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ChiCha18 - foot - 055-059
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02/03/2025

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Term

55) 疋 ?

shu or pi ?

Definition
foot
Term

55ax) 木

mu

Definition

wood, timber, tree

Term

55a) 楚

清楚

Definition

pain / clear

tree (mu) + tree (mu) + foot (shu)

Eve's feet walking between two trees (of life, and of the knowledge of good and bad) - something God had clearly ordered not to do, because it can cause a huge pain

Term

55bx) 虫

chong

Definition
worm
Term

55b) 蛋

dan

Definition

egg

foot (shu) + worm (chong)

a beetle rolling a ball of dung with his feet for his eggs 

Term

56) 夂

zhi

Definition

walk slowly

or

fall behind others

upside-down feet

Term

56ax) 田

tian

Definition
field, farm
Term

56a) 备

bei

Definition

prepare

walk slowly (zhi) + field (tian)

a farmer walking slowly behind an ox-drawn plow, preparing his field for the next year

Term

56bx) 卜

占卜 / 卜筮

bu/bo

zhanbu / bushi

Definition
predict, foretell; divine, divination
Term

56b) 处

chu

Definition

place; dwell

walk slowly (zhi) + field (tian)

a fortune teller walking slowly towards an auspicious place to tell fortunes

Term

56cx) 木

mu

Definition
wood, timber, tree
Term

56c) 条

tiao

Definition

twig

foot/walk slowly (zhi) + tree (mu)

feet carefully stepping on twigs to climb a tree

Term

56d) 复 / 重复

fu / chongfu

Definition

complex; repeated

bellows [symbol] + foot/walk slowly (zhi)

a foot stepping on bellows; bellows (mijehovi) inflate and deflate repeatedly, in a complex manner 

Term

56ex) 頁

ye

Definition
head, page
Term

56e) 夏

xia

Definition

summer

head (ye) + foot/walk slowly (zhi)

a shaman + with wildly dancing feet, praying for rain during the summer

Term

57) 各

ge

Definition

each

each a mouth begging the each god to come and help them - 

Term

57ax) 足

zu

Definition
foot
Term

57a) 路

lu

Definition

road

foot (zu) + each (ge)

each foot needs a good road

Term

57bx) 宀

mian

Definition
house; roof
Term

57b) 客

ke

Definition

guest

house (mian) + each (ge)

each guest is welcome under the roof of my house

 

Term

58) 舛

chuan

Definition

contradictory;

mistaken; error

in the evening the foot is downward-turned, while the other feet is in the opposite direction - obviously an error

Term

58a) 無

wu

Definition
not have; without
Term

58a) 舞

wu

Definition

dance

not have (wu) + crossed feet/error (chuan)

Term

58bx) 阝

fu

Definition
hill
Term

58b) 降

jiang

Definition

drop, fall, come down

hill (fu) + crossed feet/error (chuan)

with crossed feet on top of a hill one will fall down

Term

59) 癶

bo

Definition

one's back

feet appart

Term

59ax) 豆

dou

Definition

bean

altar

Term

59a) 登

deng

Definition

ascend

two feet/one's back (bo) + altar/bean (dou)

two feet ascending to an altar to offer a sacrifice to gods

Term

59bx) 殳

shu

Definition
stick; lance, pike
Term

59bxx) 弓

gong

Definition
bow
Term

59b-34f*) 发

fa

Definition

send (out)

booth feer [symbol] + hand (you) + hand/again (you)

a man with both feet apart, a bow in one hand and a spear in another, sending arrows through the air

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