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家
口
和
做
工
作
大
夫
姐
没
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口 kôu
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mouth,entrance, gate, (classifier for things with mouths such as people, domestic animals,
家 jiä
Pictograph - picture of a mouth 口(mouth)
做
宀(roof)
work, make; act
和
zuò
亻(person)
作
Pictophonetic - Hand 亻 suggests the meaning while 故 provides the pronunciation.
hé hè huò 口(mouth)
make,work,compose, write,act,perform
zuò zuö
工 göng
Pictophonetic - Person 亻 with the phonetic component 乍 亻(person)
夫(伕)
没(沒) méi mò
and,together with,with, sum,union,harmony, peace,peaceful,calm Pictophonetic - Mouth 口 provides the meaning while 禾 provides the sound
work,worker,skill, profession,trade,craft, labor, Kangxi radical number 48
工(work)
man,male adult,husband
大 dà dài
Ideograph - A man 大 with a hairpin 一 on the head to symbolize adulthood
big,huge,large,major, great,wide,vast,deep, oldest,eldest, Kangxi radical number 37 Pictograph - a man with outstretched arms and legs
大(big)
none,have not,not,to sink, to submerge,to overflow, to disappear,to go into oblivion,exhausted,
姐
elder sister,young lady
jiê
Pictophonetic - Water 氵 with the phonetic component 殳 氵(water)
Pictophonetic - House 宀 suggests the meaning while 豕 provides the pronunciation.
Pictograph - a carpenter's square
fü fú 大(big)
house,home,residence, family
女(woman)
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Pictophonetic - Woman 女 suggests the meaning while 且 provides the pronunciation.
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有
只
个
哥
弟
妹
学
生
在
医
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只
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only,just,simply,classifier for one of a pair
有
zhî zhï
yôu Ideograph - Mouth 口 with eight 八
口(mouth)
哥
Pictophonetic - moon 月 with 又 (phonetic) 月(moon)
elder brother
个(個)
gë
口(mouth)
妹
生 shëng
Ideograph - Can 可 on top of another can 可. 可 also provides the sound
丨(line)
younger sister
弟
Pictophonetic - Female 女 suggests the meaning while 末 provides the pronunciation
to be born,to give birth, life,to grow,living,lifetime, birth
生(life)
弓(bow)
学(學)
younger brother,junior male
Pictograph - Picture of a spindle with thread wrapped around it
learn,study,science, knowledge,school,-ology
xué Ideograph - Kids 子 study under a roof 冖 子(child)
medical,medicine,doctor, to cure,to treat
在
yï
匸(hiding enclosure)
Pictophonetic - Simplified form of 個, a count of people 亻, 固 provides the sound
dì
Pictograph - A plant 屮 sprouting from the earth 土
医(醫)
individual,measure word, this,that,piece,single
gè gê
mèi
女(woman)
to have,there is,there are, to exist,to be,to own, to possess
zài Pictophonetic - Simplified form of 醫, alcohol 酉 with 殹 (phonetic)
at, in,on,to exist,in the middle of doing something,(indicating an action in progress) Pictophonetic - exists on earth 土, 才 provides sound
土(earth)
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院
护
士
人
职
员
警
察
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护(護)
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protect,guard,defend, shield,take sides
hù
院 yuàn
Pictophonetic - Hand 扌 with household 户 (phonetic) 扌(hand)
人
阝(place)
man,person,people, mankind,someone else
士
rén
shì Pictograph - a person walking on two legs
人(person)
员(員) yuán yún yùn 口(mouth)
察 chá
宀(roof)
courtyard,yard,court, school
士(scholar)
person,employee, member,staff member
职(職)
Pictophonetic - Town阝 suggests the meaning while 完 provides the pronunciation.
scholar,soldier,warrior, gentleman,knight, Kangxi radical number 33 Ideograph - a person who knows the numbers from 一 to 十
duty,profession,office, post
zhí Phonetic Loan - Mouth 口 with money 贝, borrowed sound from 圆
examine,inquire,observe, inspect,look into,to examine
耳(ear)
警
Pictophonetic - Ear 耳 suggests the meaning while 只 provides the pronunciation.
guard,watch,alert,alarm, police
jîng
Pictophonetic - House 宀 suggests the meaning while 祭 provides the pronunciation.
言 空
Pictophonetic - Speech 言 suggests the meaning while 敬 provides the pronunciation.
air,sky,empty,free time,in vain,hollow,bare,deserted
köng kòng Pictophonetic - Empty cave 穴. 工 provides the sound 穴(cave)
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