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water
a different form of water (水), which is used only in combination with other characters |
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work, labor
tool, anvil (nakovanj)
An I-beam in construction (symbolizing industry) |
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large, long river
长江 (Cháng Jiāng) – Yangtze River (China's longest river)
江水 river water; 江边 riverbank;
A powerful flow of water (氵) that cuts through the land like a tool (工) — that’s a 江, a great river shaping everything around it |
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to flow, to drift
流水 flowing water; 河流 river, stream; 流动 to move, to circulate
流行 popular, trending (what’s “flowing” through society);
潮流 trend/tide (lit. tidal flow); 流血 to bleed; 流浪 to roam;
“㐬[liú],” which symbolizes a child playing in flowing water, is not used by itself. Therefore water (氵) is added to restore the original meaning of water flowing. |
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a faction, school (of thought)
to dispatch, send
Symbolizes small branch rivers separating (symbol) from the main stream (氵), which came to mean factions or the act of dispatching someone to another place. |
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each, every
每天 every day; 每件事 every matter
每逢 whenever; every time
a mother with a posh hairpin is an envy of each and every female elders |
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sea, ocean
海洋 ocean; 人海 "a sea of people" (crowd);
when one see water EVERY where, he is looking at a sea |
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hole, cave,
acupuncture point
roof/dwelling (mian) + split open (ba)
Imagine a tiny house (宀) built on a mountain.
Below the roof, there's a split (八) in the ground—an entrance to a secret cave. |
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deep, profound
深水 deep water; 水很深 the water is deep;
深刻 profound; deeply felt; 深情 deep affection; 深信 to firmly believe
深度 depth (literal/figurative); 深夜 late at night (lit. deep night)
a stream of water (氵) flowing into a hole (穴) with a big depth (罙 ), thus creating a deep cave (穴);
water's (氵) depth (罙 ) is deep |
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juice, sap
果汁 fruit juice; 汁液 sap; liquid extract; 肉汁 meat juice, gravy
墨汁 ink; 血液汁 blood plasma;
a water (氵) being pressed (一) and squeezed (丨) 10 times (十) from a fruit to get a juice (氵) |
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platform;
unit for counting machines
chest/private (si) + altar [symbol]
a private chest put on the altar's platform as a gift;
the best "platform" to express own private things is a mouth |
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to rule, to govern,
to manage
water [shui] + platform (tai)
when a water is being channeled by a platform, that's an example of water management |
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flowing hair
琉璃 colored glaze/glass; 硫磺 sulfur; 鎏金 gold-coated
to fill 充 with () so much (the additional middle stroke ι) that it looks like it just flows |
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to fill, to be full of
to act as, serve as
充满 to fill up; 充当 to serve as;
充足 sufficient; 冒充 to impersonate;
充电 to recharge (lit. fill electricity); 充分 fully; ample
under a roof (亠) of authority a shaman (with his long hair and a hat 充) approves (允) the sacrifices and act as intermediary for gods to fulfill the wishes of people |
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to probe or measure depth
a cave probed with a piece of wood to measure its depth |
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