Picture an old woman with waves in her skin.

Old Woman and the Sea (at home watching the waves).

Picture your maternal grandmother as a very old woman.

The main room of a house is actually the outhouse where one can soil in privacy.

alternatively: 龸+口+土 playhouse + mouth + soil, Picture kids pretending to be nobles in their playhouse eating mud pies.

Picture a father with a child on each shoulder.

Your sister has given life to a male. You have a nephew!

as a component: “子字旁”

Give your daughter-in-law some breathing room. She might be feeling a lot of pressure.

a common surname, see (曾 céng formerly, *gremlin)

Mr. Zeng looks like a gremlin.

This is your evil elder sister, not your quiet older sister 姐 (or a split personality if you don't have two?)

*younger brother with his horny head ripped off

This is your skinny (or dead) elder brother's wife, or maybe she dressed up for Halloween as a skeleton?

a picture of breasts

Small grandchildren are often taken care of by their grandparents in China.

Picture your father's sister as an ancient woman.

(This is your father's younger brother's wife, so picture her.) This auntie painstakingly grows beets inside her house.

Mother: As a married woman, I think of my broom as my scepter (or the way to escape the house at night). / Daughter: Everyone was so nervous to give anything practical (like a broom) to me as a married woman in fear that I would take it as sexist, but to be fair, we did both came into the marriage with our own brooms.

Traditional qualifications for a good housewife: sewing and gardening.

A "ten-rake wife" brings so many skills and tools into the marriage.

You won't have a nephew until your brother has a child.

You thought of your persona's son as your nephew until...

This is super skinny farmer Uncle Joe on your mother's side.

Picture your mother's brother with his rib cage showing.

Can you picture this dynamic in a family you know? A woman criticizes her son-in-law for taking a month to train for a Spartan Race.

This character shows one elder brother ruling over the sheaf. The elder brothers naturally think Joseph’s sheaf (birthright) should belong to them. (Bible Series)

Your father's older brother is the first persona in the family whose hair turned white.

Dear Ancestors, on these shelves we have tablets for you, our ancestors. May you watch over us.

A prostitute is the woman on a branch of the family tree that no one talks about.

Sometimes you have to climb the hill and mountain that are your wife's parents to understand her.

A teenager is a mouth with human legs.

Picture your elder brother as a teenager with a big mouth and long legs.

Picture your younger sister, always being told “not yet”.

A younger sister, named Mae, is not yet a woman and doesn't want to come down from the tree just yet. (Max Dart)

Your older sister Jenna has her shelf of books you can’t touch.

Picture your younger brother with horns, always hoping to make $money$.

Picture your older brother doing the can-can.

Does your mama like horses?

Picture your papa, a father protecting his children from a boa.

Picture a stamped original passed from your grandfather to your father.

A woman squeezes her fist and gets milk.

This is also a name for your paternal grandmother. Maybe she is the one who taught her granddaughters how to milk?

Public bus #8 goes to the monument.

This character can also refer to an old man. Picture your maternal grandfather taking public bus #8 to a monument.

A man becomes a husband when he is joined with a second person.

Picture someone (maybe a cousin on your mom's side) who is grown up on the surface only (wearing scarves).

Picture this dynamic in a family: above the small child is the father and his right-hand man is his brother, the uncle.

Uncle Schubert is put in charge of the small kids again.

The relatives on the woman's side were considered the outsiders. Does one of your maternal aunts remind you of a barbarian?

alternatively: 女+大+弓 woman + large + bow Picture an ayi defending kids with a large bow.