- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
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难以自已
难以自已
cannot control oneself (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
cannot control oneself (idiom)
- 。
He was so excited that he could hardly contain himself.
- 貳形adjective
to be beside oneself
- 。
He was so excited that he could barely contain himself.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))RADICAL
A person holding a tool means "to use" or "to take" in order to work.
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.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 已(finished; stopped; coiled (representing completion))ASSOCIATIVE
The character resembles a coiled snake curled up on itself, symbolizing something completed or finished.
难以自已
Traditional難以自已
cannot control oneself (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
cannot control oneself (idiom)
- 。
He was so excited that he could hardly contain himself.
- 貳形adjective
to be beside oneself
- 。
He was so excited that he could barely contain himself.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))RADICAL
A person holding a tool means "to use" or "to take" in order to work.
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.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 已(finished; stopped; coiled (representing completion))ASSOCIATIVE
The character resembles a coiled snake curled up on itself, symbolizing something completed or finished.
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