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6th
a fetus;
the sixth Chinese zodiac sign |
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inch; unit of length
joint, hand |
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lead, guide
unborn child (si) + hand/joint (cun)
leading a young child by the hand so it will not fall down |
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wrap
wrap (bao) + unborn child (si) |
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already
already longer self |
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hope
a fetus that has gained weight brings hope |
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grasp; <preposition>
hand (shou) + child/hope (ba)
to grasp with both hands a child - a symbol of hope
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dumb; <modal particle>
moth (kou) + child/hope (ba)
a dumb person speaks like a small child
end sentence to stress a command or question |
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creep (puzati)
hand/nail [zhao] + child/hope (ba)
a young child is crawling/creeping on his hands |
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city
a boundary surrounding a city gives hope to every person that they will be safe |
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color
person (ren) + child/hope (ba)
a person holding a child is changing its color to red |
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absolutely; extremely
thread (si) + person (ren) + child/hope (ba)
the threads between a person and a child are absolutely strong |
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private
private images as a newborn baby |
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<suffix>
thread; as a suffix it poses a question |
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public
opening [symbol] + newborn baby/private (si)
the womb opens and a baby is publicly visible |
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platform
newborn baby/private (si) + altar [symbol]
a newborn baby is put on the altar's platform to be sacrificed |
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lift (up)
hand (shou) + platform (tai)
a priest lifts up his hands in front of the altar's platform |
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rule
water [shui] + platform (tai)
the god who rules the altar's platform decides whether it will be water or not |
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begin, start
woman (nu) + platform (tai)
a woman is a platform for a new begin of life
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go
person (da) + night-soil jar [symbol]
a man sitting above a toilet letting his feces go out of his body |
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step back; but
go (qu) + kneel/person (jie)
a loser don't step back run away but kneels down |
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foot
meat (rou) + step back (que)
to step back the meat on the foot becomes the most important part of the body |
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lose; throw
line [pie] + go (qu)
one loses calm and throws tantrum when hair goes away from the top
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law
water [shui] + go (qu)
water follows the law to go where there is the least resistence
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finish, stop
net [wang] + go (qu)
a man caught in a net cannot go anywhere - and he is finished |
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put; arrange
hand (shou) + caught in the net/finish (ba)
a hand puts and arranges what is caught in the net |
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