152) 土

hu

earth, dust, soil

Signifies a mound of earth or soil. Also came from the model of male penis made from earth.

152yx) 也

ye

also

female genitals

152y-84a*) 地

di

land, <structural particle>

soil 土¹⁵²[tǔ] + female genitals/also 也 [yě]

Soil or the land is where the food chain begins . This character is formed with soil (土) which most ground is made of, and a woman’s genitals (也)

152a) 场

chang

field, place

soil 土 [tǔ] + sun  =昜219[yáng]

A large ground (土) with sunlight shining upon it (symbol) provides a suitable place for people to gather and hold events. 

152ax) 昜

yang

152b) 坐

zuo

sit; take a seat

person 人⁶³[rén] + soil 土 [tǔ]

two people (人) sitting down on ground (土) to have a sitting.

152cx) 广

zuo

152c) 座

seat

house/broad 广¹⁴³[guǎng] + sit 坐 [zuò]

a person who is comfortably seated during a sitting (坐) inside a house (广). 

152dx) 不

bu

152d) 坏

huai

bad

soil 土 [tǔ] + not 不^223a[bù]

When the soil (土) turns bad, it can no longer (不) produce crops.

152zx) 啬

se

152z-20f*) 墙

qiang

wall

soil 土¹⁵²[tǔ] + stingy 啬 [sè]

A stingy (啬) man guards his storage room by building a wall with soil (土).

152ex) 曾

ceng

152e) 增

zeng

increase

soil 土 [tǔ] + stacked dual pot steamer/once 曾^229b[céng]

Signifies act of sealing the seams using clay (土) between two steaming pots (曾) to increase its heat efficiency.

152f) 怪

quai

strange, queer

heart 忄=心²⁸[xīn] + hand/again 又³⁴[yòu] + male penis/soil 土 [tǔ]

Out of an image of having a lustful mind and heart (忄) and touching a penis (土) with one’s hands (又), the meaning of ‘queer’ is derived.

153) 圭

gui

153ax) 扌

shou

153a) 挂

gua

hang

hand 扌=手³¹[shǒu] + hand-tablet 圭 [guī]

King’s servants always held (扌) onto the insignia tablets (圭) in handling national affairs – almost as if the insignia (圭) is hanging from the hands (扌).

153yx) 寸

cun

inch; joint

hand

153y) 封

feng

seal

hand-tablet 圭¹⁵³[guī] + hand/joint 寸 [cùn]

A king is handing (寸) his servant a sealed letter of appointment and a scepter (圭) to award a title. 

153bx) 革

ge

shoe

153b) 鞋

xie

shoe

leather 革^189b[gé] + hand-tablet 圭 [guī

Officers and servants who are given the insignia tablet (圭) from the king could wear shoes made of leather (革).

153zx) 行

xing

153z-60c*) 街

jie

street

crossroads/go 行 [xíng] + hand-tablet 圭¹⁵³[guī]

This character means ‘street’ because a crossroad (行) lined with trees looks just like king’s men standing in rows holding their ceremonial scepters (圭).

154) 田

tian

154yx) 介 / 介入

jie / jieru

(lie) between; interpose

154y) 界

jie

boundary

field 田¹⁵⁴[tián] + interpose 介 [jiè]

“田 [tián]” is a ditch dividing two rice paddies and means ‘rice paddy, farming land.’ This character is the boundary between (介) two fields (田)

154zx) 纟

si

154z) 累

lei

tired

field 田¹⁵⁴[tián] + thread 糸=纟[sī]

many fields (田) tied together with thread (糸). A farmer who owns much land would be tired.

154wx) 夂

zhi

prepare

walk slowly 夂 [zhǐ] + field 田¹⁵⁴[tián]

A farmer walking slowly (夂) behind an ox-drawn plow, preparing his field (田) for the next year.

154a) 周

zhou

circumference

field →田 [tián] + mouth 口¹⁶[kǒu]

Signifies act of circling or going around the circumference (bounds) of the field (田) to take care of crops that will become food for the mouth (口).

154b) 调 // 调查

t-/d-iao // diaocha

tone; investigate

word 讠=言²²[yán] + circumference 周 [zhōu]

Signifies circling (周) of fields to investigate if crops are growing evenly, and then giving various work orders by words (讠).

154c) 苗

miao

seedling (sadnica)

sprout (mladica)

grass 艹²⁰⁷[cǎo] + field 田 [tián]

a sprout (艹) which is coming up out of the field (田) in the spring.

_154dx) 犭

quan

154d) 猫

mao

cat

dog/animal 犭¹⁷³[quǎn] + seedling 苗 [miáo]

 a cat is an animal (犭) that keeps watching the seedlings (苗) to be sown in the spring time in order to keep the rats away from a granary.