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urge [v.]
亻 + 足zú
persona + lower leg
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Your persona urges you with a kick in the pants (her lower leg meeting yours).

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migrate
彳 + 步
queue + step
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step from one queue to the next as you migrate lines at the grocery store

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numb
疒 + 畀bì
sickness + runny nose
Character Notes

a sickness with a runny nose could be associated with a numbness of taste

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*runny nose
田 + 廾
field + two hands
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a picture of the cavities of the nose with snot running out

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kuāng
rectangular basket
竹 + 匚fāng + 王wáng
bamboo + box + king
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bamboo rectangular basket holding portraits of the king

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jìng
powerful
Bjīng + 力
crane + muscle
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a crane has powerful muscles

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yín
recite
口 + 今jīn
mouth + now/clock
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The mouth on your clock recites the time every hour.

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shēn
groan
口 + 申shēn
mouth + beet
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A beet is stuck in your mouth, all you can do is groan.

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altogether
亻 + 具jù
persona + tool
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when your persona uses a tool, it is altogether more effective than working without it

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áng
hold one's head high
日 + 卬áng
sun + collection of originals
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A collector can hold one's head high once their collection of originals has been viewed in the sun.

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enlighten
户 + 口
door + mouth
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what someone says can open a door for you or enlighten you

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chóu
reward
酉yǒu + 州zhōu
whiskey bottle + state
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Can’t accept a whiskey bottle as a reward when working for the state

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pull out
扌 + 犮bá
hand + friend's wig
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friend uses hand to pull out hair to make a wig

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*friend's wig
发fā - 丨
friend's hair - “hair”
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use friend's hair to make a wig

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tǐng
erect [adj.]
扌 + 廷tíng
hand + royal court
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it's the knights' hands that hold the royal court erect (they fufill the decrees that prop up the court's legitimacy)

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lún
human relationships
亻 + 仑lún
persona + lifeguard
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your persona wants the lifeguard job, not for the tan, but the human relationships

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kuò
broad
门 + 活huó
gate + lively
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wide is the gate and broad is the way of the lively life that leads to destruction (Matthew 7:13)

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qǐn
get some shuteye
宀 + 丬 + 4jìn
house + turtle + Amelia Bedelia
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Amelia Bedelia is told to put the turtle in its house so it can get some shuteye

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zào
parched
火 + 喿zào
fire + chirping
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a forest fire left the tree parched and the birds chirping

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