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nín
you [respectful]
你nǐ + 心
you + heart
Character Notes

show respect to the “you” from the heart

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saw [n.]
钅 + 居jū
metal + reside
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resident carpenter uses a metal saw to build a residence

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shì
test [n./v.]
讠 + 式shì
microphone + style
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over the microphone/loud speaker: “Come test out this style!”

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jīng
go across
纟 + Bjīng
thread + crane
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A thread connected to the crane carries the I-beam to go across to the building.

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shū
book
𠃌 + 𠃌 + 丨 + 丶
coat hook + coat hook + stick + drop
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hang your book bag on the coat tree

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xián
leisure
门mén + 木
gate + tree
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leisure garden with a gate and trees inside

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fāng
direction, *compass
丶 + 万
drop + ten thousand
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ten thousand directions on a compass, moves by a drop

as a component: ”方字旁“

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grain of [m.w.]
米 + 立lì
rice + stand up
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this measure word stands next to small grains of things like rice

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accuse
讠 + 斥
microphone + bloody axe
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camp leader comes across a bloody axe and says in the microphone: What happened here? Everyone accusing each other.

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go
土 + 厶
soil + monument
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go to the monument on a soil path

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xiè
crab (back end)
解jiě + 虫
untie + insect
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untie its string to let it go

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yún
cloud
二 + 厶
two + monument
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two stripes of clouds over a monument

alternatively: one + Great Wall, one pollution cloud over the Great Wall

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qīng
lightweight [adj.]
车 + Bjīng
vehicle + crane
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A vehicle moved with a crane appears lightweight.

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jìn
advance [v.]
井jǐng + 辶
well + road
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You advance from well to well on the road.

"Advance to the Well: As extended families attempt to stay together on the road, often messages are left for those who will follow behind. An example: “Advance to the Well.” (1930's On the Road)

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*broom
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derived from: 扫 sǎo sweep

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yìng
hard
石 + 更gèng
stone + even more
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Diamond is even harder than stone.

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shēn
*hole in the bottom of the sea
㓁 + 木
patched hole + tree/wood
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There’s a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea…

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hóng
rainbow
虫chóng + 工gōng
insect + I-beam
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insect on an I-beam singing “Somewhere over the Rainbow” OR rainbow is a beam in the shape of worm

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tài
overly
大 + 丶
large dog + drop
Character Notes

overly excited, the large dog slobbers a drop

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犬quǎn small dog
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