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jiǎo
angle, *Big Bad Wolf, animal horn
⺈ + 用
mask + Little Red Riding Hood
Character Notes

Think of another angle on the story from the perspective of the Big Bad Wolf.

"Big Bad Wolf disguises himself to fool Little Red Riding Hood." (Little Red)

It is hard to see now, but anciently, this was a picture of an animal horn, and it can still mean that. (Grandma, what a big horn you have!)

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huá
clamor [n.]
口 + 华huá
mouth + splendor
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The people’s mouths were all clamoring to see the splendor of the transformed person

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cry [v.]
吅 + 犬
chatterbox + small dog
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dog howling

chatterbox Pekingese brings tears of rage to your eyes

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wèi
defend
卩 + 一
notarized + floor
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defend the legal, notarized document on the floor of the court room

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shuǎ
mess around
而 + 女
beard + woman
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This woman doesn’t mess around with beards; she wants a man with a clean-shaven face.

Santa baby, hurry down the chimney tonight.

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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 and creates a declare, his New Deal. (1930's On the Road)

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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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