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king
compared to a scholar, king's ax is mightier
Three Horizontals (三) represent Heaven, Humanity, and Earth; with the vertical stroke (I) the king unites all three realms as a mediator. |
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country, state, nation
enclose [wei] + king (wang) + people [symbol]
a boundary, a king and his jade-precious people are three components of a country |
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bottle up;
pin down, imprison
a tree or person within a frame |
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four, 4
enclose (wei) + person (ren)
a person surrounded from all four directions |
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circle
in the Arena one goes in circles many times before the end of the race |
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stingy
double+ soil + [symbol 'plus'] + storage (symbol)
a stingy person puts money in a vault inside a vault buried under double layer of soil |
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wall
soil (tu) + stingy (se)
walls of soil are build by stingy people |
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