Small round seeds like fruit, counting one by one on your fingertips.
颗粒无收
not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)
- 。
We have had no harvest at all this year.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 米(rice; rice grain)RADICAL
- 立(erect; upright)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Each grain of rice stands upright and separate, that is one grain.
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- 丩(coil up; bind; tie)ASSOCIATIVE
- 攵(hand; wield stick; action)RADICAL
A hand holding a stick binding things together — that is the action of seizing and gathering.
not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)
- 。
We have had no harvest at all this year.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 米(rice; rice grain)RADICAL
- 立(erect; upright)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Each grain of rice stands upright and separate, that is one grain.
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- 丩(coil up; bind; tie)ASSOCIATIVE
- 攵(hand; wield stick; action)RADICAL
A hand holding a stick binding things together — that is the action of seizing and gathering.
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