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xìn
faith
亻 + 言
persona + speech
Character Notes

You have faith in your persona’s speech.

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zěn
how?
乍zuò + 心
saw + heart
Character Notes

Imagine a country song: how could you have sawed my heart in half?

Picture open heart surgery: how do they saw without hurting the person?

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xiù
elegant
禾 + 乃
grain + fist
Character Notes

an elegant grain bouquet held in the eco-bride’s fist

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fáng
hinder
女 + 方fāng
woman + direction/compass
Character Notes

Mother: Thinking about a woman can hinder a man's sense of direction. I'm going to steer him my way. / Daughter: Some women like me are hindered in their compass skills. Thank goodness for GPS.

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rent [n./v.]
禾 + 且
grain + shelves
Character Notes

mice rent the shelves with the grain

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character
宀 + 子zǐ
house + child
Character Notes

child practicing characters at home

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ancient
十 + 口
ten + mouth
Character Notes

ten ancient oracles

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yāo
request the presence of
敫jiǎo + 辶
Noah's dove + road
Character Notes

Noah releases the dove one last time, and she doesn’t return. He takes this as a sign that it is time to leave the ark, that the road is requesting his presence. (Bible Series)

Request the Presence of Noah’s Dove: During the flood of misery during the Depression, people often request the presence of Noah’s dove of peace. (1930's On the Road)

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chēng
weigh
禾 + 尔
grain + you [literary]
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Which weighs more, the grain or you?

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zhū
pig
犭 + 者zhě
Aesop + hero
Character Notes

“The Hero and the Pig”  For this fable we look no further than E.B. White’s famous Wilbur the pig. He is loved and inspired by a true hero, Charlotte, who saves his life. Moral: Size of body doesn’t determine size of love. (Fables)

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dié
butterfly (back end)
虫 + 枼yè
insect + family tree
Character Notes

insects on a family tree showing how butterflies are related

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ěr
you [literary]
⺈ + 小
mask + small
Character Notes

mask over the little you to make yourself more literary

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kǒng
fear [v.]
工gōng + 凡 + 心
work/I-beam + ordinary + heart
Character Notes

in my heart I fear the work of an ordinary laborer

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region
匚 + 乂
box + sheaf/X
Character Notes

mark boxes on a map with X’s indicating different regions

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xiě
write
冖 + 与
crown + offer/slingshot
Character Notes

Picture a written offer of marriage from the crown.

Prince Mischievous is meant to be a scholar but is always into mischief, trying to distract his father from his writing, with a slingshot.

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chǎng
spacious
尚shàng + 攵
esteem + taskmaster
Character Notes

esteemed taskmaster gets a spacious office (with a little Yoda on her shelf)

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shū
sparse
疋 + 㐬
Spartan Race + bridge
Character Notes

There is sparse vegetation under the bridge that ends the Spartan Race.

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mài
stride
万 + 辶
ten thousand + road
Character Notes

You hit your stride on the road at ten thousand steps.

StrideTen Thousand: The New Deal offers new hope to millions out of work. Government-created jobs encourage the country to stride forward into a new era, take ten thousand steps forward. (1930's On the Road)

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shuì
tax
禾 + 兑duì
grain + devil
Character Notes

Sometimes having a portion of your grain harvest go to taxes feels like paying the devil.

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