智慧 zhi hui – wisdom – character decomposition and analysis (free supplement to Pictogram Palace)

Free supplement for Pictogram Palace 智慧

智 zhi is the left character. it means intelligence.
The top left part is a picture of a big man with an arrow going over his head. To his right is a picture of a mouth. The idea is spoken smart words. Without the mouth the idea is just an arrow, i.e., pointed, directed. Bottom left part is a picture of the sun. So this is sharp spoken words which are really bright. Intelligent!
Mnemotechnique: it went over his head.
Zenith
High
INTELLIGENCE

The top of the right character is feng1 repeated twice which means fertile abundant. it’s a picture of a growing plant ripe with fruit and seed. Beneath it is a picture of the bristles of a broom. That changes the meaning and pronunciation to hui which means comet. Add the heart character below it (three dots on top and below a curve, that’s a picture of the heart) to transform the meaning a bit from comet to an idea which sweeps all clean in its path purifies. So this is purification by the super-abundant divine power which cleans all foolish ideas from its path in other words: WISE.

What’s wise and intelligent put together? Wisdom.
Here’s
Universal
Intelligence
WISDOM

There is a very popular childrens program called “small wisdom tree” xiao zhi hui shu which uses these two characters.