or 
(
)
means "the Sun". 
or 
(
)
means "the Moon". 
(
) means "ox". 
(
) means "horn". 
(
) means "tooth", etc.
is a pictographic character meaning "wood". If we add a short stroke "_"
to the lower part of it, it becomes 
which means exactly "the root of the tree". But If we put the little stroke
on the upper part of the character, it becomes 
which means, on the contrary, the "treetop".
(sharp)
is made up of two parts: 
(small) and 
(big).
That means something with a "small" top and a "big" bottom and therefore
it becomes sharp. Other examples are:
(small) and 
(earth)
make 
(dust),
(sun) above "__" (horizon) makes 
(dawn / daybreak) and three 
(person) make 
(many
people), etc.-
"form" left and "sound" right:
(river)
is composed of 
which means "water" (generally speaking, things which have something to
do with water usually have this part e.g. 
lake, 
sea, 
ocean,
etc.) and 
which has
the same vowal sound. Another example is 
(aunt,
father's sister) composed of 
(woman,
and usually the women relatives bear this part, e.g. 
mother, 
sister, 
grandmother, 
aunt,
mother's sister, etc.) and 
which
has the same syllables (with the only difference of tones). -
"form" right and "sound" left:
(waft / drift / flutter ) consists of 
(the
same sound) and 
(wind,
since only with wind things can waft or drift). Another example, 
( success / achievements) has 
(the same sound) and 
(effort),
which means something that needs efforts to obtain --- success. -
"form" top and "sound" bottom:
with 
(the same sound)
and 
(grass / plant),
refers to a kind of grass or plant --- flower. And 
with 
(bamboo) and 
(of the same sound), means somthing made of bamboo --- fence (the ancient
one). -
"form" bottom and "sound" top:
with 
(of the same
sound) and
(container), means
a kind of container to be used to drink tea or alcohol --- handless cup.
with 
( the same sound)
and 
(wood / tree),
an objects which has something to do with trees --- pear. Nearly all the
names of tree and their fruits have the part of
either on top 
(plum)
or on bottom 
(apple)
or on the left 
(peach). -
form inside and sound outside:
with 
( sound---door, of the same vowal) and 
( form---ear), means that with ear we can "hear". And 
with (sound---door,
of the same vowal ) and 
( form---mouth), means with mouth we "ask". -
form outsideand sound inside :
(encircle / surround) has
(form--- mouth / encircle) and 
( of the same sound). And 
(
pavillion) with 
(
of the same sound) and (
door or surround), means something that has doors or surrondings --- pavillion.
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