- 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
- 旨(meaning; delicious)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to point at what you want to say.
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指鹿作马
指鹿作马
to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
- ，。
He deliberately distorted the facts and confused right with wrong.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 鹿(deer (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character depicts an ancient pictograph of a deer with antlers, head, and four legs.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亻(person; people)RADICAL
- 乍(sudden; just beginning)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A person beginning to do something is the action of making or creating.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 馬(horse (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 馬 depicts a horse with a mane, body, and four hooves running swiftly.
指鹿作马
Traditional指鹿作馬
to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
- ，。
He deliberately distorted the facts and confused right with wrong.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
- 旨(meaning; delicious)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to point at what you want to say.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 鹿(deer (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character depicts an ancient pictograph of a deer with antlers, head, and four legs.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亻(person; people)RADICAL
- 乍(sudden; just beginning)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A person beginning to do something is the action of making or creating.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 馬(horse (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 馬 depicts a horse with a mane, body, and four hooves running swiftly.
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