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nán
difficult
又 + 隹
right hand + special bird
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difficult to catch/stuff a turkey with your right hand

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táo
grapes (B)
艹 + 匋táo
flowers + lidded clay pot
Character Notes

Pu and Tao are sitting under the flowering arbor where grapes are bound up in clusters. Pu uses a needle to inject the juice intravenously and Tao drinks the juice from a clay pot.

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bàn
petal
辡biàn + 瓜
counter attack + melon
Character Notes

as they counter attack with a melon, petals from the blossom fall OR on either side of the melon are petals hiding chili peppers

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ruò
as if
艹 + 右yòu
flowers + right
Character Notes

If we put flowers on the right, they will cover up the speaker.

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last [n./adj.]
一 + 木
one + tree
Character Notes

top branches are fully mature

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未wèi not yet
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send out, *friend’s hair
友 + 丶
friend + “hairstyle”
Character Notes

your friend sends out messages of herself showing off her hair by flipping it off her shoulder

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gēn
heel [n./v.]
⻊ + 艮gèn
lower leg + silver
Character Notes

"Mother, may I put my silver-spurred heel forward?" (Mother, May I?)

"Silver rush was followed on its heel by the Panic of 1893." (Silver Mining)

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jiàng
artisan
匚 + 斤
box + axe
Character Notes

The axe you use for more artisan carpentry work, you keep in a box with other tools of the trade.

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bàng
stick [n.]
木 + 奉fèng
tree/wood + proffer
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the Natural proffers his bat to the boy (Robert Redford baseball movie)

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shào
Shao
召zhào + X阝
summon + city walls
Character Notes

Mr. Shao was summoned to the city walls for execution?

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yōu
excellent
亻 + 尤yóu
persona + Goofy
Character Notes

your persona awards excellence with a Goofy sticker

your persona achieve excellence as Goofy

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zhě
someone, *hero
耂 + 日
old man + day/sun
Character Notes

"The old hero’s days of adventure are over." (Hero of the Wild West)

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yòu
again, *right hand
Character Notes

ancient meaning of this character was "right hand", which it still retains as a component meaning

derivative: 乃 *fist

as a component: "又字旁"

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fáng
domicile
户 + 方fāng
door + direction
Character Notes

In fengshui the door of the domicile has to face a certain direction.

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cáo
Cao
一 + 曲 + 日
one + bent + day
Character Notes

Think of Cao Cao having one terrible, horrible, no good, very bad bent day.

曹操 Cáo Cāo was a Chinese statesman, warlord, and poet who rose to power during the end of the Han dynasty (c. 184–220)

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xiǎng
enjoy
亠 + 口 + 子
top hat + mouth + child
Character Notes

the children of top hats enjoy better food

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chǔ
clear [adj.]
林 + 疋
woods + Spartan Race
Character Notes

clearing in the woods to make way for the Spartan Race

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mǐn
dish
Character Notes

originally a bronze container

as a component: “皿字底”

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gōng
Gong
龙lóng + 共gòng
dragon + together
Character Notes

Ms. Gong cannot be separated from her dragon; they'll be together forever.

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