209) 丰

feng

abundant

Signifies how leaves and branches are abundant in trees.

209ax) 邑

yi

209a) 邦

bang

state

abundant 丰 [fēng] + town 阝→邑 [yì]

Signifies that there are an abundant (丰) number of villages (邑) in which they form together to create a nation or state.

209bx) 巾

jin

towel

209b) 帮

bang

help

state 邦 [bāng] + towel 巾¹³¹[jīn]

Symbolizes how people of the same nation (邦) come together to help each other with towels (巾) wrapped around their head in times of distress.

209cx) 夂

zhi

209c) 麦

mai

wheat; barley

abundant 丰 [fēng] + walk slowly 夂⁵⁶[zhǐ]

When growing barley, the field must be stepped (treaded) in order to prevent young barley sprouts from freezing to death. This is symbolized by slowly walking (夂) on the barley field for an abundant (丰) harvest.

209d) 害

hai

harm

house 宀¹⁴¹[mián] + abundant 丰 [fēng] + mouth 口¹⁶[kǒu]

one’s mouth (口) wishing that the house (宀) of one’s enemy would be overgrown (丰) with weeds. Although the enemy’s house is located far away and beyond the reach of one’s hands, its overgrown weeds may indicate that the enemy may have already been damaged.

199) 金 / 金属

jin / jinshu

gold

Metals taken from earth (土) were melted and poured into the cast (仝), and the most valuable metal of all is gold.

199yx) 艮

gen

sign in trigram

look back

199y-14d*) 银

yin

silver

gold/metal 钅=金¹⁹⁹[jīn] + look back/straightforward 艮 [gěn]

Silver used to be prized more than gold because it was harder to find in the natural state and was very hard to purify. To find a metal (钅) one has to keep looking everywhere, including behind (艮) himself.

199ax) 㕣

yan

199a) 铅

qian

lead

metal 钅=金 [jīn] + swamp 㕣 [yǎn]

Symbolizes lead, a metal (symbol) with blueish grey color like a swamp (㕣).

199bx) 昔

xi

199b) 错

cuo

wrong(ly)

gold/metal 钅=金 [jīn] + former times 昔²²⁰[xī]

If gold (symbol) and silver are stuck together for an extended period of time (昔), their materials start to flow to each other and mix, which is considered wrong and inauspicious to happen to pure gold.

199c) 失

shi

lose

This character depicts an image of something which is slipping away from under one’s hand (手), and the meaning of ‘to lose’ is derived from it

199d) 铁

tie

iron

metal 钅=金 [jīn] + lose 失 [shī]

Iron is most used by the human beings. It is cheap (失) and easily available (失) among the metals (钅).