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盗

dào
master thief
次 + 皿
next + dish
Character Notes

Carmen San Diego’s next object to steal: Paul Revere’s silver dish

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豫

yù
pleased
予yǔ + 象
fishing spear + elephant
Character Notes

What would be more pleasing than an elephant sighting during your fishing expedition?

Picture a pleasure garden with fishing ponds and elephants wandering around.

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吉

jí
lucky
士 + 口
soldier + mouth
Character Notes

The lucky soldier got a kiss on his way to war.

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往

wǎng
toward
彳 + 丶 + 王wáng
queue + drop + king
Character Notes

往前走:join the queue walking toward the point in front of the king

alternatively: 彳+主 queue + lord

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遮

zhē
screen [v.]
庶zhē + 辶
booyah + road
Character Notes

Screen the Booyah: On the road, if you have a big pot of booyah stew, you’ll have to screen it unless you are willing to share. (1930's On the Road)

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丢

diū
mislay
丿 + 去
slash + go
Character Notes

Picture something sliding out of your pocket as you go, so it is mislaid.

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鱼

yú
fish [n.]
⺈ + 田 + 一
mask + field + floor
Character Notes

picture of a fish

You fish while tending your fields (which in many parts of China were traditionally divided by water); picture a fish on the floor of a boat.

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括

kuò
include
扌 + 舌
hand + tongue
Character Notes

included a hand smack and tongue lashing

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象

xiàng
elephant
兔 + 豕
modified rabbit + sow
Character Notes

Think of an elephant as a rabbit-eared, long-snouted sow (a.k.a. an aardvark).

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队

duì
team
阝 + 人
pinnacle + person
Character Notes

A person can’t reach his pinnacle without a team.

At this pinnacle event, your people are your team.

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训

xùn
instruction
讠 + 川
microphone + stream
Character Notes

in a microphone: instruction for navigating the stream

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巡xún patrol
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豪

háo
unrestrained
V + 豕
tiara + sow
Character Notes

Princess Bling has been called Little Miss Piggy for her unrestrained vanity.

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相

xiāng
one another
木mù + 目mù
wood + eye
Character Notes

The two components of this character sound like one another.

Jesus teaches us to love one another by removing the wooden beam from your eye before removing the mote from your brother’s. (Bible Series)

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没

méi
not have
氵 + 殳
water + boomerang
Character Notes

Boomerang territory (Western Australia) does not have much water.

alternatively: 氵 + 几 + 又 water + wind + right hand, Water washes it away, so there is nothing left, wind blows it away, so there is nothing left, hand brushes it away, so there is nothing left.

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伯

bó
father's older brother
亻 + 白bái
persona + white
Character Notes

Your father's older brother is the first persona in the family whose hair turned white.

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慧

huì
intelligent
丰 + 丰 + 彐 + 心
bushes + bushes + broom + heart
Character Notes

CIA: 2 Bushes, clean sweep if hearts turn.

Multiple intelligences: beauty (bushes), skill (broom), understanding (heart).

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丈

zhàng
one’s elder
一 + 乂
one + sheaf
Character Notes

This character shows one elder brother ruling over the sheaf. The elder brothers naturally think Joseph’s sheaf (birthright) should belong to them. (Bible Series)

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盖

gài
lid
羊 + 皿
sheep + dish
Character Notes

keep a lid on the mutton dish

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希

xī
hope [v.]
乂yì + 布
sheaf + cloth
Character Notes

The hope of Joseph’s father, that God’s covenant will be carried on, is represented in the colorful cloth, the coat of many colors that Jacob gives Joseph. (Bible Series)

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