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history; record
writing facts - which become history - by holding a brush in hand |
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official
decoration [symbol] + brush in hand/history (shi)
a high-ranking official with a special brush in his hand |
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make, cause, use
person (ren) + official (li)
a high-official can use his subordinate to do his bids |
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more
strike (pu) + say (yue)
the tower strikes a bell to announce the time to pray for more blessings |
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convenient
person (ren) + sound of the bell/more (geng) |
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hand
ancient records show this is the same character as 34 (you) |
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contend
person [ren] + hand [ji] + hook [jue]
a high-person is holding a scepter which another is contending and trying to take away by hand
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clean
ice [bing] + contend (zheng)
fisherman contends the ice to make a clean hole
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quiet, still, calm
blue (qing) + contend (zheng)
figuratively, a storm is the heavens in fight; after it passes, the sky becomes blue and calm |
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affair
farming tools [symbol] + hand [ji]
a common affair is to see farming tools in hands |
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reach; and
person [ren] + hand/again (you)
a person reaches with his hand his nose again and again |
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impatient
person [ren] + hand/again (you) + heart (xin)
a person is impatient in his heart to grab a living heart with his hands |
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grade
thread [si] + reach (ji)
a character made to record which grade a bundle of thread had reached (high, low, or average) |
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extreme
tree (mu) + reach (ji)
to reach the very top of a high tree one must go to the extreme |
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pen; brush
a hand holding a brush, like a fountain pen |
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law
walk [chi] + writing brush/pen (yu)
a walking law is a layer with a pen |
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build
writing brush/pen (yu) + long walk [yin]
building a long and winding walking road with help of a sketch made by a pen |
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healthy
person [ren] + build (jian)
to build a healthy person |
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rule
a hand with a pen rules the society
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monarch, ruler
rule (yin) + mouth (kou)
a rule comes from a mouth of a ruler |
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skirt
clothes [yi] + monarch/ruler (jun)
ruling class wears posh clothes specially skirts |
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slave; scribe;
be subordinate
to grab and hold of the backside of an enemy and make him your subordinate slave |
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catch, arest, seize
slave/subordinate (li) + go [chuo]
to run after an enemy, catch and subordinate him |
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peaceful; spongy
health
house/broad (guang) + slave/subordinate (li)
for the health reason, it is good to have a slave in house |
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