<p>look for "拆字" (roughly destruct character), particularly fortune telling story.</p>

<p>水巷 --> 港</p>

<p>卯金刀 --> 劉</p>

<p>several verses from a famous oracle poem in hong kong, 1933:</p>

<p>"人我太陽爭北土"</p>

<p><strong>人我</strong>　--> <strong>俄</strong>羅斯 (russia)</p>

<p>"十四一心人發奮．水去西方啟戰爭"</p>

<p><strong>十四一心人</strong> --> <strong>德</strong>國 (third reich, at that era)</p>

<p><strong>水去</strong></p>

<p>"晉有出頭寧坐視．中央生草不堪耘"</p>

<p><strong>晉有出頭</strong></p>

<p><strong>中央生草</strong></p>

<p>guess these five characters?</p>

<p>edited.</p>

<p>another word to look for is "離合", there're many examples in literary of yore. e.g. the wiki had <a href="https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E4%BB%8A%E8%AD%9A%E6%A7%A9/29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">古今譚槩, in volume 29, "談資部"</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>「取上一字，下拆兩字，字義相協。」倡云：「山上有明光，不知是日光、月光。」文云：「堂上掛珠簾，不知是王家的、朱家的。」陳云：「有客到舘驛，不知是舍人、官人。」王云：「半夜生孩兒，不知是子時、亥時。」各賞大觥。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>in which the condition is choose one character (取上一字), break it into two (下拆兩字), and then the character, its meaning is in accord (字義相協).</p>

<p>four persons done it :)</p>

<p>山上有明光，不知是日光、月光 (<strong>明 --> 日, 月</strong>)</p>

<p>堂上掛珠簾，不知是王家的、朱家的 (<strong>珠 --> 王, 朱</strong>)</p>

<p>有客到舘驛，不知是舍人、官人 (<strong>舘 --> 舍, 官</strong>)</p>

<p>半夜生孩兒，不知是子時、亥時 (<strong>孩 --> 子, 亥</strong>)</p>

<p>it might be too difficult for elementary learners, or simplified chinese users. but, it's the funny, witty aspect of the traditional culture.</p>

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人我 should be Russia?
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yes, you get it, 4 left :)
水巷孑蠻
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Quite appropriate poems given the 1940s I suppose. Think I got them all.
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Is 十四一心人 the character 德?
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get it, 3 left :)
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@drooooze, it was made in 1933, , was on newspaper. great, if you got this five. want to guess the "future"? there're verses which supposed "not-yet-happened-events".
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If they're any more difficult than 晉有出頭 I probably can't get it.......that one was tough. Post it up, I'm curious to see what it is.
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i believe in "delayed gratification". turn your mind engine :) if no-one guess it, i 'll give the "answer", after, 28 hours from now.
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I meant I'm curious to see the "future" verses :) I've gotten all the ones you put up there currently. I was just saying that 晉有出頭 was quite difficult to get (but I got it at the end).
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oops, i'm sorry. i'll post it in a new question, cause it's a long one. wait :)
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ok, done, have a look, particularly part ii of the poem: https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/30235/how-to-interpret-the-oracle-poem-諸葛武侯乩文/30236#30236
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<p>Page 178 of《成都话方言词典》has the following entry:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/fkOPa.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/fkOPa.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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  <p>丘八儿 qiū bér<br>
  [tɕ‘iəu⁵⁵ pər²¹] 丘八, 旧时称军人。因“丘”加“八”为“兵”而得名(含贬义)。</p>
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<p>丘八 is a deconstruction of the character 兵.</p>

<p>What words exist that come from deconstructed characters?</p>

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I presume you are asking only entries in dictionary, right? Or else you can break down thousands of characters and make similar two characters terms out of them
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One deconstructed characters case come to my mind, it is '虫二' which are 風月 without the surrounding parts,  '虫二' is a word play for "風月無邉" (endless romance)
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@TangHo I'm just asking for words **in use**, or used before in the past, they don't have to be included in any dictionaries. Obviously I could break down characters myself and give them meaning but that would defeat the purpose.
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What words exist that come from deconstructed characters?
# What words exist that come from deconstructed characters?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-16)

Page 178 of《成都话方言词典》has the following entry:

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> 丘八儿 qiū bér  
> [tɕ‘iəu⁵⁵ pər²¹] 丘八, 旧时称军人。因“丘”加“八”为“兵”而得名(含贬义)。

丘八 is a deconstruction of the character 兵.

What words exist that come from deconstructed characters?

**Tags:** characters, word

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I presume you are asking only entries in dictionary, right? Or else you can break down thousands of characters and make similar two characters terms out of them  
> **username_1**: One deconstructed characters case come to my mind, it is '虫二' which are 風月 without the surrounding parts,  '虫二' is a word play for "風月無邉" (endless romance)  
> **username_0**: @username_1 I'm just asking for words **in use**, or used before in the past, they don't have to be included in any dictionaries. Obviously I could break down characters myself and give them meaning but that would defeat the purpose.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-06-16. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

look for "拆字" (roughly destruct character), particularly fortune telling story.

水巷 --> 港

卯金刀 --> 劉

several verses from a famous oracle poem in hong kong, 1933:

"人我太陽爭北土"

**人我**　--> **俄**羅斯 (russia)

"十四一心人發奮．水去西方啟戰爭"

**十四一心人** --> **德**國 (third reich, at that era)

**水去**

"晉有出頭寧坐視．中央生草不堪耘"

**晉有出頭**

**中央生草**

guess these five characters?

edited.

another word to look for is "離合", there're many examples in literary of yore. e.g. the wiki had [古今譚槩, in volume 29, "談資部"](https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E4%BB%8A%E8%AD%9A%E6%A7%A9/29):

> 「取上一字，下拆兩字，字義相協。」倡云：「山上有明光，不知是日光、月光。」文云：「堂上掛珠簾，不知是王家的、朱家的。」陳云：「有客到舘驛，不知是舍人、官人。」王云：「半夜生孩兒，不知是子時、亥時。」各賞大觥。

in which the condition is choose one character (取上一字), break it into two (下拆兩字), and then the character, its meaning is in accord (字義相協).

four persons done it :)

山上有明光，不知是日光、月光 (**明 --> 日, 月**)

堂上掛珠簾，不知是王家的、朱家的 (**珠 --> 王, 朱**)

有客到舘驛，不知是舍人、官人 (**舘 --> 舍, 官**)

半夜生孩兒，不知是子時、亥時 (**孩 --> 子, 亥**)

it might be too difficult for elementary learners, or simplified chinese users. but, it's the funny, witty aspect of the traditional culture.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: 人我 should be Russia?  
> **username_2**: yes, you get it, 4 left :)  
> **username_3**: Quite appropriate poems given the 1940s I suppose. Think I got them all.  
> **username_0**: Is 十四一心人 the character 德?  
> **username_2**: get it, 3 left :)  
> **username_2**: @drooooze, it was made in 1933, , was on newspaper. great, if you got this five. want to guess the "future"? there're verses which supposed "not-yet-happened-events".  
> **username_3**: If they're any more difficult than 晉有出頭 I probably can't get it.......that one was tough. Post it up, I'm curious to see what it is.  
> **username_2**: i believe in "delayed gratification". turn your mind engine :) if no-one guess it, i 'll give the "answer", after, 28 hours from now.  
> **username_3**: I meant I'm curious to see the "future" verses :) I've gotten all the ones you put up there currently. I was just saying that 晉有出頭 was quite difficult to get (but I got it at the end).  
> **username_2**: oops, i'm sorry. i'll post it in a new question, cause it's a long one. wait :)  
> **username_2**: ok, done, have a look, particularly part ii of the poem: https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/30235/how-to-interpret-the-oracle-poem-諸葛武侯乩文/30236#30236  

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