- 一(one; horizontal stroke)ASSOCIATIVE
- 二(two (pictograph – two horizontal strokes))ASSOCIATIVE
Three horizontal strokes stacked on top of each other symbolize the number three.
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三天不打，上房揭瓦
三天不打，上房揭瓦
three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
- ，，。
If you spare the rod for three days, the child will climb on the roof and tear up the tiles; this kid is too mischievous.
- 貳形adjective
spare the rod, spoil the child
- ，。
If you don't beat him for three days, he'll go up on the roof and tear off the tiles.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 大(adult; large (pictographic))RADICAL
- 一(one; top)ASSOCIATIVE
The sky is the vast, boundless expanse that lies above human beings.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 丁(nail; craftsman)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to drive a nail is the action of hitting or striking something hard.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺊(dot above; high position)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(standard baseline; norm)ASSOCIATIVE
A dot mark sitting above a horizontal line represents the meaning 'above'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 曷(why; when)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to raise something high to expose the truth to light.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 瓦(tile; brick (depicting form))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 瓦 pictures tiles stacked on top of each other on a roof.
三天不打，上房揭瓦
Traditional三
three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
- ，，。
If you spare the rod for three days, the child will climb on the roof and tear up the tiles; this kid is too mischievous.
- 貳形adjective
spare the rod, spoil the child
- ，。
If you don't beat him for three days, he'll go up on the roof and tear off the tiles.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; horizontal stroke)ASSOCIATIVE
- 二(two (pictograph – two horizontal strokes))ASSOCIATIVE
Three horizontal strokes stacked on top of each other symbolize the number three.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 大(adult; large (pictographic))RADICAL
- 一(one; top)ASSOCIATIVE
The sky is the vast, boundless expanse that lies above human beings.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 丁(nail; craftsman)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to drive a nail is the action of hitting or striking something hard.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺊(dot above; high position)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(standard baseline; norm)ASSOCIATIVE
A dot mark sitting above a horizontal line represents the meaning 'above'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 曷(why; when)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to raise something high to expose the truth to light.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 瓦(tile; brick (depicting form))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 瓦 pictures tiles stacked on top of each other on a roof.
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