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Q    Quick

          快   Kuài

                     Clock

                Quando

           freQuency

            seQuence

                 Quarter

               ÉpoQue

                 

 

 

 

              

         

                     

    

                 

               

Clock -  CLOQ

  C - cycle, arc

  l -  length, line

  o - rotation

  K - angle of clock hands

  k - Q depicts stopwatch hand

Cycle 

   C - curve, arc, cycle

   C - S sinusoid cycle

   C - Q clock

    l - line, pointer, arm

   e - rotate

Quick - QWiK

  Q - stopwatch hand

  u - W walking human, 4 legs of horse

  u - W twist, wind, wave, swing

  i  - tiny, micro, increments

  c - cycle, arc

  K - walking legs of person in rapid stride

Kuài - quick, like an arrow

  K - fast walk, open stride, arms swinging

  K -  <-  arrow

  K . <- blinking eye

  W - walking legs, W wings, flight

  U - closed, blinking eye, W - eyelashes 

  A - walking legs

  A - arrow

  A - eye

  i - instant, rapid, zip, light speed

  blink of an eye

  

Quarter

  Q - ØQ defines a quarter section, corner

  K - corner, 90 degree section, quarter

  U - W two 45 degree sections is quarter

  W - web-like radial divisions, pizza slices

  A - angle

  r - arc, radius

  + - X cross depicts quarter division

  Q downward stroke points 2nd quarter

Quiver of arrows

  Q - mouth of quiver with arrow

  W - with, arrows?

  I - shaft of arrow

  V - point of arrow, vore, tooth

  E - feathers, fringes

  R - | ray, arrow

    

Quill

   Q - feather and shaft

   W - texture of fether?

    I  - shaft, pillar, lift

    l  - long, length, feather fibre?

Spoke . Q . of wheel - SPOQE

    P - R radiation from a hub

    O  - wheel, hoop

    K -  spokes

    Q - spoke, spike

    e - rotation spiral

    E - fingers, teeth

Spoke . Q  Quote bubble - SPOQe

    S - savoir, knowledge

    S - issue

    p - lip

    o - open mouth

    k - Q quote bubble

    e - lips

Quote

    Q - open mouth, words emerge

    U - tongue

    O - open mouth

    T - tongue

    e - lips, mouth

Kinetic - Qi - I tiny, I lift

Quantized - divided circle

Quotient

 

Mechanism .  MeQ

   M manus, hand. Machine is power hand

   M multi-fingered, multi-rayed

    e gear, rotating

   E fingers. Machine is finger extension

   C - cupped hand

    h - helping hand reaching down

    ch = chi= power = Qi = Ki

    Q - ki, rotational energy, spin

    A - open hand, phallange, fingertip

    n - fingertip 

     i - fire, electricity

     I - Y hand

     S - process

     m - hand

   I  piston stroke, pillar. 1-D I reciprocation, alternation

 Q 2-D spin Q

Tick Tock!

( When, Spanish)

( time, French)

( fast, Chinese)

  Q is a clock 

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