• chao
• tide
• ebbs and flows - the tides - of the dynasty

• yuan
• SOURCE, origin, spring, root
• water comes to a marsh from some kind of a source

• huo
• to live, living, alive; work
• water on a tongue - to live and work

• Xiao
• to disappear, to vanish
• the flood of the water will make the body of the candle disappear and the light of the candle vanish

• He
• river
• a water which can move is a river

• Yu
• fish
• a head, body, fins, and tail of a fish

• DiaoYU
• to fish, fishing
• a water with fish - good for fishing

• Hu
• lake
• recklessly swimming in a lake leads to death

• ce
• to measure, to survey
• water is subdued under the rules and standards - so that it could be easily measured

• tu
• soil, earth, ground, dirth
• a mound rising from the earth

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• jun
• equal, even, all
• the land should be uniformly distributed - an equal share for all

• du
• belly
• a part of the body that looks like a mound of soil is a belly

• chen
• dust, dirt, earth
• a small bit of earth meaning dust

• Tian
• to fill, fill in/up
• the earth must be filled in with a real soil; it's filled up when the "bars" in 'real' are full with soil

• tu
• spit
• mouths like to spit on the dirt

• ya
• press, oppress, pressure
• a cliff (topsoil) puts pressure on the earth (subsoil) thus creating small precious stones

• Wa
• wow, WAAAH!
• onomatopeic interjection;
• a child is crying over the tablet

• cun
• Chinese inch
• 1/10th of a Chinese foot

• Feng
• seal
• a tablet is sealed by a hand

• Shi
• time
• sun is moving inch by inch as time goes by

• Si
• temple, monastery
• at the beginning this was an office for the control (by hand) the foundation (ground, soil); with themes Budhist temples became centers of authority

• Huo
• fire
• flames of fire

• Mie
• to extinguish, to wipe out, to destroy
• to put an object on fire to extinguish it

• hui
• ash, gray, dust
• hand can touch a fire when it is turn into gray ash

• Fan
• bother, feeling VEXED
• when the head is really burned it feels vexed

• Yan
• inflammation, flame, hot
• the spread of the flame or the inflammation of the head

• Dan
• light (in color), pale, diluted
• water weakens the flame and dilutes it

• Deng
• lamp, light, lantern
• fire with nail, or "nailed" fire - therefore, a lamp

• dian
• point, dot, speck, jot; to order or select
• 4 strokes of fire divine the meaning of the character: point, dot,
  speck & jot

• Zhao
• photo, shine, photograph, ILLUMINATE
• light shining brightly and clearly illuminating the photo plate