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hand
ancient records show this is the same character as 34 (you) |
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contend (boriti se, tvrditi),
to strive; dispute,
fight, struggle
person [ren] + hand [ji] + hook [jue]
a high-person is holding a hooked scepter which another is contending and trying to take away also by hand |
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clean
ice [bing] + contend (zheng)
one contends the ice, as a source for a clean water |
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quiet, calm, still
blue/green (qing) + contend/dispute (zheng)
the dispute over the left character (青) - whether it represents green or blue color - should be resolved in a calm and quite manner |
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matter, affair
farming tools [symbol] + hand [ji]
a minor official is trying to resolve the dispute with the other hand over the matter of his missing hand
The Affair of the missing hand |
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to reach; and;
in time for
person [ren] + hand/again (you)
a hand extends to reach the back of a person and tries to prevent him to run away again |
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urgent, anxious, hurried, quickly
person [ren] + hand/again (you) + heart (xin)
an anxious man must hold his heart in his hand |
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level, grade, rank
silk/thread [si] + reach/and (ji)
a character made to record which level or grade a bundle of thread had reached (high, low, or average) |
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extreme
tree (mu) + reach/and (ji)
to reach the very top of a high tree one must go to the extreme |
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