The head points like a nail driven straight into the highest part of the body.
顶港有名声,下港上出名
(Tw) (saying) famous far and wide (from Taiwanese Hokkien)
MEANING
- 壹
(Tw) (saying) famous far and wide (from Taiwanese Hokkien)
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water)RADICAL
- 巷(alley; lane)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A harbor is where water flows into the narrow passages between moored ships.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 月(moon; flesh (iconic representation))RADICAL
- 又(right hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand holding a piece of meat — that is 'to have'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 夕(evening; night)ASSOCIATIVE
- 口(mouth; speech)RADICAL
When it's dark and people can't see each other, they must use their mouth to call out names to recognize one another.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 士(student; gentleman)RADICAL
- ?(sound; phonetic component)ASSOCIATIVE
A gentleman's voice resonates like the sound of reciting poetry that echoes through the air.
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- ⺊(dot above; high position)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(standard baseline; norm)ASSOCIATIVE
A dot mark sitting above a horizontal line represents the meaning 'above'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 屮(sprout; bud)ASSOCIATIVE
- 凵(hole; mouth of a hole)ASSOCIATIVE
A sprout reaching up out of the ground hole is the meaning of 'come out' or 'emerge'.
(Tw) (saying) famous far and wide (from Taiwanese Hokkien)
MEANING
- 壹
(Tw) (saying) famous far and wide (from Taiwanese Hokkien)
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water)RADICAL
- 巷(alley; lane)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A harbor is where water flows into the narrow passages between moored ships.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 月(moon; flesh (iconic representation))RADICAL
- 又(right hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand holding a piece of meat — that is 'to have'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 夕(evening; night)ASSOCIATIVE
- 口(mouth; speech)RADICAL
When it's dark and people can't see each other, they must use their mouth to call out names to recognize one another.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 士(student; gentleman)RADICAL
- ?(sound; phonetic component)ASSOCIATIVE
A gentleman's voice resonates like the sound of reciting poetry that echoes through the air.
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- ⺊(dot above; high position)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(standard baseline; norm)ASSOCIATIVE
A dot mark sitting above a horizontal line represents the meaning 'above'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 屮(sprout; bud)ASSOCIATIVE
- 凵(hole; mouth of a hole)ASSOCIATIVE
A sprout reaching up out of the ground hole is the meaning of 'come out' or 'emerge'.
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