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cloud; say
Signifies clouds floating in the sky. A floating cloud can also predict rain, which then also came to mean to say. |
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to move, transport
luck, fortune
a cloud (云) floating (辶) and moving around "transporting" the rain, or creating the omens of good luck |
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force, power, strength
picture of a plow or tendon, implying strength |
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to move, to act
TRAD 動; 运动 "Exercise" (lit. "to move")
a cloud (云) forces a man with a plow (力) to move faster because of the coming rain |
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corpse
尸检 autopsy (lit. corpse examination)
this is the sitting position of a corpse in an ancient grave |
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layer; floor; level
a cloud has layers, a house has floors, while there are levels of analysis |
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