The story of 有

have, exist

有 depicts a hand holding a meat(the BuShou of 肉). Meat was valuable in ancient China, when someone had a piece of meat, he thought that he really owned something. Now 有 belongs to the BuShou of 月, which is a misunderstanding.

Vocabulary of 有

  • 有時 (sometime)
  • 擁有 (own)

Classification

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