Rice-semen metaphor analysis Compiled by Jennifer Ball © September 4, 2010
Black = rice (米 or 禾) component Blue = essence, youth 青component Green = seek 求 component Red = miscellaneous Mandarin is first pronunciation (Cantonese is in parentheses)
籽 䊘
seed, pip, pit, stone
jiu4 (zaau6)
rice + descendant = grain
胄 由
2nd char:
grain
=
zi3 (zi2)
月
cause +
flesh = to cause flesh
= descendant (also helmet, headpiece)
䱊
roe or spawn, a fish
mi3 (mai5)
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精 䊝 靝 圊 青 zing1)
essence; semen; spirit
jing1, qing2, jing4 (zeng1
exile; to banish
(in taoism) the heaven
xie4 (sit3)
tian1 (no Cant. given)
pigsty, restroom
qing1 (cing1)
green / blue / black / green grass / not ripe / young / youth / youthful / the skin of bamboo / as in 蛋 青-the white of an egg / short for Tsinghai Province or Tsingtao qing1, jing1 (ceng1 cing1)
情 婧
猜 清 睛 錆 蜻 毒毐 peaceful
guess, conjecture, suppose; feel
clear; distinct; complete; pure; clear, pure, clean; qing1, qing4 (ceng1 cing1 )
eyeball, pupil of eye
the color of a mineral
modest, supple
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qing2 (cing4)
jing1, jing3 (zing1)
qiang1 (coeng1)
dragonfly qing1, jing1 (cing1) (the emperor is the dragon)
poison, venom; poisonous
feeling, sentiment, emotion
cai1 (caai1)
(related: immoral, adulterer lines on top instead of three)
du2 dai4 (duk6)
ai3 (oi2) —note two horizontal
jing4 (zing6)
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䮳 able
to give birth to, to bring and to rear (interchange-
蕃) to increase; to multiply; to propagate
数 類 糅 料 種
fan2 (faan4)
number; several, count; fate shu4, shu3, cu4, shuo4
(sou2 sou3)
resemble
liano2 (liu2 liu6)
zung2)
䅦 慕 蕃 兾 糞 㔴 屎
feeble; weak of the rice plant mao2 (nau4) (It only exists because someone tends it; there is the stable field to allow a weak plant to grow.)
admire; long for, desire;
mu4 (mou6)
flourishing, to reproduce, foreign things (faan4) fan2,1, bo2, pi2, bo1 class, group, kind, category, type; similar; like; to lei4, li4 (leoi6)
blend, mix
rou3, rou2 (jau2 nau6)
consider, conjecture; materials, ingredients liao4,
manure, dung, night soil
ji4 (no Cant. given)
fen4 (fan3)
agricultural implement; farm tools, a big sacrificial vessel; a tripod of bronze with two ears; a caldron yi4 (zik6)
seed; race, breed; to plant zhong1 chong4 zhong4 (cung4
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to hope for; to wish
fan2
excrement, dung, shit
shi3, xi1 (hei1 si2)
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䐖 㞗 求 觩 渌 䚏 憐
(same as VEA3567) to laugh heartily; to roar with laughter; to groan; to moan yi2 (ngaai4 zi4)
sion
the male organ, obscene language, vulgar expres qiu2 (gau1)
seek; demand, request; beseech
qiú (kau4)
strong
qiu2 ( kau4)
strain
lu4 (luk6)
to love; intimate; near to; dear; parents; relatives, to see; to look at; to observe leng4, li4, lin4 (no Cant. given)
pity, sympathize
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lian2 (lin4)
僯 潾 渊 敉 侎 粲 泰
(mai5 mei3 mei5
(no Cant. given)
ashamed
lin3 (no Cant. given)
clear water
lin2 (leon4)
surge up, bubble up, gush forth
pacify, smooth, stablilize, peaceful
yuan1 (jyun1
mi3
to soothe, to pacify; to settle, to establish mi3 mei3
polish; bright, radiant; smiling
can4 (caan3)
safe; peaceful; most; Thai(land); grand; great, exalt-
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ed, superior; big
眯 瞇 瞵 燐 銤 䗲 鱗
tai4 (taai3)
be blinded, blind as with dust mi2(mai5 mei1 mi1)
mi3, mi1 mi4,
粥 鬻 糜
rice gruel, congee
zhou1 yu4 zhu4 (zuk1)
(alternate form of 粥) sell; child, childish; nourish yu4, zhou1, zhu3, zhu4, ju1 (juk6)
to close (the eyes); to squint mai4 mai5 mei1 mi1)
to stare at
mi1 (
lin2 lin4 lian2 (leon4)
phosphorus
tie up
mi2 (mei4)
not rice, but comparison given)
millet
mi2 (no Cant.
䊀 粘 hu2 (wu4)
firefly
lin4 (no Cant. given)
fish scales
lin2 (leon4) 8
縻 蘼
mi2, mei2 (mei4)
not rice, but comparison
lin2 (leon4)
americum mi3 (mai5 )(because of the platinum?)
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rice gruel, congee; mashed
paste; to paste, sticky; glutinous, to stick
viscous, mucous; glutinous
nian2, lian1, zhan1
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(nim1 nim4 zim1)
a kind of grain; yellow color; not sticky, (same as 餭) fried puffy shredded, sugar-plums; sweetmeats huang2, huang3 (wong4)
mai6)
䊦
food (some food as glutinouss rice tamale -- made by wrapping the rice in broad leaves of reeds and boiled for a few hours --usually with other ingredients, as dates, meat, oyster, beams, etc. ya2 ye4 (zit3)
(cou1) (synonyms:
暴
(non-classical form of cious; cruel, sudden bao4 (bok3 bou6 keoi4)
䊗
粿 䉾 糙 粗
㫧 謎 迷 醚 氣 餼 氯
rice cake
guo3 (gwo2)
bad; poor quality of rice
mi4 (bei3 bui6 pui3)
coarse, harsh, rough, unpolished rice cao1 (cou3)
rough, thick, course; rude
觕 麤 麄) 10
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cu1
riddle, conundrum; puzzle
) violent; fierce; atro-
mi2 mei4 mi4(mai4
lost, bewitch, charm, infatuate, bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused mi2 mei4 mi4 (mai4)
ether
mi2 (mai4)
air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit
qi4, xi4 (hei3)
grain ration; sacrificial victim, gift
chlorine
xi4, (hei3)
lu2 (with umlaut)
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㑶 愾 㖤 㗭 嘨 㘀 㝥 sigh; to groan
(non-classical form of 愾) anger; passion; rage, to xi4 (haai4 hei3 )
anger, wrath, hatred, enmity
given)
(zok3)
kai4 (koi3)
wrath, anger
han2 (haam4)
a sound; an echo
roar, howl, scream; whistle
(Cant. only: hei1)
xiao4, chi4 (no Cant.
to sound, a sound, the cry of a bird or animal zuo4
have a nightmare, sound sleep
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懊 冞 罙 匊 㽤 㥌 趜
vexed, worried, nervous; regret
far, deep
ao4
mi2 (mei4)
deep
mi2 shen1 (no Cant. given)
handful
ju2 (guk1)
small plot of land
ju2 (guk1)
prudent, cautious
ju2 (guk1)
(Cant.) to suffocate
ju2 (guk1)
mi3 (maai5)
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窸 麋 脒 㔄 㓼 䍘 䋛
faint sound, whisper
xi1 (sik1)
elk
mi2 (mei4)
open; throw away
mi3 (no Cant. given)
thin, small cut
su4 (suk1)
an incised wound; cuts
chi4, chong4 (no Cant. given)
缕 㥪 偻 㜩 䉛 䐿 㔂 (leoi5)
(simplied form of 縷) thread; detailed, precise lü3
(simplied form of 慺 ) diligent; industrious; sedulous, to encourage; to make efforts lou2 (lau4)
humpback; surname
jealous; to envy; jealously
lü3, lou2 (lau4)
ao4 bie2 (ou3)
bamboo basket for washing rice, implements used to move the silkworm yu4 (zuk1) a general term for nets
mi2 (nei4)
gizzard, to store up meat, the five lowest pieces of bone of the spinal column ao2, ao4, bi4 (ou3)
the clustered embroidery patterns (as tiny and fine rice) mi2, mi3 (mai5)
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point; to shave; to brush away
鄰 㬥
lin2 (leon4)
qiu2 (kau4) neighbor; neighborhood
lin2, lin4 (leon4)
ball, anything round, sphere
ball, sphere, globe; round
(an ancient form of 曝) to sun to air; to expose to sunlight, to expose or be exposed; exposure, a tree with scatter or dispersed leaves pu4 (buk6)
㪰
(guk1)
(ancient form of 齋) to abstain from meat, wine, etc., to fast; penance (Cant. only: zaai1)
墦 㢻 毩
毬 球 鞠 掬 踘
bow, bend; rear, raise, nourish
to grasp or hold with both hands
tomb, grave
fan2( faan4)
ball
to draw a bow, bent
a leather ball for kicking
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wei3 (waai2)
qiu2 (kau4)
jū jú qū qiōng
jú jū (guk1)
jú jū(guk1 guk6)
Sources: http://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=en http://www.mandarintools.com/ http://www.cojak.org http://www.internationalscientific.org http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki
ju2 (no Cant. given)
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