- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 丁(nail; craftsman)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to drive a nail is the action of hitting or striking something hard.
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打蛇不死，反受其害
打蛇不死，反受其害
(proverb) if you deal with a threat but fail to eliminate it, it may come back to harm you
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹名noun
(proverb) if you deal with a threat but fail to eliminate it, it may come back to harm you
- ，。
If you hit a snake but don't kill it, you'll suffer its revenge instead.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 虫(insect; bug; worm)RADICAL
- 它(snake (original sense))PHONO-SEMANTIC
A snake is a reptile that slithers like an insect, and the sound "da" mimics its hissing.
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- 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
- 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE
Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 厂(steep rock wall; cliff)RADICAL
- 又(right hand)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand with palm facing up against a cliff suggests the meaning 'reverse' or 'oppose'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 爫(hand (from above))ASSOCIATIVE
- 冖(thing given; gift)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(hand (from below))RADICAL
The upper hand gives an object while the lower hand receives it—that is the meaning of receiving or bearing.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 甘(sweet; pleased)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(one; point to)ASSOCIATIVE
- 八(eight; divide)RADICAL
Originally a picture of a rice sieve, it now serves as a pronoun meaning "that" or "it" in classical language.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 宀(roof)RADICAL
- 丰(abundant; plentiful)PHONETIC
- 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
Under a roof, abundant speech can harm others.
打蛇不死，反受其害
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(proverb) if you deal with a threat but fail to eliminate it, it may come back to harm you
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹名noun
(proverb) if you deal with a threat but fail to eliminate it, it may come back to harm you
- ，。
If you hit a snake but don't kill it, you'll suffer its revenge instead.
STROKE ORDER
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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- 虫(insect; bug; worm)RADICAL
- 它(snake (original sense))PHONO-SEMANTIC
A snake is a reptile that slithers like an insect, and the sound "da" mimics its hissing.
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- 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
- 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE
Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 厂(steep rock wall; cliff)RADICAL
- 又(right hand)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand with palm facing up against a cliff suggests the meaning 'reverse' or 'oppose'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 爫(hand (from above))ASSOCIATIVE
- 冖(thing given; gift)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(hand (from below))RADICAL
The upper hand gives an object while the lower hand receives it—that is the meaning of receiving or bearing.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 甘(sweet; pleased)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(one; point to)ASSOCIATIVE
- 八(eight; divide)RADICAL
Originally a picture of a rice sieve, it now serves as a pronoun meaning "that" or "it" in classical language.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 宀(roof)RADICAL
- 丰(abundant; plentiful)PHONETIC
- 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
Under a roof, abundant speech can harm others.
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