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- 凸 convex - 凹 concave - 凸凹 bumpy - 串 skewer, 心 heart、患 ill/disease - 王 king, 玉 ball, 宝 treasure. The King's balls are his treasure - 男 man, 女 woman, 嬲 ri
by greggman3 6y ago
- 凸 convex
- 凹 concave
- 凸凹 bumpy
- 串 skewer, 心 heart、患 ill/disease
- 王 king, 玉 ball, 宝 treasure. The King's balls are his treasure
- 男 man, 女 woman, 嬲 ridicule/tease
- 敬 respect, 馬 horse, 驚 surprise (it's surprising to respect a horse)
- coolgod 6y agoMany of the explanation you listed are incorrect like 宝 and 驚.
- tanjtanjtanj 6y agoThey are correct for Japanese, probably not so much for Chinese.
- coolgod 6y agoPlease provide some sources for your claim. I don't follow your logic on how 宝 means treasure in Japanese because "The King's balls are his treasure", and not because the character and its meaning was adopted from Chinese.
- greggman3 6y agoSorry, I didn't mean to suggest that "ball under roof" means "the king's balls are his treasure". Rather it's just an easy way to remember the characters. I have no idea of the history of those characters but it is funny that 王 means king and 玉 means ball and just happens to look like king with a mark on the lower half suggesting the kings balls and that "ball under roof" 宝 means treasure.
- pezezin 6y agoAlso interesting is that 男 (man) is a combination of 田 (rice field) and 力 (power or strength)