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hire [v.]
户hù + 隹
door + special bird
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hire someone to slam the turkey in the door to chop off its head

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zhǔn
standard [n.]
冫 + 隹
ice + special bird
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standard temp for freezing/thawing turkeys

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dew
⻗ + 路lù
weather + path
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If you walk on dewy grass, it leaves a path.

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běn
notebook
木 + 一
tree + one
Character Notes

slice out of tree trunk becomes a notebook

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yòu
entice
讠 + 秀xiù
microphone + elegant
Character Notes

Picture an elaborate, elegant proposal through a microphone to entice the girl to marry him.

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scatter
扌 + 散sǎn
hand + scattered
Character Notes

use hand to scatter

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chuàng
initiate
仓cāng + 刂
storehouse + sword
Character Notes

Picture a ribbon cutting ceremony (with a sword) initiating a new Costco.

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have to
彡 + 页
bird tail + head/page
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have to memorize the parts of the bird, like the tail and the head, on the page

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shá
wha?
口 + 舍shè
mouth + abode
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He’s with a friend: “Wha’s happenin’ in the abode?” (Trumpeter Wu)

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tangerine
木 + 矛 + 冂 + 八 + 口
tree + spear + hood + animal legs + mouth
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You find a spear so precise a tool that you want them in all sizes. This is a small one you throw at a tangerine high up in a tree. The juice then drips into your mouth. (Hunter-Gatherer)

alternatively: 木+矛+冏 tree + spear + dementor

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cōng
chimney/*GPS
丶 + 囗 + 夂
drop + enclosure + walking legs
Character Notes

You can picture this as a fireplace with firewood in the middle and smoke coming out the top of the chimney.

As a component, we'll call it a GPS: picture a device with a signal coming out the top that shows you where to walk.

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jiǎo
rectify
矢 + 乔qiáo
dart + pretend
Character Notes

Max Dart can rectify pretending to break his leg but not dying young.

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zhuàng
robust
丬qiáng + 士
turtle + soldier
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Picture a robust teenage mutant ninja turtle.

With his turtle-like armor, this soldier looks quite robust.

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zhuàng
condition
丬qiáng + 犬
turtle + small dog
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a turtle and Pekingese live in very different conditions

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jiǎn
pick up [v.]
扌 + 佥qiān
hand + barn
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hand picks up trash around the barn

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nǎo
brain
月 + 㐫nǎo
body part + Scrooge
Character Notes

Scrooge had a developed brain (but not heart)

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xiāng
aid [v.], *Jiminy Cricket
亠 + 吅 + R + 𧘇
top hat + chatterbox + wire mesh + scarf
Character Notes

Wearing a top hat and scarf, this chatterbox cricket doesn’t live in a wire mesh cage, but does aid Pinnochio.

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xiè
discharge [v.]
氵 + 世shì
water + generation
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discharge of fluids, blood-letting was the cure-all for generations

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kin
戊 + 上 + 小
cannon + above + small
Character Notes

Uncle Schubert does a cannonball jump into the pool to the delight of his smaller kin.

The justification of the cannon is it is protecting kin as it flies above the small people.

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叔 shū uncle
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