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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