Halloween

These are the characters in this series. To see them put together in a story, click on the image above to access the pdf. Then review and quiz yourself at the bottom.

dǎi

malicious, *carcass

alternative breakdown: 一+夕 ceiling + evening, haunted house: carcass hanging from the ceiling in the evening

líng

spirit
彐 + 火
broom + fire

spirits dancing around the fire with brooms

witch
工 + 人 + 人
work/I-beam + person + person

witch cursed 2 people to forever carry I-beams OR a witch “works” on people OR This looks like a witch doctor with two voodoo dolls hanging on the inside of her cape.

jiù

*rib cage

derivative: 叟 *skeleton

zhuāng

attire
壮zhuàng + 衣
robust + clothing

A teenage mutant ninja turtle puts on a suit coat?

xiàn

trap
⺈ + 臼
mask + rib cage

This is a Halloween trap (maybe a pit, a large mouse trap?). Somehow include a mask and rib cage.

xié

wicked
牙yá + 阝
tooth + city walls

Dreaming about a wicked dentist’s ghost, who lurks by the city walls at night, waiting for victims from whom he can extract a tooth.

zhuàng

robust
丬qiáng + 士
turtle + soldier

a teenage mutant ninja turtle OR With his turtle-like armor, this soldier looks quite robust.

céng

formerly, *gremlin
丷 + ee + 曰
horns + evil eyes + sayeth

This is a picture of just the gremlin’s head with a big wide grinning mouth.

liè

intense
列liè + 灬
line up + cooking fire

Intense scene: zombies lined up with swords with flames under their feet.

color [n.]
⺈ + 巴
mask + boa

This is “Rainboa”—a colorful masked snake.

shà

goblin
刍 + 攵 + 灬
flying witch + taskmaster + cooking fire

This goblin is cooked up by a flying witch who orders him to disturb the trick-or-treaters.

*devil's pitchfork
丷 + 屮
horns + pitchfork

A devil's pitchfork is often depicted with horns.

sōu

search [v.]
扌 + 叟sǒu
hand + skeleton

A hand is searching around in the dark and finds a skeleton.

liè

line up
歹 + 刂
carcass + sword

Zombies lining up with swords.

zōu

Zou
刍 + X阝
flying witch + city walls

The flying witch Zou circles the city walls.

jiǔ

long time, *mummy
勹 + 人
bound up + person

This person has been bound up for a long time.

guǐ

ghost
丶 + 田 + 儿 + 厶
drop + field + human legs + monument

This ghost maybe has a top knot on the sheet with human legs showing out the bottom. Maybe a Washington monument is chained to one leg?

hasten
走 + 刍chú
walk + flying witch

The witch is walking along and then in order to hasten to her destination, jumps on her broom and flies away.


demon
麻má + 鬼
hemp + ghost

Maybe the ghost removes his sheet to smoke weed and reveals a demon face.

zēng

increase [v.]
土 + 曾céng
soil + gremlin

Soil, instead of water, causes these gremlins to increase.

zhòu

wrinkles
刍 + 皮
flying witch + covering

This flying (old) witch is covered with wrinkles.

guī

tortoise
⺈ + 电
mask + electricity

This is a tortoise costume that lights up.

yàn

flame
火 + 臽xiàn
fire + trap

Don't touch the flame. Fire is pretty but it's a trap.

vigor
白 + 鬼
white + ghost

The white ghost in Pac-Man is the one with the most vigor.

huān

merry
又 + 欠
right hand + lack

This is Merry the pirate who lacks a right hand.

gāo

tall
亠 + 口 + 冂 + 口
top hat + mouth + hood + mouth

This is a tall man costume with someone on someone else’s shoulders. The guy on top wears a top hat to make him even taller. The guy on the bottom wears a hood to cover his face.

rabbit
⺈ + 口 + 儿 + 丶
mask + “chest” + human legs + drop

a human dressed as an Easter rabbit with a mask and drop of a tail

Surely you can think of a kind of bunny with a large chest and human legs.

jiong

*dementor
冂 + 丶丶 + 口
hood + 2 drops + mouth

This is a dementor with sunken eyes and mouth.

sǒu

*skeleton

picture a rib cage, spine and pelvic bones

alternatively: 臼+丨+又 rib cage + stick + right hand

chú

*flying witch
⺈ + 彐
mask + broom

This masked witch flies on a magic broom.

shāng

salesman
亠 + 丷 + 冏
top hat + horns + dementor

This is an evil salesman that wears a top hat to cover his horns and disguise his soul-sucking dementor-ness.

zhēng

contend
⺈ + 肀
mask + rake

This is a contentious hockey player with a mask and a rake.

mào

risk [v.]
冂 + 二 + 目mù
hood + two + eye

This is a burglar (taking a risk) with just 2 slits in his hood for his eyes.

anxious
刍 + 心
flying witch + heart

A witch flies by and you immediately feel anxious.

death
歹 + 匕
carcass + spoon/person sitting

This is death personified, someone sitting slumped over dead.

Halloween

Quiz

zēng

increase [v.]

*devil's pitchfork

chú

*flying witch

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