 (Fire 火 on legs 儿 serves as light.) The sun has a shining light that is dazzling, like swinging around. |
昂 |
to lift, raise one's head, soaring, expensive
Top: sun 日, bottom: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right]) Looking at the sun, the bowed person has: raised. (Or: In sunshine 日 the one-legged 卬 rabbit 卯 will raise the head.) |
盟 |
oath, pledge, union, to ally, league
Top: bright/clear 明 (sun 日, moon 月), below: bowl/plate 皿 On a bright plate, it is presented: the oath of pledge. |
昏 |
twilight, dusk, lose consciousness, muddle-headed
Left: family 氏 (A distorted person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with "Plus +" as multiplier makes a family.), right: sun 日 The family is sitting in the sunshine at dusk. |
旺 |
flourishing, prosperous, roaring (fire)
Left: sun, day 日, right: king 王 During the day, the king looks so flourishing! |
暴 |
violence, sudden, cruel, to show or expose, to injure
From top: sun 日, together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table  together.), water 水 The sun together with water exposes the violence. |
晰 |
understanding
Left: sun 日, right: analysieren 析 (The tree 木 is divided with an axe 斤 for analysing.) In the (light of the) sun, the analysis is understandable. |
昌 |
prosperous, flourishing
Two suns 日 Two suns shine: all is prosperous and flourishing. |
晓 |
dawn, daybreak, to let sb know
Left: sun 日, right: Emperor Tang Yao 尧 (vari. of halberd 戈 and variant of table  ) When the sun proceeds with the shade of the halberd to the table, it is dawn. |
昧 |
conceal, dark, obscure
Left: sun/day 日, right: not yet 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet") The day is still immature: It is still concealed in the dark. |
昔 |
former times, the past
Top: 龷 (here: together 共 = Put the plants 艹 on the table  together.), bottom: sun 日 Together in the sun we think of the old days. |
晋 |
to move forward, to promote, to advance
Top: relatively weak 亚 (Put a plank 一 on the volcanic vent 业 because is relatively weak.), below: sun 日 (here: today) The plank shall be put on the volcanic vent within today, becase we want to move forward! |
堤 |
dike, dam, embankment
Left: earth 土, right: correct 是 (sun 日, variant of correct 正) The earth is correctly (used) for a dike. |
晨 |
morning, daybreak, daybreak
Top: sun 日, bottom: morning 辰 5th earth branch, 7-9 a.m. (=image of plowing 辰 (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农.) With the sun at the plow already at the early morning! |
旱 |
drought
Top: sun 日, bottom: dry 干 (laundry rack) If the sun is particularly drying, it is a drought. |
旨 |
order, purpose, imperial decree, aim
Top: sitting person 匕, bottom: sun 日 If sb. sits above the sun, he can issue orders and decrees. |
蕴 |
inner strength, contain/collect, accumulate, hold in store
Top: grass 艹, bottom: 缊 (thread 纟/糸, sun 日, bowl 皿) The grass has fibers/threads which, when viewed in light, are the bowl for inner strength. |
昼 |
daytime, daylight
Top: Length measurement Chǐ 尺 (Chinese foot = 30.3 cm), below: Sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 over the horizon 一) In Chǐ you measure when the sun is one foot above the horizon: then it is daytime. |
晤 |
meet (socially), to encounter sb.
Left: sun, day 日, right: I; my 吾 (here: simplification of speech, language 语) During the day to use 'language' means: to meet sb. |
旷 |
vast, neglect, desert, waste, wilderness
Left: sun 日, right: (empty) building 广 When the sun shines into an empty building, it appears as vast wilderness. |
晶 |
crystal
3 x sun 日 (Light refraction at its cut surfaces) It becomes like three suns at the: crystal. |
爆 |
to explode or burst, to quick fry or boil
Left: fire 火, right: expose/violence 暴 (sun 日 [here: frying pan, skillet], variation of together 共, water 水) Fire leads in the frying pan together with water to an explosion. |
瀑 |
waterfall, shower (rain)
Left: water 氵, right: violence, expose 暴 (The sun 日 together 共 with water 水 exposes the violence.) Water and the sun (fall) together into the water and form: the waterfall. |
捍 |
ward off (a blow)
Left: hand 扌, right: drought 旱 (The sun 日 has dried 干.) By hand the drought is warded off. |
曝 |
to air, to sun, (to expose to air or sun)
Left: sun 日, right: violence, expose 暴 (The sun 日 together 共 with water 水 exposes the violence.) (If you spread it out, it dries better:) In the sun it is exposed for: airing or sun(-bathing). |
鲁 |
stupid, clumsy, rude, crass
Top: fish 鱼/魚 (.. with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), bottom: sun 日 Putting the fish in the sun is stupid and clumsy. |
蹋 |
step on, trample, to waste, wreck
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: Variant of: collapse 塌 (You will come back to earth 土, when you want (to reach) the sun 日 with your flight 羽, whereat you collapse. [HERE: with foot 足 instead of earth 土] The foot will on something collapsed: trample on. |
暧 |
(of daylight) dim, obscure, clandestine, dubious
Left: sun 日, right: love 爱 (When I reach down 爫 through a cover 冖 to my friend 友 [two shaking hands  , 又], then because of love.) The sun is what I'd love, if it is dim and obscure. |
暄 |
pleasant, genius and warm
Left: sun 日, right: announce 宣 (At the roof 宀 [= highest point] with a first sun ray 一 the sunrise 旦 is announced.) When the sun announces, it becomes pleasant and warm. |
晾 |
to dry in the air
Left: sun 日, right: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern) In the sun at the stone lantern, we let it dry. |
曼 |
beautiful, handsome, extended
Top: sun 日, eye 罒, hand 又 (here: eyelashes) When the sun shines on her eye with the extended eyelashes, she is beautiful & handsome. |
昭 |
bright, manifest, luminous, clear
Left: sun 日, right: to call together 召 (... with the sword 刀 and the mouth 口) The sun is calling: It is becoming bright and luminous! |
冥 |
dark, deep, stupid, the underworld
From top: cover 冖, sun/day 日, six 六 (The class of sunglasses?) A cover that makes the sun-light sixfold darker. |
暇 |
leisure
Left: day 日, center: var. of door 戸 (with stairs 二), right: tool コ/工, hand 又 The days when I repair doors and stairs with a tool in my hand are my leisure time. |
暮 |
evening, sunset, one's old age
Top: negative 莫 (sink, go down: The sun 日 is setting between plants 艹, 艹= 大), bottom: sun 日 At this sinking sun, the sun stands for: evening. |
鳍 |
fin
Left: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: person above 60 years 耆 (老 [Old man 耂, sitting person 匕], sun 日)[old man 耂 & order, purpose 旨] At the fish they give like an old man 耂 (with the fingers 指), the orders 旨: the fins. |
晌 |
midday, noon, part of the day, moment
Left: sun 日, right: in direction to 向 (At the house 冂 the window 口 is in: this ノ direction.) The sun moves in the direction towards: midday. |
旭 |
dawn, rising sun
Left: nine 九, right: sun 日 The upward direction ナ over the horizon 一 with a sun ray 乚 stands for: rising sun. |
嗜 |
addicted to, fond of, preference, (word's end ...-phil)
Left: mouth 口, right: old man 耆 (old, experienced 老 [old man 耂, sitting person 匕], sun 日) (He likes eating?) By the mouth has the old man his preferences: his addiction. |
榻 |
low bed, couch
Left: tree 木, right: sun 日 (here: pillow) and wings/feathers 羽 (here: feather bed or comforter) Made of wood, with a pillow, and a feather-bed (duvet): a bed or couch. |
悍 |
fierce, violent, heroic, courageous, intrepid, dauntless
Left: feelings 忄, right: drought 旱 (the sun 日 has dried 干) (The plants are withered) The feelings at this drought are fierce. |
晦 |
dark, night, unlucky
Left: sun 日, right: every 每 (every person 人 =  has a mother 母) (You get suntanned face color.) In the sun, everybody gets dark. |
瘟 |
infection, epidemic, plague, pestilence
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: 昷 (variant of warm 温 = The water 氵 on a sunny 日 plate 皿 becomes warm.) (You get fever:) The disease of heat is: an infection. |
曳 |
drag, pull, to tow
(Due to the weight, the person 人 is deformed) A person 人 with a heavy load 日 on the shoulders who is dragging or pulling. |
曙 |
daybreak, dawn, the dawn of a new epoch (metaphor)
Left: sun 日, right: government office 署 (These eyes 罒 are above the persons 者, namely: the government office) [see the similarity to: heat 暑] When the sun 日 is still flat without heat 暑 (this sun 日 is 90°-rotated 罒 over a person 者), we are in the dawn.# |
撮 |
to bring together, to shovel a heap, to gather
Left: hand 扌, right: most, extremely 最 (The sun 日 takes/captures 取 [with its shine] mostly the extreme. [to take 取 = at the ear 耳 by hand 又] The hand captures sth. extreme, when bringing things together. |
堰 |
dam, embankment, dike, bank, weir
Left: earth 土, right: 匽 (frame 匚, sun 日 (here: simplified field 田), woman 女) The earth that (protects) as a frame the (simplified) fields and the women is: a dam. |
晖 |
sunshine, to shine upon
Left: sun 日, right: army, military 军 (.. with covered 冖 camouflaged vehicles 车/車) A sun with 'military power' has the: sunshine. |
憬 |
to long for, yearn for, awaken
Left: feelings 忄, right: scenery, view 景 (... with the sun 日 over the capital 京) Feelings at this view: yearning and longing. |
曦 |
aurora, first light of a day
Left: sun 日, right: emperor Fuxi / Fu Hsi 羲 (With sheep 羊, rice plants 禾, seeweed 丂 and halbards 戈 was: Fuxi) The sun of Fu Hsi is the first light of the day. |
耆 |
man of sixty or seventy
Top: old, experienced 老 (old man 耂 as a sitting person 匕), bottom: sun 日 Image of an old man sitting in the sun (.. who gives instructions 旨 with the finger 指.) |
沓 |
many, again and again, pile (i.e. of papers)
Top: water 水, bottom: day, sun 日 (Flowing) water and days come again and again. |
晏 |
quiet, peace, late
Top: sun 日, below: peaceful 安 (A woman 女 in the house 宀 makes it peaceful.) The sun over the 'peaceful' emphasizes: quietness. |
昊 |
vast and limitless, the vast sky
Top: sun 日, bottom: sky, heaven 天 The sun and the heaven are: vast and limitless. |
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