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Sinic glyphs for door-related concepts

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Chapter 1. Single-door and double-door: 戸 and 門 The Japanese glyph for door ( 戸 ) can be easily distinguished from her modern Chinese cousins ( 戶 and 户) since the we have a horizontal stroke on top of the Nihon version. For the uninitiated, 戸 can naively be deconstructed into: 一 (unity) and 尸 (the ceremonial worshippee or a breathing human model representing the deceased person in ancient Chinese funerals 古代丧礼代表死者受祭之活人), although it has nothing to do with these two concepts. Technically, 戸 is not exactly a complete door in traditional Chinese architecture. It is only half-a-door or a single-leaf door. 戸,護也。 半門 曰戸。象形。凡戸之屬皆从戸。 To get to the Chinese double-door, we need to flip the glyph and add it to the original glyph: 門 = 𠁣 + 𠃛 = 戸 + 戸 We can decompose 戸 into three parts: 丨 or 丿 (hinge stile 邊挺) + 口 (door panel 門扇) + 一 (head jamb 中橫框). In modern written Chinese, the head jamb is abstracted to a si...

はつこい

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最後 の キス は、 タバコ の フレーバー が 為た 、 苦く て 切ない 香り。 明日 の 今頃 には、 貴方 は 何処 に いる ん だ ろう。 誰 を 想ってる ん だ ろう。 You are always gonna be my love. 何時か 誰か と 又 恋に落ち ても I'll remember to love, you taught me how. You are always gonna be the one. 今 は 未だ 悲しい ラブソング、 新しい 歌 、 歌える 迄 。 立ち 止まる 時間 が、 動き出 そう と してる 、 忘れたく無い 事 許り 。 明日 の 今頃 には、 私 は 急度 泣いて いる 。 貴方 を 想ってる ん だ ろう You'll always be inside my heart. 何時も 貴方 丈 の 場所 が あるから I hope that I have a place in your heart too Now and forever you're still the one. 今 は 未だ 悲しい ラブソング、 新しい 歌 、 歌える 迄 。 You are always gonna be my love. 何時か 誰か と 又 恋に落ちて も 。I'll remember to love, you taught me how. You are always gonna be the one. 今は 未だ 悲しい ラブソング、 新しい歌、歌える迄

Suria and his wives: Cahaya and anti-Cahaya

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The masculine form of second ordinal number in the Arabic number system, ثاني (thāni), is etymologically linked to Shāni (சனி or शनि). Shāni is the Indic word for Saturn, the Roman god for agricultural activities. Who is going to take care of the household when you go on leave? In Indian mythology, Shāni was an illegit outcome of the union between Suria (सूर्य the Indian sun god) and Chāyā (छाया), who was magically cloned from shadow of Sanjna (संज्ञा), by Sanjna herself, as the solution to following question by her husband: Who is going to take care of the household when you go on leave? It is interesting to note that in Malay corpus, c-ha-y (چهاي) means light source (the positive light) instead of the shadow of the occluded light (the negative light). Don’t ask me why Sanjna cloned a pretty copy of herself and assigned her the temporary responsibility of managing the home. Apparently it was a grave miscalculation as the carnal needs of Suria canno...

Dana, Derma, and Kaya

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The altruistic act of unconditional separation of a part of your material and mental assets (food, money, knowledge, etc) and giving it to another unrelated human is called dāna (दान) in India. The word is sometimes glued with dharma 檀 (धर्म) to form There are three types of dāna: (1) Amisadāna ~ gift of food or money 財施 (2) Abhayadāna ~ gift of protection 無畏施 (3) Dharmadāna ~ gift of knowledge 法施 dānadharma (loosely = the dharma or principle of giving 施), which is a loose codification of the charitable or obligatory duty encouraged by both Hinduism and Buddhism. The Malays internalized this Indic concept long ago but the components now mean different things in modern Malay language. Firstly, dāna दान (giving - the act) is transformed into a noun - Although the primary meaning of dana in Malay is monetary fund, the origin Indic meaning of unconditional giving is retained, thus dana in Malay can also mean donation or even the donor itself. da-na دانا (a pool of moni...

彭亨苏丹和蓬豐四公

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这是彭亨苏丹Abu Bakar of Pahang和蓬豐四公(Orang Besar Berempat)在伦敦照的相片。 相片是1937年照的,彭亨苏丹当时33岁。后排左是蓬豐四公之首Hussein Mohd Taib,当时42岁。当时他们是去参加英国国王George VI的加冕礼。George VI是现任Charles III的阿公。Abu Bakar of Pahang也是现任彭亨苏丹暨国家元首Abdullah of Pahang的阿公。 蓬豐四公的爵位跟苏丹一样是世袭的,所以Hussein Mohd Taib把位子传给了Abdul Razak Hussein,然后Abdul Razak Hussein又把位子传给了现在正在监狱服刑的Najib Abdul Razak。 Hussein Mohd Taib的爵位马来文叫Orang Kaya Indera Shahbandar。Orang Kaya = 大人,Shahbandar = 海关总税务司,Indera = 彭坑城高棉时代的旧称的缩写 (Inderapura = 因陀羅城)。若要硬硬翻译的话: Orang Kaya Indera Shahbandar = 因陀羅城の海关总税务司大人。 Orang Kaya Indera Shahbandar和其他三公有自己的封地和管辖区: Orang Kaya Indera Shahbandar - 彭亨河河口 Pekan Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan - 彭亨河中游 Chenor Orang Kaya Indera Segara - 彭亨河河源 Temerloh Orang Kaya Indera Maharaja Perba Jelai - 彭亨河以北 Jelai 顺便说一下Indera是古印度雷神的名字,相等于Marvel的Thor。