- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 殳(weapon for throwing/striking)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A hand holding a weapon thrown forward is the motion of surrender or attack.
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投井下石
投井下石
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom)
- 。
We should not kick a person when they are down.
- 貳动verb
to hit a person when he's down
- 。
We should not add insult to injury.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 井(well (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
A square well opening with a wooden bar across it depicts a water well.
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'.
投井下石
Traditional投
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom)
- 。
We should not kick a person when they are down.
- 貳动verb
to hit a person when he's down
- 。
We should not add insult to injury.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 殳(weapon for throwing/striking)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A hand holding a weapon thrown forward is the motion of surrender or attack.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 井(well (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
A square well opening with a wooden bar across it depicts a water well.
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'.
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