- 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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老鼠拉龟，无从下手
老鼠拉龟，无从下手
like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
- ，。
This problem is really unwieldy, with no idea where to start.
- 貳形adjective
no clue where to start
- ，。
This problem is truly difficult to know where to begin with.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 鼠(mouse; rat (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A mouse's head, teeth, body, and tail are stylized to form this character.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 立(upright; erect)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 龜(turtle (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 龜 depicts a turtle with its shell, head, and legs clearly drawn.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; initial)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尢(disabled person; insufficient)ASSOCIATIVE
From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human figure)ASSOCIATIVE
Two people walking together, with one following behind the other, that is the meaning of the character.
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'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 手(hand (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 手 mimics the image of a hand with five fingers spread out.
老鼠拉龟，无从下手
Traditional老鼠拉龜，無從下手
like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
- ，。
This problem is really unwieldy, with no idea where to start.
- 貳形adjective
no clue where to start
- ，。
This problem is truly difficult to know where to begin with.
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- 鼠(mouse; rat (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A mouse's head, teeth, body, and tail are stylized to form this character.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 立(upright; erect)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 龜(turtle (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 龜 depicts a turtle with its shell, head, and legs clearly drawn.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; initial)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尢(disabled person; insufficient)ASSOCIATIVE
From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human figure)ASSOCIATIVE
Two people walking together, with one following behind the other, that is the meaning of the character.
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'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 手(hand (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 手 mimics the image of a hand with five fingers spread out.
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