- ⺊(dot above; high position)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(standard baseline; norm)ASSOCIATIVE
A dot mark sitting above a horizontal line represents the meaning 'above'.
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上有老下有小
上有老下有小
lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
- ，。
He has elderly parents above and young children below, so his life pressure is very great.
- 貳形adjective
fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
- ，。
He has elderly parents above and young children below, making life very difficult.
- 參形adjective
sandwich generation
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 月(moon; flesh (iconic representation))RADICAL
- 又(right hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand holding a piece of meat — that is 'to have'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))RADICAL
- 匕(spoon; curved)ASSOCIATIVE
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 小(small; tiny)ASSOCIATIVE
Three tiny strokes represent fine grains of sand, conveying the meaning of "small" or "tiny."
上有老下有小
Traditional上
lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
- ，。
He has elderly parents above and young children below, so his life pressure is very great.
- 貳形adjective
fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
- ，。
He has elderly parents above and young children below, making life very difficult.
- 參形adjective
sandwich generation
STROKE ORDER
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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- 月(moon; flesh (iconic representation))RADICAL
- 又(right hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand holding a piece of meat — that is 'to have'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))RADICAL
- 匕(spoon; curved)ASSOCIATIVE
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 小(small; tiny)ASSOCIATIVE
Three tiny strokes represent fine grains of sand, conveying the meaning of "small" or "tiny."
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