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*thumb prick
甫fǔ + 寸
injection + thumb
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A thumb prick is an injection into the thumb.

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tuō
entrust
扌 + 乇tuō
hand + fur ball
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You entrust your pet guinea pig, Fur Ball, to the hands of a friend, who takes him on a motorcycle ride.

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děng
wait
⺮ + 寺
bamboo + Buddhist temple
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"Please wait in the bamboo forest outside the temple building site until you are invited in." (Buddhist Temple)

"Can’t wait for Camp Bamboo at the Buddhist temple!" (Camp Bamboo)

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symbol
⺮ + 付fù
bamboo + pay
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In this class campers will learn how bamboo records were kept anciently, using symbols to show how much people paid for things.

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zào
create
告gào + 辶
declare + road
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to create, first declare and then take the long road to create it;, Create the Declare: FDR takes the helm to create the declare: his New Deal.

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G

*sparkler
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yàn
swallow [n.]
廿 + 口 + 北 + 灬
twenty + mouth + north + cooking fire
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swallow soup: a northern dish made from twenty bird mouths

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duǒ
[m.w. for clouds and flowers]
几 + 木
wind + tree
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The wind blows the clouds and a tree shades the flowers.

The wind can shape a cloud to look like a flower or shake a tree into a shower of leaves.

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朵duo earlobe

kuà
*unicyle
车 - 一
vehicle - “an axle”
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shì
*Eastern altar
altar modified
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the strokes could represent a picture/statue on a shelf, a sash, an incense stick, a piece of fruit

as a component: “示字旁”

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衤yī clothing

zhū
vermilion
丶zhǔ + 未
drop + not yet
Character Notes

God gives them specific instructions about the trees in the garden. There is one with very tempting vermilion (bright red) fruit from which they are not supposed to eat. Can you see the fruit hanging on the branch of the tree in this character? (Bible Series)

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zhòng
heavy
千 + 里
thousand + computer
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a thousand computers are heavy

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xuě
snow [n.]
⻗ + 彐
weather + broom
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you can sweep snow but not rain

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péi
cultivate
土 + 咅pòu
soil + comedian
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So, there was this farmer…

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hùn
mix [v.]
氵 + 昆kūn
water + descendants
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They claimed you could water down your descendants by mixing with other cultures.

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zhēn
needle
钅 + 十
metal + needle
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Picture a metal needle.

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páng
crab (front end)
虫 + 旁páng
insect + side
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walks sideways

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mài
blood vessels
月 + 永
body part + eternity
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the body part that goes for eternity are your blood vessels; in eternity, our blood vessels will carry some other substance

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creek
氵 + 爫 + 幺 + 大
water + claw + cocoon + large dog
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to remember the order of the components, picture a claw coming down to grab a cocoon that is stuck on a large dog's back (of course, he is playing by a creek)

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