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lǎn
view [v.], *spectator
D + 见
bamboo sword + see
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Task three: become a spectator of others completing tasks with bamboo swords—see if they do it right.

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kuān
wide
宀 + 艹 + 见
house + flowers + see
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WIDE LOAD on the back of a glass house, where you can see the flowers inside

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àn
dark [adj.]
日 + 音yīn
sun + sound
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Picture the dark emptiness of outer space with no sun or sound.

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xuān
*chatterbox
口 + 口
mouth + mouth
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"ideogram"

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táo
wash in a container
氵 + 匋táo
water + lidded clay pot
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ideogram

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shāng
wound [n.]
亻 + 𠂉 + 力
persona + lying down + muscle
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Your persona is lying down to rest her wounded muscle.

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juān
contribute
扌 + 肙yuàn
hand + mouth + month
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offer a hand to contribute to feed someone every month

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*fairy house
艹 + 合
flowers + fit
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flowers fit together into a fairy house

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beg
𠂉 + 乙yǐ
lying down + fishing
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Picture a beggar lying down and instead of fishing, begging the fish to come.

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chéng
orange
木 + 登dēng
tree + ascend
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ascend the tree to pick oranges

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chāng
prosperous
日 + 日
sun + day
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on sunny days you feel prosperous

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zhǎ
blink [v.]
目 + 乏
eye + weary
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eyes are weary, so they blink

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shì
show [v.], *altar
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This character was originally a picture of an ancestral tablet for worship, so when used as a component, it retains this meaning of altar.

alternative breakdown: 二+小 two + small, two small altar boys under the altar

derivative: 礻*Eastern altar

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error
讠 + 吴wú
microphone + Wu
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use microphone to point out the error of Mrs. Wu

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lonely
宀 + 叔
house + uncle
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Uncle Schubert lives by himself in a house and is lonely.

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tiě
note [n.]
巾 + 占
towel + tell fortunes
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note written on a paper towel at a restaurant could tell your fortune

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贴tiē paste
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cài
Cai
艹 + 祭
flowers + offer sacrifice
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Ms. Cai is religious about taking flowers to offer sacrifice to her ancestors.

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xiāng
perfume [n.]
禾 + 日
grain + sun
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fragrance of ripe wheat in the sun

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page, *head
一 + 丶 + 贝
one + drop + shells
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a shell fish balancing a page on its head

as a component: “页字旁”

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