Single-character words Character Meaning Transliteration Decomposition Noble warrior agag Front foot + cut to mow, to cut aggwau Plant + cut grass bow anka Bow with arrow nocked woman ba, bayin Laying eggs in hole tactic, summary bagi Compound: rice field + divide Fire bai fire with sparks /baɪ/ Border, holdings, bazhin Rice field + fence lands To follow, to obey bebag Person kneeling while being pushed down by a hand Soldier, fighter bei Axe or polearm to walk binggap Two front feet correct, right, bonpa Wall surrounding a rice paddy with appropriate sun shining belongings, bu A chest possessions region bu Border + soil + phonetic 'bu' nine bwai Nine marks in a tally (+simplified version) light byanggap Light rays shining /bʲangːap/ Swarm, flock, chaip Many insects crowd, many Turtle champayan Armoured plate + shell /t͡ɕampajan/ sword chan sword five cheg Five strokes in a tally four chin Four strokes in a tally planet chuumin 'Sphere' with sun shining over it current (wind) dan Clouds in the wind battle dan People standing with axes + 'opposition' + phonetic 'dan' punishment dang A prostrating person imprisoned dark, night dang Moon + phonetic 'dang' Big, large deki Tree with very big roots Iron dekku Compound: metal + strong /dekːu/ bird dong Bird on nest earth, land doyong Packed earth on soil /doyoŋ/ cloud eimkwo Sun behind clouds small enpi A thing cut into little pieces clan gam Person bowing to a flag mark, sign, sigil gang An insignia god gang Altar + phonetic 'gang' dragon gango dragon teacher, master, gap General standing next to flag mentor, military unit building gegotan Foundation with building plant gekkon plant tree gem tree spear, polearm, gemgu spear or trident weapon trident Strong gengou Not known - thought to indicate a battlefield from above Meeting, gengu Crossroads + talk suspicion Big-seed tree gikkou Tree on floating island north gokkai Metal inside a container – a compass. Imperial goma throne harvest gou Rice in a basket Pearl, ball, sphere gou Valuable + phonetic 'gou' rice gouyi Stalk of rice egg gwayap egg Ten thousand gyam Simplified 'innumerable' ('many + insect') water gyang river flowing from mountains pattern hai A robe with one side over the other sun ham Sun with rays Radiant, radiance, hamgi Four 'bright' majesty era, change hamon A loom and spool of thread boat hanga sail eye hanzhan eyes white, bright hawa Moon with rays order hayidon Person kneeling under roof good hein Altar with offerings east hem Sun shining over horizon west heukou Bird + simplified 'night' (The bird comes to rest when the sun sets) word hongon Mouth with words coming out one hya One stroke in the ten-stroke tally symbol fish, fishing hya Fish and rod to cut kakkun A cutting blade leaf kapi Plant + leaf armour koncha Suit of chest plates heavy kong Metal sheet on scale town konga Rice field + house six kwan Six strokes in a tally Many mamshan Many plants hundred manku One + Simplified 'many' + valuable Circle, cylindrical man Eyes + border Valuable, precious mem Ceremonial urn trade memman Valuable + stacked pallets province mendou King + border leader mimpin People bowing to a standing person river mindan river food moibak Person next to boxes sprout monochi Plant + plants growing under tressels mouth mouyu mouth lead muen Compound: metal + heavy Ancient, long ago, muka Sun underneath ground bygone moon muki moon Insect, bug, mukishi Insect from above – showing the three shelled creature, body segments shell snow muuyou Rain + soft two myan Two strokes rain nange Rain pouring from a cloud garden nangshan Plant + two plants Form, shape nen Hand moulding a shape seven neng Seven marks in a tally (+simplified version) To mediate, to nokai A staff guard, to help Possessive nyai marker, then eight ougyuu Eight marks in a tally (+simplified version) Soft, pliant, puyuu A tree with a pliable branch limber, gentle ten pyang Ten marks in a tally (+simplified version) person sha Mukashin standing annual shaka Simplified 'circle' + 'harvest' – harvest comes once a year country shaku Clan + border servant she Soldier next to flag heart shiing heart death shin Person lying under ground three shya Three strokes in a tally To divide tampa Front foot + blank mountain tan, tango mountain range To carry, transport tegouhan Boat + front foot + wheelbarrow word to Writing + mouth king tou crown forest touri Many trees south tyam Back foot + distorted 'metal' – reverse north Straight sword wian Sword + straight blade Rice paddy won Rice paddies east uwan Sun rising behind tree metal uye gem eggshell yemmam Egg under cover Field, open space yeng Open field + phonetic 'yeng' ear yong An internal ear thousand yong Simplified 'many' + top part of 'valuable' + phonetic 'yong' ship zhanhange Boat + stacked pallets new zheiane Sparkling piece of metal Innumerable, a zhom Many insects + many plants large number competition zhou Two people standing + open field Compound words Word Meaning Transliteration Composition Unified/united hyanen One + shape
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