to fasten / to button / button / buckle / knot / to arrest / to confiscate / to deduct (money) / discount / to knock / to smash, spike or dunk (a ball) / to cover (with a bowl etc) / (fig.) to tag a label on sb / (Tw) (loanword) code
扣
=
口
+
扌
:
Karl Marx (k) manufactures a new button (扣) out of a mandarin (口) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). He does so by grapping the mandarin tightly in one hand, and carving out the button out of the peel by rotating a toy claw (扌) around the mandarin with his other hand.
扣
=
口
+
扌
:
Karl Marx (k) manufactures a new button (扣) out of a mandarin (口) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). He does so by grapping the mandarin tightly in one hand, and carving out the button out of the peel by rotating a toy claw (扌) around the mandarin with his other hand.
缴
=
敫
+
纟
:
Joan of Arc (ji) is happily playing her ancient musical instrument (敫) in the aorta (ao3) as the silk worm (纟) comes by to collect the taxes. Because Joan of Arc has no money on her she has no other choice but to hand over (缴) the instrument to pay her taxes (缴).