155ax) 厶 / 私

si / si

private

newborn baby

155a) 鬼 / 魔鬼

gui / mogui

ghost; devil

devil head 甶 [fú] + person 儿⁷¹[rén] + newborn baby/private 厶⁹³[sī]

A person (儿) with a devil’s head (甶), together with a newborn baby (厶) sacrificed as offering, combined to mean the devil.

155b) 畏

wei

fear

devil head 田→甶 [fú] + person with weapons  [symbol]

Symbolizes a person wearing a devil’s mask (甶) with weapons (symbol). Imagine how fearful that would be at night.

155c) 喂

wei

telephone greeting; hello

mouth 口 [kǒu] + fear 畏 [wèi]

Signifies calling (口) out to someone – Hello? Anyone? – in fear (畏) when walking about at night and feeling something eerie. Now it is used to get attention of someone or when answering the phone.

156) 由

you

156ax) 扌

shou

156a) 抽

chou

draw out; pump

hand 扌=手³¹[shǒu] + underground water well/cause 由 [yóu]

Signifies the act of drawing water by hand (扌) from an water well (由).

156bx) 邑

yi

156b-147d*) 邮

you

mail

well/cause 由¹⁵⁶[yóu] + town 阝→邑^92d[yì]

The village (邑) well (由) was the best place for the women to exchange information and gossip. That’s how this character came to mean ‘mail.’

157) 申

shen

explain

Symbolizes thunder that spreads out to all directions. Came to mean explain as in explaining your opinion or will to all directions.

157y) 神

shen

God; spirit

show 礻=示 [shì] + lightning/explain 申¹⁵⁷[shēn]

This character means ‘god, supernatural’ because lightning (申) was considered a sign from the gods (礻) and was feared. It also means ‘spirit’ because gods are invisible and so are souls.

157ax) 雨

yu

157a) 电

dian

electricity

As the character “申[shēn]” came to mean ‘explain,’ the character is also given a slight twist to restore meaning of thunder. Used now as the term for electricity as thunder is electrical discharge in the atmosphere.

158) 火

huo

fire

A simple representation of fire as a shape.

158a) 灯

deng

lamp

fire 火 [huǒ] + lamp stand/man 丁²²⁵[dīng]

Signifies a lamp fire (火) burning on top of a lampstand (丁).

158bx) 堯

yao

158b) 烧

shao

burn

 fire 火 [huǒ] + lofty 尧 [yáo]

  burning (火) of enemy’s corpse which is hung high (尧) to create fear.

158yx) 禾

he

158y-139b*) 秋

qiu

autumn

rice plant 禾 [hé] + fire 火¹⁵⁸[huǒ]

Rice (禾) fields that are catching fire (火) is another way of saying the rice is ripe and almost ready to harvest. This also means it is autumn.

158zx) 页

ye

page

head

158z-6b) 忧

fan

trouble

fire 火¹⁵⁸[huǒ] + head/page 页 [yè]

Anyone with a head (页) on fire (火) would be in much trouble.

158c) 谈 / 谈话

tan / tanhuan

talk; conversation

word 讠=言²²[yán] + flame/scorching 炎 [yán]

A heated talk/conversation is initiated as words (讠) come together in fiery or scorching fashion (炎).

158*) 灬

huo/biao

158d) 黑

hei

black

chimney  [symbol] + rising through 土 [symbol] + fire 灬=火 [huǒ]

Fire (灬) causes black smoke to rise into chimney (symbol) and exit (土)

158yyx) 占

zhan

158yy) 点

dot, point

occupy 占 [zhàn] + fire 灬=火¹⁵⁸[huǒ]

fire 灬 [huǒ] that makes dots of ashes, and combined it with occupy 占 [zhàn] to borrow the pronunciation. 

158e) 然

ran

right, correct, so

meat 月²²¹→肉¹⁹²[ròu] + dog 犬¹⁷²[quǎn] + fire 灬=火 [huǒ]

The fur is removed by burning (灬) prior to cooking dog (犬) meat (肉). It is rightly so that such cooked dog meat appears in ceremonial offerings.

158f) 热

re

heat

hand 扌=手³¹[shǒu] + bow/pellet 丸^230c[wán] + fire 灬=火 [huǒ]

Signifies the act of punishing a sinner by using the high heat of fire (灬) although a sinner is begging (丸) for mercy with two hands (扌).