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厚

hòu
thick
厂 + 日 + 子
cliff + sun + child
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thick-headed parents leave their child on a cliff in the sun

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姥

lǎo
maternal grandmother
女 + 老lǎo
woman + old person
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Picture your maternal grandmother as a very old woman.

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查

chá
check into
木 + 旦
tree + daybreak
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Newton under the tree at daybreak, checking into gravity.

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婆

pó
old woman
波bō + 女
waves + woman
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Picture an old woman with waves in her skin.

Old Woman and the Sea (at home watching the waves).

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毌

guàn
string of shells
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填

tián
fill in
土 + 真
soil + true
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You can fill in forms with soil or the truth.

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刍

chú
*flying witch
⺈ + 彐
mask + broom
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This masked witch flies on a magic broom.

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孛

bèi
*Sunday school
L + 子
chapel + child
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Sunday School is the class at the chapel that the children attend. (Bible Series)

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丿

piě
*slash
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弓

gōng
bow [n.]
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derivative: 丂 *broken bow

as a component: “弓字旁”

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封

fēng
seal
圭 + 寸
bricks + thumb
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You use bricks to weigh down the adhesive and then your thumb to seal it.

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乎

hū
ooh!
平 + 亅
even + hook
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Ooh! The scale tipped!

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烦

fán
vexed
火 + 页
fire + head
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vexed: picture of fire coming off a head

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枪

qiāng
gun
木 + 仓cāng
wood + storehouse
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wooden storehouse of guns OR someone hides behind a tree with a gun to overtake the storehouse

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净

jìng
clean [adj.]
冫 + 争zhēng
ice + contend
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clean the ice before the hockey contention

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览

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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宽

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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暗

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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吅

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

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