시키다
si-ki-da
One word for ordering noodles and ordering people around
The picture You stay where you are, but your words cross over and set someone else's hands and feet moving. 시키다 is you speaking and someone else moving; 하다 is your own hands doing it.
Where the picture shows up in 시키다
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your word moves another's hands
저한테 자꾸 잔심부름을 시켜요.
jeo-han-te ja-kku jan-sim-bu-reu-meul si-kyeo-yo
He keeps making me run little errands.
One person sits and only points a finger while another person's feet get busy
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a word brings food to the door
점심은 짜장면 시킬까요?
jeom-si-meun jja-jang-myeon si-kil-kka-yo
Shall we order jjajangmyeon for lunch?
One word into the phone, and a while later a bowl of noodles is sitting at the door
Korean orders food with 시키다 too: the picture of moving someone else to bring it is the same.
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a pencil put into a child's hand
숙제를 시켰는데 안 했어요.
suk-je-reul si-kyeon-neun-de an hae-sseo-yo
I told her to do her homework and she didn't.
The adult's word crossed over, yet the notebook on the child's desk still lies open with blank boxes
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keeping someone seated to learn
아이한테 피아노를 시키고 있어요.
a-i-han-te pi-a-no-reul si-ki-go i-sseo-yo
We've got our child taking piano lessons.
On the parent's word, the child sits at the piano every week and sets fingers on the keys
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putting someone into a state
애들 좀 조용히 시켜 주세요.
ae-deul jom jo-yong-hi si-kyeo ju-se-yo
Could you get the children to be quiet?
The noisy children's mouths close at one adult word and the room falls quiet
All of it in one picture
시키다 is one picture: your words cross over and move someone else's body. You sit and point a finger, and another person's feet get busy; you say a word into the phone and a bowl of noodles is at the door. An adult's word puts a pencil in a child's hand — homework made to happen; a parent's word puts a child in front of the keys each week — piano lessons made to happen; one word and the children's mouths close — quiet made to happen.