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喷

pēn
spurt
口 + 贲bēn
mouth + lei
Character Notes

Yakov took a bite of tasty looking lei and spurt it out. (Max Dart)

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刻

kè
carve
亥 + 刂
acorn + sword
Character Notes

every time an acorn falls, carve a mark on the tree with a sword

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存

cún
deposit [v.]
𠂇 + 丨 + 子
by one's side + stick + child
Character Notes

Mary McLeod Bethune was committed to depositing resources into the children of the next generation. “Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.”

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甲

jiǎ
A, *radish
田
field modified
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root growing down into a field, first thing to grow out of the seed is labeled "A" in the diagram

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旧

jiù
old
丨 + 日
stick + day/sun
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if you leave a walking stick out in the sun, it gets old

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寻

xún
seek
彐 + 寸
broom + thumb
Character Notes

Parable of the the Lost Coin: she seeks what is lost by sweeping the house with a broom, using her thumb to get it out of a crack. (Bible Series)

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姐

jiě
older sister
女 + 且qiě
woman + shelves
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Your older sister Jenna has her shelf of books you can’t touch.

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鞭

biān
whip [n./v.]
革 + 便biàn
leather + convenient
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Indiana Jones keeps a leather whip convenient

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王

wáng
king, *jewel
一 + 土
ceiling + soil
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The king is the connection between heaven and earth.

as a component: “王字旁” when it appears on the left, we'll call it "jewel" (derived from 玉yù jade), when it is on the right or bottom, we'll call it "king"

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玉 yù jade

贮

zhù
store up
贝 + 宀 + 一
shells + house + floor
Character Notes

store up shells in the house by hiding them in the floor OR They start storing up their shells from the bottom up for the purchase of a new house.

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湾

wān
bay [n.]
氵 + 弯wān
water + curved
Character Notes

curve in the coastline is a bay

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讲

jiǎng
lecture [v.]
讠 + 井jǐng
microphone + well
Character Notes

in a microphone: lecture someone who fell down the well on the benefits of always keeping the cover on

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宙

zhòu
universe
宀 + 由yóu
house + wherefore/sprout
Character Notes

A house at one with the universe, where they grow and eat a lot of sprouts.

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贾

gǔ
merchant
西 + 贝
Wild West + shells
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Mr. Jia is a merchant in the Wild West who trades for shells.

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棉

mián
cotton
木 + 白 + 巾
tree/wood + white + towel
Character Notes

woody bush that produces white towels is the cotton plant

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渐

jiàn
gradually
氵 + 斩zhǎn
water + hew
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Water can gradually hew a fissure in rock.

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粽

zòng
rice dumpling
米 + 宗zōng
rice + religion
Character Notes

pyramid-shaped sticky rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves and eaten during Dragon Boat Festival; some scholars suggest they were originally offerings to the dragon god

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层

céng
story
尸 + 云
flag + cloud
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the building has so many stories that the flag on top is in the clouds

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次

cì
next
冫 + 欠
ice + lack
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You have to wait for next round of ice skating because the ice lacks. Can you hear the Zamboni making the sound "ci"?

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