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tòu
penetrate
秀xiù + 辶
elegant + road
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elegant road Champs d‘Elysee penetrates the city; (Light) Penetrates the Elegant (Structure): During the New Deal era, many civic buildings are being constructed including city halls, schools and libraries. Despite the practical nature of these buildings, many have elegant elements, making them national treasures. At this school in Portland, Oregon, light penetrates the elegant structure. (Milwaukie Junior High)

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gāng
ridge
冂 + 乂
hood + sheaf
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You need a hood for the wind 风 at the ridge.

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风fēng wind

jìng
revere
艹 + 句jù + 攵
flowers + sentence + taskmaster
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What does a wedding taskmaster revere? Perfect flowers, perfect sentences.

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zhuā
grab
扌 + 爪zhuǎ
hand + vulture
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use hand to grab like a vulture

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róng
glory [n.]
(艹宀)yíng + 木
rooftop garden + tree
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a glorious tree trying to break through to the rooftop garden

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xìng
sex
忄 + 生shēng
meme + life/seed
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meme of process from pollination to a seed

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dōng
winter
夂 + 冫
walking legs + ice
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walking legs slip on the ice in the winter

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shuā
brush [n./v.]
尸 + 巾 + 刂
corpse/flag + towel + sword
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famous swordsman buried with his towel and toothbrush

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bèng
hop [v.]
⻊ + 崩bēng
lower leg + crumble
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Mother, may I take a crumble hop?

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door
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alternative breakdown: 丶+尸 drop + corpse/flag

as a component: “户字旁”

variant: 戶

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尸 shī corpse/flag

chì
fins
支zhī + 羽
branch + wings
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branch of the business is importing wings and exporting fins

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jiāo
sprinkle
氵 + 尧yáo
water + ceremonial guard
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To vary the work, watering/sprinkling the flowers was assigned to this ceremonial guard.

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kàng
combat [v.]
扌 + 亢kàng
hand + whirlwind
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trying to catch something that is being blown around is like having combat with a whirlwind

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wěi
great
亻 + 韦wéi
persona + tanned hide
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your persona’s godson “David the Great” is a tanner

David becomes great when he tans Goliath's hide.

*David can be transliterated 大伟 or 大卫

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C

*crutches
丿 + 丨
slash + walking stick
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fēng
wind [n.], *windstorm
几 + 乂
*wind + sheaf
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"Our story starts in the wheat field. It has already been harvested into sheaves and the first cold wind of the season arrives in a storm. It blows against the sheaves, but they are tied tight, so the wind has to go up and over them as it passes through the field." (Hat in the Wind)

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hán
Korea
𠦝gàn + 韦
Korea + tanned hide
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blankets or clothing made of animal furs to keep warm during cold Korean winters

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qiū
hill
斤 + 一
axe + floor
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This is a picture of an axe with its handle buried in the ground, marking the top of an important hill.

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yóu
oil
氵 + 由yóu
water + sprout
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liquid squeezed from a sprout

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