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bǎn
plank
木 + 反fǎn
wood + converse
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a plank's wood is smooth on the right side and the converse side

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chén
feudal official, *loft bed
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This is a pictograph of a bulging eye 目, the feudal official standing in awe before his Emperor.

I think it looks more like a loft bed.

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wèi
*martyr
尸 + 示 + 寸
corpse/flag + altar + thumb
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This martyr's corpse in on the altar. Is his death a thumbs up or thumbs down? It depends on your perspective.

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duàn
forge
钅 + 段duàn
metal + section
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forge is what a blacksmith does, working on the metal piece section by section

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lóng
cage
⺮ + 龙lóng
bamboo + dragon
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Dragon in a bamboo cage

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yáng
ocean
氵 + 羊yáng
water + sheep
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across the water of the ocean are a lot of sheep (England and New Zealand)

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luò
fall [v.]
艹 + 洛luò
flowers + L.A.
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alternatively: 艹+氵+各 flowers + water + each, “Mist the flowers, so that each one drops when it gets enough water.”

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kuài
lump [n.]
土 + 夬guài
soil + Iron Man
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soil broken into lumps when Iron Man lands

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láng
young man
良liáng + 阝
halo + city walls
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As a young man, Jesus travels to Jerusalem, the walled city, to teach the elders in the temple. (Bible Series)

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dǎo
guide [v.]
已 + 寸
snakeskin + thumb
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There's a freaky guide with a snakeskin thumb, uses thumb to guide the group.

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qiàn
apology
兼jiān + 欠qiàn
double + lack
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double back to give the apology that is lacking

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grapes (A)
艹 + 勹 + 甫fǔ
flowers + bound up + injection
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Pu and Tao are sitting under the flowering arbor where grapes are bound up in clusters. Pu uses a needle to inject the juice intravenously and Tao drinks the juice from a clay pot.

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qiáng
wall
土 + 土 + 丷 + 回
soil + soil + horns + return
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walls are built of soil with horns on top and return around to where they started

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shì
market [n.]
亠 + 巾
top hat + towel
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a bad dream: show up at the market wearing only a top hat and a towel

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dǎo
tread
⻊ + 舀yǎo
lower leg + carrion
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hunters tread around the carrion in a post-hunt celebration dance

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comfort [v.]
扌 + 无wú
hand + nothing
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pat someone’s arm with your hand to comfort them “It’s nothing”

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zhǒng
species
禾 + 中zhōng
grain + middle
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What species of grain do Chinese prefer?

a new species of grain is found in the middle of two other species

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bīng
troops
丘 + 八
hill + animal legs
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The story of Tomahawk Hill is that it was covered with troops, like rats

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měi
every
𠂉 + 母mǔ
lying down + mother
Character Notes

every mother needs a nap

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