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zhōng
middle
口 + 丨
mouth + stick
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a stick goes through the middle of something

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shǔ
mouse
臼 + 二二 + 乚
rib cage + “four feet” + “tail”
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This is a dead mouse with the rib cage showing. It is wearing "shǔ"s.

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female, *woman
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as a component: “女字旁”

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shēng
liter
千 + 十
thousand + ten/needle
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a liter is a thousand mL, picture a liter bottle full of needles

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shēn
somebody
丶 +目 + 才
drop + eye + genie
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a picture of somebody dancing as an eyeball with an antenna on her head

alternatively: 自 + 才 nose + genius, An aromachologist is somebody who is a nose genius.

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Fu, *injection
十 + 月 + 丶
needle + body part + drop
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Dr. Fu puts a needle into your body part, only a drop of blood

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*rich man
一 + 口 + 田
one + mouth + field
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greedy rich man: one mouth eats the whole field

derived from 富 fù wealthy

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piàn
slice [n.]
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爿pán slat

gào
declare
牛 + 口
cow + mouth
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Chick-Fil-A cow declaring “Eat more chikin”

cow saying: ”I do declare

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yǒu
*whiskey bottle
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originally an ancient wine vessel

as a component: “酉字旁”

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shí
time
日 + 寸
sun + thumb
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primitive sundial: holding up your thumb to see its shadow and tell the time

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huān
merry
又 + 欠
right hand + lack
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This is Merry the pirate who lacks a right hand.

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xián
salty
一 + 口 + 戊
one + mouth + cannon
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one taste of something too salty and you spit it out like a cannon

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pán
tray
舟 + 皿
boat + dish
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gravy boat on a tray

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immediately
艮 + 卩jié
silver token + stamped
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a silver token makes the long wait for the stamped original immediate

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rán
sort of thing
月 + 犬 + 灬
body part + small dog + cooking fire
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hot dog sort of thing

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chū
elementary
衤 + 刀
clothing + knife
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Cloak + Dagger: Elementary, my dear Watson.

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tài
tranquil
𡗗 + 氺
bonsai + snowflake
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Haiku:

on tranquility

bonsai covered in snowflakes

forever in bloom

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guāi
well-behaved
千 + 北
thousand + north
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the well behaved: a thousand times, they always point north

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