- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 般(transport; rotate)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hands to turn and move things around is how you express housecleaning and moving.
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搬石头砸自己的脚
搬石头砸自己的脚
to move a stone and stub one's toe
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to move a stone and stub one's toe
- 。
You're bringing trouble on yourself.
- 貳动verb
to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
- 。
You're shooting yourself in the foot.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 大(large; big)RADICAL
- ⺀(two dots indicating hair; top of head)ASSOCIATIVE
The head is the largest and most prominent part on the human body.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 自(nose (pictographic) → self; body)ASSOCIATIVE
Ancient people pointed to their nose when saying "I," so the character for nose also means self.
搬石头砸自己的脚
Traditional搬石頭砸自己的腳
to move a stone and stub one's toe
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to move a stone and stub one's toe
- 。
You're bringing trouble on yourself.
- 貳动verb
to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
- 。
You're shooting yourself in the foot.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 般(transport; rotate)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hands to turn and move things around is how you express housecleaning and moving.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 大(large; big)RADICAL
- ⺀(two dots indicating hair; top of head)ASSOCIATIVE
The head is the largest and most prominent part on the human body.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 自(nose (pictographic) → self; body)ASSOCIATIVE
Ancient people pointed to their nose when saying "I," so the character for nose also means self.
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