- 弟(younger brother; phonetic of "ground; world")PHONO-SEMANTIC
- 刂(knife; blade)RADICAL
Use a knife to shave your little brother's head clean.
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剃头挑子一头热
剃头挑子一头热
lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom)
4 meanings
MEANING4 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom)
- 貳名noun
fig. one-sided enthusiasm
- ，。
Only one side is enthusiastic, and he alone is struggling.
- 參名noun
one party is interested, but the other, not so much
- ，。
It's one-sided enthusiasm, he doesn't actually like you at all.
- 肆名noun
(Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)
STROKE ORDER
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 大(large; big)RADICAL
- ⺀(two dots indicating hair; top of head)ASSOCIATIVE
The head is the largest and most prominent part on the human body.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
- 兆(omen; sign)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A hand carrying or provoking others represents an action with great ominous significance.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 子(child (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 子 depicts a newborn child with a large head and arms outstretched.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
剃头挑子一头热
Traditional剃頭挑子一頭熱
lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom)
4 meanings
MEANING4 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom)
- 貳名noun
fig. one-sided enthusiasm
- ，。
Only one side is enthusiastic, and he alone is struggling.
- 參名noun
one party is interested, but the other, not so much
- ，。
It's one-sided enthusiasm, he doesn't actually like you at all.
- 肆名noun
(Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 弟(younger brother; phonetic of "ground; world")PHONO-SEMANTIC
- 刂(knife; blade)RADICAL
Use a knife to shave your little brother's head clean.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 大(large; big)RADICAL
- ⺀(two dots indicating hair; top of head)ASSOCIATIVE
The head is the largest and most prominent part on the human body.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
- 兆(omen; sign)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A hand carrying or provoking others represents an action with great ominous significance.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 子(child (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 子 depicts a newborn child with a large head and arms outstretched.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
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