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率 |
rate, ratio, frequency, to lead, usually
From top: rotary disc 亠, thread 糸 (cf. mysterious 玄), four small items 冫, rotary disc 亠
Two rotary turn threads 玄 into smaller items 冫in a certain ratio. |
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滋 |
to nourish, grow, increase, to suscite, taste
Left: water 氵, right: now, here 兹 (2x mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious)
Water is doubly mysterious: It nourishes and lets things grow. |
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慈 |
compassionate, gentle, kind, humane
Top: now/here 兹 (2x mysterious 玄 [turning disc 亠, var. of thread 糸] or variation of magnet 磁 [= the mysterious stone]), below: heart 心
Like a magnet is his heart: so compassionate. |
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蓄 |
to store up, to grow (eg. a beard)
Top: plant 艹, bottom: livestock, breeding 畜 (The mysterious 玄 field 田 is used to raise livestock [because it is not sufficiently fertile for grain crops]) [mysterious = 玄 = thread 玄 at which a mysterious magnet 磁 hangs]
Plants for raising livestock have to be grown & stored. |
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畜 |
livestock, domestic animal, to raise (animals)
Top: mysterious, occult 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious), bottom: field 田
(It is not suffciently fertile for grain-crops:) The mysterious field is used for livestock. |
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弦 |
chord, string (of bow / musical instrument), hypotenuse
Left: bow 弓, right: mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious)
(As it withstood high forces, the bowstring was high-tech) The bow has a mysterious string. |
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炫 |
to boast, to show off, to dazzle
Left: fire 火, right: mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious.)
Like a fire that is mysterious is: sb. who is boasting. |
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眩 |
dazzling, brilliant, dazzled, dizzy
Left: eye 目, right: mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious)
In the eyes it is mysterious: It is dazzling. |
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兹 |
now, here, this, time
(2x mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious)
Like a magnet without a stone, such mysterious is: this now and here. |
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玄 |
mysterious, black
Part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious (cf. threads 纟/糸)
The thread hanging from a bracket is mysterious. |
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舷 |
side of a ship or an aircraft
Left: boat 舟, right: mysterious, occult 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious.)
The ship has mysterious sides. |
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搐 |
cramp, spasm, convulsion, twitch
Left: hand 扌, right: mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious) and field 田
When the hand contracts mysteriously to a fist 田, it is: a cramp. |
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