awake, aware

is composed of 𦥑 (two hands), (lines on a trigram) ,the variant of (six) and (see). The upper part of depicts two hands demonstrating the calculation of counting rods on a mound, while is the picture of a man with a wide open eye, he watch, aware and understand.

Vocabulary of 覺

  • 醒覺 (awaken)
  • 嗅覺 (sense of smell)

Classification

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