- 宀(roof)RADICAL
- 疋(foot in right place; step correctly)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Under a roof with feet standing in the right place, everything is settled and secure.
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定于一尊
定于一尊
(idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
(idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct
- ，。
We should establish a single authority to rely upon, rather than believing rumors.
- 貳动verb
to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority
- 。
We establish one authority as supreme.
STROKE ORDER
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 于(at; in (pictographic — curved stroke representing breath escaping))ASSOCIATIVE
Breath curves and escapes from a person, meaning 'at' or 'in' a place.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
定于一尊
Traditional定於一尊
(idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
(idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct
- ，。
We should establish a single authority to rely upon, rather than believing rumors.
- 貳动verb
to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority
- 。
We establish one authority as supreme.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 宀(roof)RADICAL
- 疋(foot in right place; step correctly)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Under a roof with feet standing in the right place, everything is settled and secure.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 于(at; in (pictographic — curved stroke representing breath escaping))ASSOCIATIVE
Breath curves and escapes from a person, meaning 'at' or 'in' a place.
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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