Radical 亻

10 strokes

person 亻 (13a) + arrive 到 (74) = topple; invert 倒

Here we have two meanings, and two pronunciations, but the pronunciations differ only in tone — so they share the same soundword but have different archetypes. as with Wild West/spaceship characters, the choice of which meaning/pronunciation is appropriate will depend on the context.

For this type of character (there are nine in this book) we will use film set stories. each one takes place on the film set of a particular movie, and has two parts. The first part is a normal story, leading to a meaning, soundword and archetype as usual. In the second part the second archetype introduces the second meaning (remember, the soundword is the same). So if, when you see a character and the story you recall based on its parts takes place on a film set, then you know that the character has two possible meanings, with pronunciations that differ only in tone.

Harry arrives on the film set of a “harry potter” film, just as a burning candle topples over (and threatens to set light to everything). / Teddy tries to douse the flames by flicking water from a fire bucket. But the dwarf shows him how to douse it properly. \ “Invert the whole bucket over the fire, like this,” he says.