141) 宀

mian

house

A house, represented by its roof.

141yx) 百

bai

141y-134b*) 宿

su

lodge for the night

house 宀¹⁴¹[mián] + person 亻⁷⁰[rén] + hundred 百 [bǎi]

An inn or a hotel is a house (宀) where hundreds  (百) people (亻) can stay the night.

141zx) 正

zheng

(up)right

conquer

141z-54e*) 定

ding

stable

house 宀¹⁴¹[mián] + conquer/right 正 [zhèng]

Feet that went out to conquer (正) are now heading home (宀). bringing back the stability.

141w-96a*) 安

 安宁

an / anning

safe, secure;

peaceful

house 宀¹⁴¹[mián] + woman 女 [nǚ]

A woman (女) is relatively weaker than man, so she feels peaceful and safe when at home (宀).

141q-96b*) 宴

yan

feast; banquet

house 宀¹⁴¹[mián] + day/sun 日²¹⁸[rì] + woman 女 [nǚ]

To hold a feast to celebrate bringing a woman (女) home (宀) on the man’s wedding day (日).

142) 穴

xue

hole, cave

This character depicts the entrance to the cave (八) used as a houses (宀)

142yx) 牙

ya

tooth

142y-25a) 穿

chuan

penetrate; wear

cave 穴¹⁴²[xué] + tooth 牙 [yá]

One digs a cave (穴) like a molar (牙) penetrates the gums. Squirming around in clothes while trying to figure out where your arms and legs go has a similar imagery, so this character came to mean ‘to wear (clothes or socks).’

142ax) 囱

cong

142a) 窗

chuang

window

cave 穴 [xué] + chimney 囱 [cōng]

Caves (穴) do not have windows, so people made chimneys (囱) instead

142bx) 工

gong

142b) 空 / 空白

kong / kongbai

air, in vain; void

cave 穴 [xué] + tool/work 工 [gōng]

An empty cave (穴) dug out with tools (工), only filled with air.

142cx) 犬

quan

142c) 突

tu

sudden, abrupt

cave 穴 [xué] + dog 犬¹⁷²[quǎn]

A sudden and abrupt jump of a dog (犬) out of a cave-like (穴) hole 

143) 广

guang

wide, broad

Offices in old palaces had one wall torn down where the king or officials would sit. This character describes a wide house with three walls

143a) 床

chuang

bed

house/broad 广 [guǎng] + tree 木²¹⁰[mù]

 A wooden (木) structure within a house (广) would be the bed.

143yx) 隶 / 

奴隶 / 奴

li / nuli / nu

scribe; slave

143y) 康 / 健康

kang / jiankang

peaceful; health

house/broad 广¹⁴³[guǎng] + slave 隶 [lì]

A slave (隶) who worked hard all day gets to rest peacefully in the house  (广), so they can retain their health.

143bx) 廿

nian

143bxx) 又

you

143b) 度

du

degree; extent; measure

house/broad 广 [guǎng] + twenty 廿^50d[niàn] + hand/again 又³⁴[yòu]

To use a hand (又) to measure many sides (廿) of a large house (广) to measure the extent and degree of job to do

143c) 应

ying

answer, respond; should

house/broad 广 [guǎng] + people [symbol]

In an office with three walls (广), the people (symbol) are pleading their case, and the official should answer 

143dx) 土

tu

143d) 庄 / 庄园

zhuang / zhuangyuan

manor; village

house/broad 广 [guǎng] + soil 土¹⁵²[tǔ]

A manor is an extra house (广) the rich built to watch over their land (土) in the village.

143ex) 肉

rou

143e) 脏

zang

viscera; dirty

meat 月²²¹→肉¹⁹²[ròu] + villa/manor 庄 [zhuāng]

The rich occupants of the manor (庄) slaughtered an animal to eat the meat (肉) and left the dirty parts like internal organs for the dirty villagers