concentrated

is composed of the variant of (spinning wheel) and (inch). is the picture of a spinning wheel, while is the picture of a hand, depicts a hand operating a spinning wheel, which has the meaning of turning or spinning, but such meaning has been replaced by . A spinning wheel can turn fibre to yarn or thread, so means concentration.

Vocabulary of 專

  • 專業 (specialty)
  • 專家 (expert)
  • 專心 (to concentrate)

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