Chinese session 1

Chinese words and associations

The difference between ”kou3”(r30) & ”wei2”(r31) isn’t much visually except that one is bigger than the other. But they hold a very interesting meaning to the characters they  contain.

-        Kou3 = mouth口. Found in characters like吃(chi1)，喝(he1), which means to eat & to drink.  Which are both actions that involve the mouth. 

-       Wei2 = No meaning alone囗. Found in char like国 (guo2 = Country), 囚 (qiu2 = Prisoner), Which has to do with containment.

More related words to ”kou3”(r30) & ”wei2”(r31)

Character	Chinese	Translation
回	hui2	Return “think that you have walked a circle in a labyrinth and returned where you began”.
才	cai2	Expert; only the, “A plant sprouting through the ground is certainly an expert”
团	tuan2	Group “a group are >1 who are *contained*, and are experts”
夂	zhi3 r34	“is a common component, traditionally considered to mean 'walk slowly'.” *A person running forward ⺈on a pair of stilts夂 that’s why he is slow*
冫or 冫	bing1 r15	s.f.o Ice
冰	bing1	Ice *ice radical and water together, make logically the meaning ice*
冬	dong1	Winter * In the  winter, you must 夂 walk slowly to avoid slipping on the 冫 ice under your fot*.
图	tu2	Picture, drawing “A framed winter makes a beautiful picture”.
大	da4	Big, “A person with arms stretched out to mean "big".”
因	yin1	Cause, “A big person contained can certainly make a cause to escape”
为	wei4	For, on account of, as
因为	yin1 wei4	Because *A cause + for = because*.