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earth, dust, soil
Signifies a mound of earth or soil. Also came from the model of male penis made from earth. |
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land, <structural particle>
soil 土152[tǔ] + female genitals/also 也 [yě]
Soil or the land is where the food chain begins . This character is formed with soil (土) which most ground is made of, and a woman’s genitals (也)
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field, place
soil 土 [tǔ] + sun =昜219[yáng]
A large ground (土) with sunlight shining upon it (symbol) provides a suitable place for people to gather and hold events. |
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sit; take a seat
person 人63[rén] + soil 土 [tǔ]
two people (人) sitting down on ground (土) to have a sitting. |
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seat
house/broad 广143[guǎng] + sit 坐 [zuò]
a person who is comfortably seated during a sitting (坐) inside a house (广). |
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bad
soil 土 [tǔ] + not 不223a[bù]
When the soil (土) turns bad, it can no longer (不) produce crops. |
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wall
soil 土152[tǔ] + stingy 啬 [sè]
A stingy (啬) man guards his storage room by building a wall with soil (土). |
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increase
soil 土 [tǔ] + stacked dual pot steamer/once 曾229b[céng]
Signifies act of sealing the seams using clay (土) between two steaming pots (曾) to increase its heat efficiency. |
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strange, queer
heart 忄=心28[xīn] + hand/again 又34[yòu] + male penis/soil 土 [tǔ]
Out of an image of having a lustful mind and heart (忄) and touching a penis (土) with one’s hands (又), the meaning of ‘queer’ is derived. |
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