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退
tuì
retreat [v.]
艮 + 辶
silver + road
The miners kept coming, only to retreat when they found no silver.
狠
hěn
ruthless
犭 + 艮gèn
Aesop + silver
Ruthless and her Silver Spur OR The competition at the silver mines was ruthless, like the fighting of dogs.
根
gēn
root [n.]
木 + 艮gèn
tree + silver
The legend of the silverroot was that silver could be found at the roots of trees in our valley.
treeroots are silver in color
艰
jiān
arduous
又 + 艮gēn
right hand + silver
The silver mining work was arduous often done with bare hands.
恨
hèn
hate
忄 + 艮gēn
meme + silver
meme with the silver-streaked hair, "hate the grey"
"The failed silver miners went home to the hate of their families, who felt duped in their desperate circumstances." (Silver Mining)
银
yín
silver
钅 + 艮
metal + silver
In the days of silver, word went east that the mining was good here.
艮
gèn
*silver
picture of silver bars melting
derived from: 银 yín silver
as a component: “艮字旁”
限
xiàn
limit [n./v.]
阝 + 艮
pinnacle + silver
At Pinnacle Weddings, we put a limit on the silver you will spend.
The price of silver reached its limit, the pinnacle, in the 1890’s.
The pinnacle for him was a silver medal, his limit.
跟
gēn
heel [n./v.]
⻊ + 艮gèn
lower leg + silver
"Mother, may I put my silver-spurred heel forward?" (Mother, May I?)
"Silver rush was followed on its heel by the Panic of 1893." (Silver Mining)
很
hěn
very
彳 + 艮gèn
queue + silver
Soon there was a very long line of men at the silver mining office ready to be hired.