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水 |
water, liquid
(When used as radical: 氵 = Drops of water)
水 is similar to river 川. |
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求 |
ask for, to beg, seek, look for, request
Top: cover 亠 (here: one 一 and drop 丶), below: water 水
[I'm dying of thirst:] Just one drop of water, this is my: request! |
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冰 |
ice, to freeze
Left: ice, frozen 冫, right: water 水
Ice made from water is real ice. |
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永 |
forever, always, eternally, perpetual
Top: accent for emphasis 丶, below: var. of water 水
I emphasize: Water has been forever. |
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泉 |
spring (small stream) spring water, fountain
Top: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.), bottom: water 水
White water from the spring. |
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录 |
diary, record, to hit, to copy
Top: hand 彐, bottom: liquid 水 (Compare with: green 绿 where a hand  /彐 squeezes fiber 纟 and green liquid 水 drops down.) When the hand squeezes out a liquid this means: 'diary' or 'keeping records'. |
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承 |
to bear, responsibility, to take charge
Outside: water 水, middle: child 子, two 二
Two children in the water. Then you bear a responsibility. |
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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. |
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泰 |
safe, peaceful, most, grand, Thailand
From top: three 三, person 人, water 水
(It can be dangerous to be alone in the water, but:) Three persons in the water feel safe and peaceful. |
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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. |
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涵 |
to contain, to include, culvert
Left: water 氵, right: envelope 函 (container 凵, e.g. jug 乛, water 水)
Water is poured from a jug into the container, which then contains it. |
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蒸 |
to steam (cooking), sultry, to evaporate
From top: plant 艹, water 水 between two boundaries 二 (= a steaming pot), fire 灬
For (cooking the) plants is this water between the boundaries, when from below the fire heats: the steam. |
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拯 |
rescue, save, to raise, to aid, to support
Left: hand 扌, right: deputy, assist, rescue 丞 (The strokes at top 乛 and bottom 一 give for the water the channel of (freedom of action) that the deputy has.)
A hand takes you out of the water-channel when rescuing. |
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藤 |
tangle of vines, rattan, cane
Top: plant 艹, below: 滕 (body 月, security guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二), water 水
Plants that pull themselves up on bodies, like raised arms of a security guard and need water are: the climbing vines. |
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函 |
envelope, case, letter
Image of an envelope: 乛, 凵 and variant of water 水
The 'frame', closed with water, is an envelope. |
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腺 |
gland
Left: body part 月/肉, right: spring/fountain 泉 (... of white 白 water 水)
The body's "springs" are the glands. |
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尿 |
to urinate, urine
Left: buttock from the side 尸, below: water 水
The buttock's water is called urine. |
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丞 |
deputy, assist
Top: 氶, (乛, water 水), below: stroke 一
The strokes at top 乛 and bottom 一 give for the water the channel of (freedom of action) that the deputy has. |
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犀 |
rhinoceros, sharp
Outside: buttocks 尸, below: vari of water 水, cow 牛
The buttocks is in the water of this 'cow': the rhinoceros. |
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浆 |
broth, serum, starch paste
Top: bed 丬 at the evening 夕, bottom: water 水
Next to your bed, you start it at the evening with water, so that it becomes (overnight): a broth. |
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泵 |
pump
Top: stone 石, bottom: water 水
Out of the stones, the water comes with a pump. |
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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. |
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