艮 Silver Mining

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退

tuì

retreat [v.]
艮 + 辶
silver + road

The miners kept coming, only to retreat when they found no silver.

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.

gēn

root [n.]
木 + 艮gèn
tree + silver

The legend of the silver root was that silver could be found at the roots of trees in our valley.

tree roots are silver in color

jiān

arduous
又 + 艮gēn
right hand + silver

The silver mining work was arduous often done with bare hands.

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)

yín

silver
钅 + 艮
metal + silver

In the days of silver, word went east that the mining was good here.

gèn

*silver

picture of silver bars melting

derived from: 银 yín silver

as a component: “艮字旁”

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.

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)

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.

艮 Silver Mining

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