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shout [v.]
口 + 乎hū
mouth + ooh!
Character Notes

mouth shouts ooh! OR “And ooh! he can shout.” (Trumpeter Wu)

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mushroom (stem)
艹 + 姑gū
flowers + father’s sister
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Your aunt is infamous for her mushroom stem stir-fry.

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by chance
亻 + 禺yú
persona + beekeeper
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by chance your persona meets a beekeeper “oh!”

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chá
tea
艹 + 𠆢 + 朩
flowers + umbrella + pole
Character Notes

Picture workers wearing umbrella hats, a pole on their shoulders, harvesting flower tea.

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nothing
二 + 儿
two + human legs
Character Notes

In the garden, Adam and Eve wear (next to) nothing. Do you see the fig leaves on Eve like a two-piece bathing suit? (Bible Series)

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bondservant
肀 + 氺
rake + snowflake
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A bondservant to rake the snow for you.

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Series

chess
木 + 其qí
tree/wood + laundry basket
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Picture wooden chess boards formed into a laundry basket.

Chess pieces are tiny wooden laundry baskets.

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Series

zhǎn
small cup
戋jiān + 皿
machine gun + dish
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This small cup holds the bullets from a machine gun that were removed from his side.

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jūn
army, *chariot
冖 + 车
crown + vehicle
Character Notes

Prince Army is the son put in charge of the army. His symbol is the crowned chariot.

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zhǔ
boil [v.]
者zhě + 灬
hero + cooking fire
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hero also knows how to boil over a cooking fire

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shì
matter
一 + 口 + 肀
one + mouth + rake
Character Notes

One mouth directs the raking matter at hand.

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that
刀 + 二 + 阝
knife + two + city walls
Character Notes

You point with two knives to that city (the other, the second).

alternatively: the left component looks like barbed wire fencing, Keep out! of the city of Na.

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qiān
re-situate
千qiān + 辶
thousand + road
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Re-situated a Thousand Times: The Oakies moved over a thousand miles west, re-situating themselves each night. (1930's On the Road)

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chán
meditation
礻 + 单dān
Eastern altar + list
Character Notes

Dear Ancestors, here is the list of mantras that I have been using in meditation. Can you bless them? (Petitioning the Ancestors)

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huá
splendor
化huà + 十
transform + ten/needle/cross
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transformed into something splendid by multiplying by ten or shooting up or accepting the cross

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yuàn
Inst.
阝 + 完wán
pinnacle + finish
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The Institute was the pinnacle of her studies, where she finished her PhD.

"Your life as a single person will finish at ‘The Institution of Marriage.’ It is the pinnacle representation of law and order and can be solemnized in a court of law." (Wedding Planner)

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sovereign
立lì + 冖 + 巾
stand up + crown + towel
Character Notes

You’ve heard of the story: “The Sovereign’s New Clothes”? This sovereign stood up in front of his subjects wearing only a crown and towel.

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shǔ
belong to
尸 + 禹yǔ
corpse/flag + exterminator
Character Notes

He belongs to the dead exterminators.

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lake
氵 + 胡hú
water + goatee
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you grow a goatee at the lake

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