- 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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竹篮打水，一场空
竹篮打水，一场空
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹名noun
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
- ，。
Using a bamboo basket to scoop water is all for nothing.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 水(water (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
⿰(left-right)
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竹篮打水，一场空
Traditional竹籃打水，一場空
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹名noun
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
- ，。
Using a bamboo basket to scoop water is all for nothing.
STROKE ORDER
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⿰(left-right)
？
？
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- 水(water (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
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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