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燥 vs 躁

Same sound shell 喿: fire 火 makes 燥 the dry one (干燥); foot 足 makes 躁 the fidgety one (急躁, 烦躁).

燥
zào ㄗㄠˋ
dry; parched; impatient; vexed
radical 火 · fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
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zào ㄗㄠˋ
impatient; hot-tempered
radical 足 · foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
foot
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