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door, household family,
a single door (compared to the larger double doors 门) is for a small household |
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ax; catty; 0,5 kg
ax for weight measurement |
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place, location, building
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(turns verbs into nouns)
door (戶) with an ax (斤) behind is a place where work or action happens |
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square, direction;
one side; party
a plow has a shape of a square, and it moves always in the same direction while it pushes the soil to one side, and one-sidedness is a hallmark of parties |
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room; house
door 户 [hù] + square 方160[fāng]
a door (户) in front of a squared (方) space, like a room or a house |
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book, volume, tom
register, record
bamboo stripes tied together as a book |
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flat, flattened
to make flat
door 户 [hù] + book 冊→册217[cè]
A door (户) with a writing 册 FLAT surface mounted by a doorway |
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everywhere, all over; time(s)
flat 扁 [biǎn] + go 辶61[chuò]
moving (辶) on the flattened (扁) area makes it easier to go (辶) everywhere |
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piece (of writing); sheet
measure words for written items
(短篇) "short stories"
bamboo 竹216[zhú] + flat 扁 [biǎn]
Before paper was invented, slabs of bamboo (竹) flattened (扁) and tied together to make a piece of writing |
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to protect/guard
to defend/shield
hand 扌=手31[shǒu] + door 户 [hù]
a hand (扌) held out toward a door (戶), in order to protect it |
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