- 囗(frame; surround)RADICAL
- 儿(person; foot)ASSOCIATIVE
Four sides of a square frame surround two legs — the ancient form of the number four.
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四体不勤，五谷不分
四体不勤，五谷不分
never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
- ，。
He is lazy and idle, unable to distinguish the five grains.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS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- 二(two; two horizontal strokes)RADICAL
- ？(diagonal stroke indicating the number five)ASSOCIATIVE
A number carved between two horizontal lines resembles the ancient finger-counting method.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 八(divide; separate; eight)ASSOCIATIVE
- 刀(knife; blade; sword)RADICAL
Using a knife to chop something in half represents division or separation.
四体不勤，五谷不分
Traditional四體不勤，五穀不分
never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
- ，。
He is lazy and idle, unable to distinguish the five grains.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 囗(frame; surround)RADICAL
- 儿(person; foot)ASSOCIATIVE
Four sides of a square frame surround two legs — the ancient form of the number four.
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- 二(two; two horizontal strokes)RADICAL
- ？(diagonal stroke indicating the number five)ASSOCIATIVE
A number carved between two horizontal lines resembles the ancient finger-counting method.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 八(divide; separate; eight)ASSOCIATIVE
- 刀(knife; blade; sword)RADICAL
Using a knife to chop something in half represents division or separation.
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