- 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))RADICAL
- 匕(spoon; curved)ASSOCIATIVE
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
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老王卖瓜，自卖自夸
老王卖瓜，自卖自夸
every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
- ，。
Old Wang sells melons and praises his own melons.
- 貳形adjective
all one's geese are swans
- ，。
He is always praising himself like an old peddler selling melons and boasting about his own wares.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 王(king; sovereign (represented as three realms—heaven, humanity, earth—connected by a vertical line))ASSOCIATIVE
A king is the only person who connects all three levels: heaven, people, and earth.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 十(ten; many)ASSOCIATIVE
- 买(buy; purchase)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Selling is buying and then multiplying many times over to make a profit.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 瓜(melon; gourd (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 瓜 depicts a melon hanging loosely from a vine.
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.
老王卖瓜，自卖自夸
Traditional老王賣瓜，自賣自誇
every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
- ，。
Old Wang sells melons and praises his own melons.
- 貳形adjective
all one's geese are swans
- ，。
He is always praising himself like an old peddler selling melons and boasting about his own wares.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))RADICAL
- 匕(spoon; curved)ASSOCIATIVE
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 王(king; sovereign (represented as three realms—heaven, humanity, earth—connected by a vertical line))ASSOCIATIVE
A king is the only person who connects all three levels: heaven, people, and earth.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 十(ten; many)ASSOCIATIVE
- 买(buy; purchase)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Selling is buying and then multiplying many times over to make a profit.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 瓜(melon; gourd (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 瓜 depicts a melon hanging loosely from a vine.
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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