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wide, broad
Offices in old palaces had one wall torn down where the king or officials would sit. This character describes a wide house with three walls |
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bed
house/broad 广 [guǎng] + tree 木210[mù]
A wooden (木) structure within a house (广) would be the bed. |
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143yx) 隶 /
奴隶 / 奴
li / nuli / nu |
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143y) 康 / 健康
kang / jiankang |
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peaceful; health
house/broad 广143[guǎng] + slave 隶 [lì]
A slave (隶) who worked hard all day gets to rest peacefully in the house (广), so they can retain their health. |
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degree; extent; measure
house/broad 广 [guǎng] + twenty 廿50d[niàn] + hand/again 又34[yòu]
To use a hand (又) to measure many sides (廿) of a large house (广) to measure the extent and degree of job to do |
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answer, respond; should
house/broad 广 [guǎng] + people [symbol]
In an office with three walls (广), the people (symbol) are pleading their case, and the official should answer |
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143d) 庄 / 庄园
zhuang / zhuangyuan |
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manor; village
house/broad 广 [guǎng] + soil 土152[tǔ]
A manor is an extra house (广) the rich built to watch over their land (土) in the village. |
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viscera; dirty
meat 月221→肉192[ròu] + villa/manor 庄 [zhuāng]
The rich occupants of the manor (庄) slaughtered an animal to eat the meat (肉) and left the dirty parts like internal organs for the dirty villagers |
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