AA everyone

(ren 2 ren 2 )
person + person =
everyone

~A heaven
(tian ren 2)
sky + person = [literally]
sky person = heaven or
1 person person i a person with universal
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1nsight
everyone

~* extremely big
(tian 1 da 4 )
What could be a bigger
space than the heavens?
sky + big = [literally] big
as the sky = extremely b1g

~~every day
(tian 1 tian 1)
As we have already seen
:• sky person :• opposite, the character
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heaven for 'sky' also means 'day'.

day + day = every day

! sky big i
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extremely big

l• sky/day sky/day I•
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every day
 Depending on the size
of the building block, this
character means either
'mouth' (if it is small) or
'to surround' (if it is large).
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Q to surround (wei 2)
Can you tell the difference
between these two
characters? It is nearly
impossible, but the
d ifference is usually made
evident by the meaning
of the compound . It's
useful to remember that
'to surround' never appears
alone, so if you see a stand-
alone Q, it is the character
for 'mouth' .

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