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ChiCha160 - Agriculture - Tools - square
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Language - Chinese
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03/02/2025

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Term

方

fang

Definition

square; direction

A variation on the shape of a plow (方) – a field is square shape after proper plowing. Also signifies direction as square points in all 4 directions.

 

Term

访

fang

Definition

to visit, to inquire

to call on

拜访 "To pay a visit" (often formal); 访问 "To visit" or "to interview."

采访 "To interview" (lit. "gather + inquire").

the words (讠) of directions (方) are important during inquiries or while interviewing or paying a visit   

Term

户

hu

Definition

door, household family, 

a single door (compared to the larger double doors 门) is for a small household

Term

房

fang

Definition

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

Term

立

li

Definition

to stand

a man standing with two feet firmly on the ground

Term

旁

pang

Definition

side, other, lateral

旁边 "Next to" or "beside."; 旁人 "Other people" (outsiders).

旁证 "Collateral evidence."

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Term

其

qi

Definition

it(s), his, her

the shape of a winnowing basket to sort grain (IT) is leaning against a stand

Term

旗

qi

Definition

flag, banner

a person with HIS squared flag

Term

从

cong

Definition

to follow, to obey; from

two men, one following the other from behind

Term

旅

lu

Definition

to travel, trip;

troop, military unit

flutter [y] + two people/follow [cong]

Picture of a person 方 with travel gears on his back ready for a trip (thus avoiding to be recruited in a military unit)
Term

矢

shi

Definition

arrow, dart

a man holding an arrow

Term

族

zu

Definition

clan, ethnic group

家族 "Family clan."; 民族 "Ethnic group" or "nation."

部族 "Tribe" (historically, a martial division); 语族 "Language family."

Waving flag (㫃) and arrow (矢) signify war. When people are gathered under one flag (㫃) in a time of war, it means “ the people are from same tribe or clan of long generations sharing same culture and language.”

Term

游

you

Definition

to swim/roam/travel

旅游 – tourism;

a water (氵) under the territory of a certain flag (㫃) is safe for children (子) to swim, roam, or travel

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