chinese character 265
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Chinese Character 265
Part 1: Human and Human Body
1.- rn-people, person
As radical, its written as
showed below.
2.-cng-follow
One person followed by
another one
In modern Chinese, the
meaning follow is
(gen cong)
In modern Chinese, the
meaning follow is
(gncng)
3.-hu-change
One person face up, the
other one down, indicatechan e
In modern Chinese, we have
huxu-chemistry,
binhu- change
4.-b -compare
Two people stand together
to compare who is taller?
In modern Chinese, we
also use single b as
comparison form
5.-bi-back side-north
Two people back to each other. In Chinese culture North
indicate back side. When people build houses, the dooralways face south and back to north. South faces sun,
which is warm and bright. North is considered dark and
cold.
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7.-f-adult man
Modern Chinese, we have
zhngfu-
husband
Together, difu,
means doctor in modern
Chinese, here changes
its pronunciation to di
6.-d-big
In ancient China, when a
man reaches his adult age,
he usually has his hair in a
bun on top of the head.
In modern Chinese, the
meaning transfers to fold
something in between or
clip. E.g. we use
chopsticks to(ji) food.
Hair clip we call it
(tufa jizi)
8.-ji-on both sides; in between
The character shows on the left iswritten in traditional character. As
you can see, one big person has two
small persons on each side.
9.-l-stand
A man stands on the floor.
Modern Chinese, we usually use
(zhn) or(zhnl) for the
meaning of stand.
10.-jio-cross
See, the mans legs are
crossing.
Modern Chinese, we have(jiot
ng)-traffice,(jioli)-
communicate;(jio pngyu)-
make friends
In modern Chinese it also means day
as injntin,mngtin,
zutin; people say(wde tin a ) as oh my god.
11.-tin-sky
The thing above all humanbeing
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12.-m-eye In modern Chinese, we use
(ynjng) for the eyes
13.-jin-see
a person has his eye openwidely to do whatTO SEE. In
simplified Chinese, it doesnt
show the eye part of the
character but looks like bei-
shell-character No.
In modern Chinese, we
have(knjian)-saw/see,(jinmin)-
see someone, or meet up
with someone
13.- mi- eyebrow
It does look like
eyebrow, doesnt it?
In modern Chinese, we
usually say mimao
for eyebrows
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In modern Chinese, we usually
use(lin) for face,(min)
has often the meaning flour-
(minfn) or noodle-
(mintio)
14.-min-face
15. r ear
In modern Chinese,we use(r duo)
16. z nose
In modern Chinese, themeaning changes completely.
It means oneself.
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17.-ku-mouth
In modern Chinese we call
mouth zu, which is
more complicated in written.
18. gn sweet
Looks like a candy in the
mouth, of course its sweet.
In modern Chinese we use
tin for the flavour of
sweet.
19.- ch - tooth
In modern Chinese we use
(ych) or(y) by
itself more often
20.- xn - heart
Looks all functional here
yu, byitself it is a
character,
means
again21. shu - hand
Right
hand
Left
hand
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In Chinese, left is written zu and right is
written yu. zu has(gng), which
means work. yu has(ku) which means
mouth. Maybe left hand helps with work and right
hand with eatin .
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As radical, usually on the left side of a character, its
written like this
22. yu - friend
Two people holding
handsthey are
friends
In modern Chinese we use
pngyu for friend.
Friendly is(yuho)
23. kn- look
Put you hand above
the eye
In modern Chinese we have
(knjian)-saw,-
knkan-have a look. Asverb it has multi le
24. q- go and get
You see a hand is reaching the
earthe original meaning is cut
the ear
25. fn turn over
You see a hand is turned
over.
In modern Chinese we have
(fnmin) back side
26.- du - fightTwo people are fighting
with their handson the
left it shows the traditional
character.
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In modern Chinese we
use(f m)
meaning parents
27.- f father
28. zh branch of the tree
29. zhu - claw
30. zh foot
In modern Chinese weuse(jiozh)
meaning toe.
In modern Chinese,
zh carries othermeanings. E.g.
(tngzh) means
stop (stop your foot?
Stop!). make sense.
31. b walk
In modern Chinese it
has meaning of footsteps.
32. zu - run
In modern Chinese it
only means walk.
In modern Chinese it
only means walk. We
say (zuba)
meaning Lets go.
In modern Chinese we use
ch qu go out
ch shng be born
33. ch - out
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In modern Chinese we use
shnt- body34. shn - body
36. m - mother35.-n-female
Three women together are evil? How
they think of it!!! :(37.- jin evil
Remember the(yu) is right hand? Right
hand also indicates power. Use power to make
woman work? Slavery!!
38. n - slave
39. n - angry
In modern Chinese,rzi,
means son. Baby we say
(yngr)
40. z - baby
42. bo raise children
In modern Chinese we use
boh-protect
bom-baby sitter
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41. ho good
Woman and kid
togethergood