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According to its etymology, it is said to represent a border or city wall. The vertical stroke 丨 symbolizes something stretching far into the distance, and the horizontal stroke 一 marks the boundary, together conveying the idea of a faraway or separated place.

#5 — The second of the ten heavenly stems (天干 (tiāngān))

#6 — a backward hook

#7 — two, the number 2, second

#8 — pig-year head, top of the character 亥

#9 — human, person

#10 — a virtuous/good person

#11 — to enter, to let in, to put in

#12 — eight, the number 8, the eighth in order

#13 — city outskirts, suburbs

#14 — to cover, to conceal

#15 — ice, oil, to congeal/freeze

#16 — small table, low bench (안석)

#17 — to open the mouth, to gape

#18 — sword, knife, sharp-edged tool

#19 — power, force, strength

#20 — to wrap, to embrace

#21 — dagger, spoon

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冂

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