one of the 214 radicals in the traditional character classification system
八八RS | 丷 | eight, all around, all sides | - eight can be separated in two: two diverging branches → 八
- con.: several, even, divide
| 辛; 㕣 罙 分 父 公 谷 |
卻卻RS 却却 | | still, but, decline, retreat | - RS. the person 卩 who escapes 谷/去 (person 人 leaves 八 the house 口): retreat
- one wants to leave 谷/去 but the exit it sealed 卩
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儍儍RS 傻傻 | | foolish, silly, an imbecile | - person 亻whose head 𠚍/囟 goes 夂 all around 八, never focusing
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㕣㕣RS | | river | - water spreading 八 from a source 口
| 沿 船 鉛 |
六六RS | | six | - → 六 : eight 八 without 2 入
- 1 head + 1 torso +
2 arms outstretched sideways 亠 + 2 legs 八= six
| 交
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公公RS | | fair, equitable, public, duke | - many 八 individuals 厶 working together, serving the public in a fair way; they have a park with pine trees 松
- an honorable man with a mustache 八 and pipe 厶 looks like a duke or father-in-law
- a bull has horns 八 and a snout 厶 (male animal)
- 厶 (arm with cleaver in motion) divides 八 in two: fare and equitable in the public interest
- individual 厶 looks like an arm with cleaver in motion that divides in 2 八 equal pieces : 公 this is fair , just and equitable which is in the public and common interest
| 衆 明; 主 君 殿; 松 翁 訟 |
介介RS | | lie between, sea shell, wear armour, forerunner, herald, harbinger | - that which separates 八 men 人
- seashell → 介: armour for the animal inside
| 媒 仲; 貝; 界 |
説説RS 说说 | 說 | speak, say, talk, scold, explanation, rumor | - money 兑 speaks 言 boldest; it is usually the explanation for many actions of the mouth 言
- many 八 brothers 兄 defending their family verbally 言
- ⓢ looks like a comedian talking into a stand microphone
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埶埶RS | 𡎐𤞷 | art | - clod of earth 坴 made into round 丸 pots
- persons 土 dividing 八 clay 土 to make round 丸 pots
- RS. a person 丮 holding a tree 木 above dirt 土 - planting - art: 𡎐 → 埶
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穴穴RS | | hole, cave, den, rad. 116 | - a place where the roof 宀 is separated 八; a cave is a hole in the mountain
| 洞 坑 孔 口; 窯 窃 窮 究 突 空 搾
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兌兌RS | 兑 | cash, exchange | - the oldest brother 兄 divides all cash evenly 八/丷amongst his brothers and sisters
- con. big brother
| al: 兑: 官 悦 税 鋭 説 閲 脱 |
尒尒RS | | you, your | - one 丨 enters 入 in front of many 八
| 爾 |
交交RS | | mix, intersect, exchange, communicate, deliver | - many 八 people mixing hands 乂 and heads 亠: they will communicate and exchange ideas and intersect them to deliver a compromise everybody can work to
| 混; 郊 効 較 校 絞 |
詹詹RS | | talk too much, verbose | - several 八 mouths looking upward 厃 and talking 言 too much about something
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谿谿RS | | valley | - contains several houses 𠆢 of farming families 口 where large men 大 work continuously 幺 with their hands ⺤
| 谷
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父父RS | | father, rad. 88 | - a father needs many 八 hands 又 to work for and feed his family
- RS. hand 又 with axe 八
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分分RS | | divide, small unit of time etc. | - something cut 刀 in equal 八 parts; an hour divided in equal parts
| 部; 剖 割 析 別; 彰 悟; 粉 貧 頒 盆 紛 雰
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半半RS | | half | - cow 㐄 divided 八 in two pieces: → 半
| 削 伴 畔 |
曾曾RS | 曽 | already, sign of past | - RS. something splits from 八 the fields 田 (which has been told 曰 to happen in the past) under the sun 日
- when the sun 日 sinks below the field 田 of plants 丷, the day is already over and it is the sign of a past day
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遂遂RS | 㒸 | succeed, accomplish, comply with, follow along, thereupon | - succeed in moving 辶 many 八 pigs 豕: the animals have complied with the owners wish
- if you chase eight 八 pigs 豕 you will succeed grabbing at least one
| 逐 |