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折

zhé
discount [n.]
扌 + 斤
hand + catty/axe
Character Notes

The vendor shows the discount with her hand for a 斤jīn (catty) of fruit.

This small hand axe you got on discount.

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印

yìn
print
X + 卩
staples + stamped
Character Notes

get your printout stapled and stamped

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臼

jiù
*rib cage
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derivative: 叟 *skeleton

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扮

bàn
play the part of
扌 + 分fēn
hand + part
Character Notes

hand divides up the play, giving each player their part

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⺈

mì
*mask
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葬

zàng
inter [v.]
艹 + 死 + 廾
flowers + death + two hands
Character Notes

You inter with flowers on top of death, two hands folded on the chest.

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不

bù
no, *no symbol
一 + 丿 + 卜bǔ
ceiling + slash + magic wand
Character Notes

alternatively: 下 + 丿 below + slash

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坪

píng
level ground
土 + 平píng
soil + even
Character Notes

soil that is even is level ground

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章

zhāng
chapter
立 + 早
stand up + early
Character Notes

stand up early, quit reading after just a chapter

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谓

wèi
meaning
讠 + 胃wèi
microphone + stomach
Character Notes

microphone announces dinner time, it’s as if the stomach understands the meaning and growls

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边

biān
border
力 + 辶
muscle + road
Character Notes

Border with Muscle: With unemployment in the U.S. soaring, patrols are building up muscle on the border to keep Mexicans out. (1930's On the Road)

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西

xī
west, *Wild West
酉 - 一
whiskey bottle - “whiskey”
Character Notes

empty whiskey bottle on the streets of the Wild West

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瘫

tān
paralysis
疒 + 难nán
sickness + difficult
Character Notes

After hours in the ice cave, her limbs became difficult to feel. She convinced herself she was paralyzed.

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齐

qí
identical
文 + C
gentleman farmer + crutches
Character Notes

gentleman farmer is identical to his brother except for the crutches

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么

me
[suffix]
丿 + 厶
slash + monument
Character Notes

“m” monument

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仙

xiān
immortal [n.]
亻 + 山shān
persona + mountain
Character Notes

the immortals live in the mountains (like Olympus)

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克

kè
overcome [v.]
十 + 兄
ten/needle/cross + teenager
Character Notes

My teenager has to take a chocolate break at 10 to overcome drowsiness. 巧克力qiǎokèlì chocolate

The needle has overcome the teenager (shooting up with chocolate). 巧克力qiǎokèlì chocolate

The teenager has been overcome by Christ.

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晃

huàng
sway [v.]
日 + 光guāng
sun + ray
Character Notes

You sway when you are under the sun and the rays are too strong

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枢

shū
hub
木 + 区qū
tree/wood + region
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Redwood City is a regional hub for technology

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