月 Body Parts

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zhǒng
swollen

=

月 + 中zhōng
body part + middle
Character Notes

body part grows in the middle when it swells

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dǎn
gall bladder

=

月 + 旦dàn
body part + daybreak
Character Notes

body part under pressure at daybreak

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méi
eyebrows

=

尸 + 目mù
(split) flag + eye
Character Notes

eyebrows are a split flag over your eyes

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chún
lips

=

辰 + 口
earthquake + mouth
Character Notes

first kiss is an earthquake in your mouth

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shé
tongue

=

千 + 口
thousand + mouth
Character Notes

a thousand tongues wagging OR a picture of a tied tongue

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jīn
tendon

=

竹 + 月 + 力
bamboo + body part + muscle
Character Notes

tendons are like bamboo strips holding a body part (bone) to your muscle

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bǎng
upper arm

=

月 + 旁páng
body part + side/Columbus
Character Notes

Deep thoughts by Prince Columbus: “The body part by your side is your upper arm.”

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thigh

=

月 + 殳shū
body part + boomerang
Character Notes

hit in the thigh by a boomerang

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zhǎng
palm of the hand

=

(龸口)shàng + 手
outhouse + hand
Character Notes

take a coin in the palm of the hand to the outhouses in Europe

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head-hinge

=

月 + 孛bèi
body part + Sunday school
Character Notes

the only body part that is allowed to move during Sunday School to bow your head

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cuì
fragile

=

月 + 危wēi
body part + danger
Character Notes

body part in danger of breaking is fragile

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é
forehead

=

客kè + 页
guest + head
Character Notes

guest has something stuck to his forehead

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pàng
fat [adj.]

=

月 + 半bàn
body part + half
Character Notes

fat people have an extra half of their weight added to their body parts

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skin [n.]

=

月 + 夫fū
body part + husband
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gāo
ointment

=

高gāo + 月
tall + body part
Character Notes

ointment rubbed into body parts to make them grow taller

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xiōng
bosom

=

月 + 勹 + 凶xiōng
body part + bound up + cruel
Character Notes

cruelness bound up in your bosom; body part that must be bound up after a cruel attack

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abdomen

=

月 + 复fù
body part + duplicate
Character Notes

body part of people that most often duplicates

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wèi
stomach

=

田 + 月
field + body part
Character Notes

stomach is the body part that eats the whole field

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féi
plump

=

月 + 巴
body part + boa
Character Notes

body part of a boa gets plump after she eats

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nose

=

自 + 田 + 廾
nose + field + two hands
Character Notes

picture of nose from below with snot coming out; manure field, cover nose with both hands

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fèi
lungs

=

月 + 市
body part + market
Character Notes

body parts, including lungs, hanging in the meat market

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jiǎo
foot

=

月 + 却
body part + withdraw
Character Notes

hokey pokey; put your foot in, withdraw it

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yǎn
eye

=

目 + 艮
eye + silver
Character Notes

pirate, cat with two different colored eyes: silver and green-blue

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yāo
waist

=

月 + 要yào
body part + want
Character Notes

body part you want to shrink

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muscle

=

月 + 几jǐ
body part + wind
Character Notes

body part exercises using wind resistance to increase muscle

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tuǐ
leg

=

月 + 退tuì
body part + retreat
Character Notes

leave your body part behind (your leg) when you retreat

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cháng
intenstines

=

月 + (㇇勿)yáng
body part + piglet
Character Notes

body part of a piglet used to case sausage

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zhī
grease [n.]

=

月 + 旨zhǐ
body part + purpose
Character Notes

this body part’s purpose is to grease the joints

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jīng
eyeball

=

目 + 青qīng
eye + green-blue
Character Notes

pirate, cat with two different colored eyes: silver and green-blue

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zāng
dirty

=

月 + 庄zhuāng
body part + hamlet
Character Notes

body parts (like feet) get dirty in Hobbitville

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bèi
back [n.]

=

北běi + 月
north + body part
Character Notes

north is the "backside" traditionally (compasses and houses pointed south)

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mài
blood vessels

=

月 + 永
body part + eternity
Character Notes

the body part that goes for eternity are your blood vessels; in eternity, our blood vessels will carry some other substance

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bone

=

hb + 冖 + 月
“hollow bone” + crown + body part
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hollow bone is the crown of body parts because it keeps our form

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guō
*esophagus

=

口 + 内
mouth + internal
Character Notes

the esophagus lead from the mouth to the interior

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呐nà

apparel

=

月 + 𠬝fú
body part + copy of original
Character Notes

apparel industry just copies originals to cover our body parts

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belly

=

月 + 土tǔ
body part + soil
Character Notes

my belly hurts, I swallowed dirt OR pregnant woman eating dirt

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zhǐ
toe

=

⻊ + 止zhǐ
lower leg + footprint
Character Notes

Mother, may I make a footprint in front of my big toe?

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liǎn
face [n.]

=

月 + 佥qiān
body part + barn
Character Notes

paint a face on a barn

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nǎo
brain

=

月 + 㐫nǎo
body part + Scrooge
Character Notes

Scrooge had a developed brain (but not heart)

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spleen

=

月 + 卑
body part + lowly
Character Notes

the “lowly” body part that just recycles blood, but really controls your temper

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spine

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alternative breakdown: 口+口 mouth + mouth

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membrane

=

月 + 莫mò
body part + mirage
Character Notes

a membrane is a body part that seems a little like a mirage because it is translucent

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