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Chuang is composed of 士 shih scholar as radical, with 爿, which is really a contraction of 牀 ch'uang a bedstead, as phonetic.

Erh see.

Hsing see. [This very obvious sense is entirely missed by Eitel who translates, "One, youthful and studious as well, Will become grown-up and active as well."]

Shang see.

Chih see.

Chün see.

Hsia see.

Tsê is composed of 水 shui water as radical, with a phonetic read i which appears however in a small group of characters read tsê. It means moist, a marsh, fat, to enrich, etc.

Min is supposed to have been a picture, under its old form, of a crowd. It is now classed under radical 氏 shih.

Yang see lines,.

Ming see.