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9th Chinese calendar sign
to hold a tool
a warrior with a a carrying pole |
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to appoint/assign
responsibility, duty
person [ren] + carrying pole/9th (ren)
which person should hold which toll? The appointed person should hold the assigned tool to fulfill its duty |
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long walk/stride
a long and narrow road to the king's tomb |
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court(yard)
stand on tiptoe [symbol/ting] + long walk (yin)
The 廴 radical implied a spatial extension (the reach of authority), while 壬 suggested bearing the weight of governance; together we get a physical space of a royal or governmental court |
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courtyard; yard
house/broad (guang) + royal court (ting)
a yard is a place like a court within a spatious house |
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to straighten up;
to stand straight;
very, quite
hand (shou) + royal court (ting)
those who dare to raise their hand in the court and stand straight in the front of the authority are very upright persons |
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