Atoms¶

宀¶

[mián], meaning house

攵¶

[pū], teaching cane, to hit lightly, to tap

Compounds¶

好 = 女 + 子¶

good = woman + son

男 = 田 + 力¶

male = field + power

孝 = 老 + 子¶

filial piety = old man + (male) child

教 = 孝 + 攵¶

teach = filial piety + caning

字 = 宀 + 子¶

word/character = house + son

学 = 𦥯 + 子¶

A corruption of 教， with the RHS (cane) being omitted, and LHS being modified by 冖 [mì], lit. "cover", to indicate ignorance. "It originally meant to awake to a sense of one's position." giles-stc

奴 = 女 + 又¶

slave = woman + right hand

又 being the archaic form of 右, the right hand

努 = 奴 + 力¶

to exert effort / to pout = slave + power

怒 = 奴 + 心¶

anger = slave + heart