在
The story of 在
exist, be
在 is composed of the variant of 才(shell) and the variant of 士(scholar, honorific). 才 is the picture of a newborn plant, while 士 depicts an axe, ancient Chinese valued agriculture, they would live in a fertile place which the plants could grow well, and would also guard their property by force.
Related Characters:
土soil
earth3𡈼good4圥earth
land5在exist
be6地earth
ground6坏pottery7坐sit7坯pottery8坡slope8坳concave
depression8坴earth
land8城city
town9垠border
limit9埔port
pier10埋bury10域area11埠wharf
port11堅solid
firm11埽dike
broom11報punish
inform12堤dike12塞stuff
squeeze13塊piece13墓tomb
grave13墳tomb
grave15墟ruins
village15壆dike
strata16墨ink16壞bad
spoiled19
earth3𡈼good4圥earth
land5在exist
be6地earth
ground6坏pottery7坐sit7坯pottery8坡slope8坳concave
depression8坴earth
land8城city
town9垠border
limit9埔port
pier10埋bury10域area11埠wharf
port11堅solid
firm11埽dike
broom11報punish
inform12堤dike12塞stuff
squeeze13塊piece13墓tomb
grave13墳tomb
grave15墟ruins
village15壆dike
strata16墨ink16壞bad
spoiled19