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cháo
dynasty
𠦝 + 月
Korea + moon
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Korean dynasties come and go like the moon.

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tái
elevate
扌 + 台tái
hand + stage
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use a hand to elevate someone onto the stage

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mài
wheat
龶 + 夂
grow up + walking legs
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grow up strong, walk and not faint

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shàng
esteem [v.]
小 + 冂 + 口
small + hood + mouth
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Esteemed Yoda: a small talking hood.

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maternal aunt
女 + 夷yí
woman + barbarian
Character Notes

The relatives on the woman's side were considered the outsiders. Does one of your maternal aunts remind you of a barbarian?

alternatively: 女+大+弓 woman + large + bow Picture an ayi defending kids with a large bow.

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shé
tongue
千 + 口
thousand + mouth
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a thousand tongues wagging

a picture of a tied tongue

as a component: “舌字旁”

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shù
bundle up, *bundle
木mù + 口
tree + “band around”
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ideograph

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fěng
mock [v.]
讠 + 风fēng
microphone + windstorm
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microphone’s mocking is mocked by the windstorm

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zhōng
end [n.]
纟 + 冬dōng
thread + winter
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Picture an end of season sale on winter threads.

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body
亻 + 本
persona + notebook
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your persona carrying their anatomy notebook

your persona posing for an artist’s sketchbook

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jiàn
*bamboo sword
*刂 + *⺮
sword + bamboo
Character Notes

"In class campers will only use swords made of bamboo for combat practice, learned through a series of tasks." (Camp Bamboo)

*blunt sword *modified bamboo

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yǒng
courageous
甬yǒng + 力
hunter + muscle
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hunter is courageous enough to use his muscles to free Granny

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xīn
peppery
立 + 十
stand up + ten/needle
Character Notes

The taste is so peppery, your hair stands up like needles.

as a component: “辛字旁”

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zhuàn
earn
贝 + 兼jiān
shells + double
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earn shells to maintain the double life OR work double jobs to earn enough shells

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shī
lion
犭 + 师shī
Aesop + teacher
Character Notes

“The Teacher and the Lion”  In the Lion King, Rafiki is the teacher who convinces Simba that his father’s spirit lives on in him, and he must return home. Moral: Taking the advice of a teacher can make us lion-king of our situation. (Fables)

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penalize
罒 + 讠 + 刂
net + microphone + sword
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penalty with the net, call out on the microphone that time will be cut (sword)

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excite
氵 + 敫jiǎo
water + Noah’s dove
Character Notes

Noah is excited when the dove returns back over the water with an olive leaf in her mouth. (Bible Series)

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bào
leopard
豸māo + 勺sháo
jackal + ladle
Character Notes

Imagine a leopard telling a tale: The Jackal and the Ladle.

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xǐng
awaken
酉 + 星xīng
whiskey bottle + star
Character Notes

This whiskey bottle, I call “Awaken.” After a few hours of sleep, I wake up and see stars.

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