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household, family, door
a small household had a single door, smaller than the larger double doors (门) |
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place
door 户 [hù] + ax 斤118[jīn]
A storage room is a place with a single door (戶) where farming tools such as an ax (斤) are kept. |
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room; house
door 户 [hù] + square 方160[fāng]
A square (方) area with a single door (戶) is a room or a house. |
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flat
door 户 [hù] + book 冊→册217[cè]
A door (户) usually made by tying branches together to make a flat slab (ploča), just like bamboo books (册). |
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all over
flat 扁 [biǎn] + go 辶61[chuò]
Not only did the Chinese tie branches together to make flat (扁) doors, they did the same to make fences going (辶) all over their land. |
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piece (of writing); sheet
bamboo 竹216[zhú] + flat 扁 [biǎn]
Before paper was invented, flat (扁) slabs of bamboo (竹) were tied together to make a piece of writing |
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protect
hand 扌=手31[shǒu] + door 户 [hù]
a petty poor person who is protecting his one-door (戶) house with his hands (扌). |
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