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yǎng
itch
疒 + 羊yáng
sickness + sheep
Character Notes

If you are in an ice cave, you will want a wool hat and scarf, but they also itch.

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liáng
roof beam
氵 + 刅chuāng + 木
water + bloody blade + wood
Character Notes

Lady Liang (like Lady Macbeth) tries to wash her guilt, but when her bloody blade won't come clean, she hangs herself from a wooden roof beam.

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defeated
⺈ + 贝
mask + shells
Character Notes

Someone defeated puts on a mask and pays up with shells.

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beforehand
予yǔ + 页
fishing spear + page/head
Character Notes

While a regular spear 矛 can be used while running, a fishing spear is used standing and requires that you have a plan in your head beforehand.

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evening
moon modified
Character Notes

obscured moon

as a component: “夕字旁”

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zhì
govern
氵 + 台
water + stage
Character Notes

China wants to govern 台湾 Taiwan from a stage across the water

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zhēng
contend
⺈ + 肀
mask + rake
Character Notes

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

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guī
tortoise
⺈ + 电
mask + electricity
Character Notes

This is a tortoise costume that lights up.

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zhāo
evident
日 + 召zhào
sun + summon
Character Notes

sun summons the evidence, brings it to light

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individual
𠆢 + 丨
umbrella + stick
Character Notes

express individual style through your umbrella: Gene Kelly “Singin’ in the Rain”

alternatively: 人 + 丨 person + stick: maybe you are counting people, maybe sticks

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suǒ
trivial
王 + 小 + 贝
jewel + small + shells
Character Notes

the jewel’s price was trivial, just small shells

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锁suǒ lock

tóng
same
冂 + 一 + 口
hood + one + mouth
Character Notes

monks with hoods all chanting with one voice, the same voice

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zhǔ
*a drop of
Character Notes

the stroke is informally known as diǎn

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huò
commodities
化huà + 贝
transform + shells
Character Notes

commodities can be transformed to shells

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fēi
non-, *jail cell

婿

son-in-law
女 + 疋 + 月
woman + Spartan Race + month
Character Notes

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.

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tún
suckling pig
月 + 豕
body part + sow
Character Notes

suckling pigs attached to a body part of the sow

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𠆢

sǎn
*umbrella
Character Notes

“人字头“, derived from: 伞 sǎn umbrella

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chén
*earthquake
厂 + 一 + A
cliff + one + kerchief
Character Notes

cliff falls in an earthquake on one unfortunate soul with only his kerchief visible

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