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12 Chih see.

Kuo is composed of the walking radical and a common phonetic. It means to pass by or over; hence, to transgress, an error, a fault. It is used colloquially to form the past tense, thus: 來 lai come, 來過 came. See.

Chiao see.

Pu see.

Yen is composed of two 口 k'ou mouths which formed the ancient radical (now a single k'ou) and a phonetic. It originally meant a sharp order, hence severe; see.

Shih is composed of an old form of 堆 tui a mound or bank on the left, with 帀 tsa to encompass as ancient (巾 chin napkin modern) radical on the right. It originally meant a body of 2500 soldiers, and its composition may possibly have reference to a mud fortress; then it came to mean to take as a model, a teacher, a master workman. Confucius said 三人同行必有我師 san jen t'ung hsing, pi yu wo shih, if three men are walking together, one will be my teacher, i.e. able to teach me something (see, lines , , , , , ).

Chih see.

To is composed of 心 hsin heart as radical and a phonetic.