Shared Flashcard Set

Details

ChiCha12 - hand - 035-038
Discover their Hidden Meanings
32
Language - Chinese
Beginner
01/29/2025

Additional Language - Chinese Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term

35) 史

shi

Definition

history; record

writing facts - which become history - by holding a brush in hand

Term

35a) 吏

li

Definition

official

decoration [symbol] + brush in hand/history (shi)

a high-ranking official with a special brush in his hand

Term

35b) 使

shi

Definition

make, cause, use

person (ren) + official (li)

a high-official can use his subordinate to do his bids

Term

35c) 更

geng

Definition

more

strike (pu) + say (yue)

the tower strikes a bell to announce the time to pray for more blessings

Term

35d) 便

bian

Definition

convenient

person (ren) + sound of the bell/more (geng)

Term

36) 彐

ji

Definition

hand

ancient records show this is the same character as 34 (you)

Term

36a) 争

zheng

Definition

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

 

 

Term

36bx) 冫

bing

Definition
ice
Term

36b) 净

jing

Definition

clean

ice [bing] + contend (zheng)

fisherman contends the ice to make a clean hole 

 

Term

36cx) 青

qing

Definition
blue, green
Term

36c) 静

jing

Definition

quiet, still, calm

blue (qing) + contend (zheng)

figuratively, a storm is the heavens in fight; after it passes, the sky becomes blue and calm 

Term

36d) 事

shi

Definition

affair

farming tools [symbol] + hand [ji]

a common affair is to see farming tools in hands

Term

36e) 及

ji

Definition

reach; and

person [ren] + hand/again (you)

a person reaches with his hand his nose again and again

Term

36fx) 心

xin

Definition

heart

 

Term

36f) 急

ji

Definition

impatient

person [ren] + hand/again (you) + heart (xin)

a person is impatient in his heart to grab a living heart with his hands 

Term

36gx) 丝 / 纟

si / si

Definition

thread / thread silk

 

 

Term

36g) 级

ji

Definition

grade

thread [si] + reach (ji)

a character made to record which grade a bundle of thread had reached (high, low, or average)

Term

36h) 极

ji

Definition

extreme

tree (mu) + reach (ji)

to reach the very top of a high tree one must go to the extreme

Term

37) 聿

yu

Definition

pen; brush

a hand holding a brush, like a fountain pen

Term

37ax) 彳

chi

Definition
walk
Term

37a) 律

lu

Definition

law

walk [chi] + writing brush/pen (yu)

a walking law is a layer with a pen

Term

37b) 建

jian

Definition

build

writing brush/pen (yu) + long walk [yin]

building a long and winding walking road with help of a sketch made by a pen

Term

37c) 健

jian

Definition

healthy

person [ren] + build (jian)

to build a healthy person

Term

37d) 尹

yin

Definition

rule

a hand with a pen rules the society

 

Term

37e) 君

jun

Definition

monarch, ruler

rule (yin) + mouth (kou)

a rule comes from a mouth of a ruler

Term

37fx) 衤

yi

Definition
clothes
Term

37f) 裙

qun

Definition

skirt

clothes [yi] + monarch/ruler (jun)

ruling class wears posh clothes specially skirts

Term

38) 隶

li

Definition

slave; scribe;

be subordinate

to grab and hold of the backside of an enemy and make him your subordinate slave

Term

38a) 逮

dai

Definition

catch, arest, seize

slave/subordinate (li) + go [chuo] 

to run after an enemy, catch and subordinate him

Term

38b) 广

guang

Definition

broad, wide

house

Term

38b) 康

 

Definition

peaceful; spongy

health

house/broad (guang) + slave/subordinate (li)

for the health reason, it is good to have a slave in house

Supporting users have an ad free experience!