- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 甫(begin; new)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to snatch a fleeing person is the act of arrest.
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螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后
螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后
lit. the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the siskin behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the siskin behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
- ，。
The mantis catches the cicada, unaware of the yellow sparrow behind it.
- 貳名noun
fig. to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
- ，。
The mantis catches the cicada, unaware of the yellow sparrow behind.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 黃(yellow; ripe grain field)ASSOCIATIVE
A mature golden rice plant with its stalk, roots, and heavy drooping grain panicles forms the image of this character.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 口(mouth; door)RADICAL
- 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))ASSOCIATIVE
A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.
螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后
Traditional螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後
lit. the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the siskin behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the siskin behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
- ，。
The mantis catches the cicada, unaware of the yellow sparrow behind it.
- 貳名noun
fig. to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
- ，。
The mantis catches the cicada, unaware of the yellow sparrow behind.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 甫(begin; new)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to snatch a fleeing person is the act of arrest.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 黃(yellow; ripe grain field)ASSOCIATIVE
A mature golden rice plant with its stalk, roots, and heavy drooping grain panicles forms the image of this character.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 口(mouth; door)RADICAL
- 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))ASSOCIATIVE
A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.
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