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hole, cave,
acupuncture point
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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to investigate
to dig into, to get to the bottom of something
a cave (穴) so mysterious that one need to go nine (九) levels deep to investigate it thoroughly |
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tree, timber, wood
branch, root, trunk |
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miscellaneous; mixed, various
many (九) dragon trees (木) with various shapes and mixed together |
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pill, pellet (kuglica)
the (丶) atop of (九) visually suggests a condensation of something larger: (九) as "many" reduced to a compact - dot - form (丶)
a "dragon" (九) "pill" (丶) |
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heat, hot
热能 "Thermal energy."
热情 – enthusiasm, warmth (of personality)
a hand (扌) throws the "energy pellets" on fire (丸) to increase the heat |
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enjoy
high (gao) + child (zi)
to help ancestor to enjoy life, the descendants build up a high altar for offering |
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who, what
enjoy (xiang) + bow/pellet (wan)
Who enjoys to eat "dragon pills" - a child, of course |
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cooked, ripe
who (shu) + fire (huo)
who cooked 9 ripe "dragon pills" |
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nine, 9
a dragon with a curled tail
historically representing "many" or "a multitude" |
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