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cow
Symbolizes a cow with horns looked at from the front. |
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175a) 件 / 物件
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measure word for a piece or thing |
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special
cow 牛175[niú] + temple 寺 [sì]
Buddhists do not kill animals or eat meat. When a bull (牛) is offered to a Buddhist temple (寺), it is considered as a special offering. |
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matter, object, thing
cow 牛175[niú] + kill with knife/do not 勿 [wù]
a cattle (牛) is a valuable possession. When one was slaughtered (勿), the family could gain meat and leather, and purchase other things they needed |
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half
divide/eight 八229[bā] + cow 牛 [niú]
Signifies a cow (牛) which is being butchered and cut in half (八). |
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solve, understand;
separate
horn 角 [jiǎo] + knife 刀119[dāo] + cow 牛 [niú]
a cow (牛) is butchered by a knife (刀) and came into completely separate parts such as the meat, bones and even its horns (角). Also came to mean ‘understand’ by understanding everything by dividing them into such smaller parts. |
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tell, inform
cow 牛 [niú] + mouth 口16[kǒu]
Two theories exist for this: ① a signpost (⺧) is put up to warn people of dangerous traps (口), or ② a cow (牛) crying (口) to signal and tell the owners that it’s hungry. |
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