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The basic meaning of ”口” is “mouth”, and the character is shaped like a mouth.
“见”，字形上边是“目”，下边是“人”，意思是“睁着眼睛看”。
Its traditional form of “见” has a “目（eye）”on the top and a “人（person）” at the bottom, meaning “watching with eyes open”.
“山” means “mountain” and was originally shaped like rolling mountains.
“小” was originally shaped like tiny grains of sand. Now it means “small”, opposite to “大（big）”.
“不”, 原来表示一种工具，现在虚化为副词，表示否定。“不” originally referred to a tool. Now it’s a negative adverb.
“月” refers to the moon.
“心”，表示心脏。
“中”，本义是飘扬的旗子，现在表示方位，意思是“中间”。
The basic meaning of “中” is “flying flag”. It is now a word of locality, meaning “middle”.
“人” originally looked like a person standing straight.
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