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country
enclose (wei) + king (wang) + people (',' symbol)
a king, people, and a boundary makes a nation |
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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
a body of water whiling in circles in the same place;
this character came to mean 'number of times an action takes place' |
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stingy
double lid + [symbol 'plus'] + storage (symbol)
a stingy owner puts his grains in a storage room with double doors
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wall
soil (tu) + stingy (se)
a stingy man guards his storage room by building a wall with soil |
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