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fitting
宀 + 且
house + shelves
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such a fitting character for IKEA 宜家

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zhuāng
hamlet
广guǎng + 土
cave + soil
Character Notes

If you are a hunter-gatherer in a place with no naturally occurring caves, you may wish to use a dugout, to which you could then attract friends and blossom into a hamlet like Hobbitville. (Hunter-Gatherer)

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catch up with, *yoga
乃 + \
fist + stroke
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fist released into a yoga pose

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xié
cooperate
十 + 办
ten + manage
Character Notes

Ten managers cooperate.

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hào
vast
氵 + 告gào
water + declare
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cow seeing the ocean for the first time and declaring “It is vast.”

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xiǎo
dawn
日 + 尧yáo
sun + ceremonial guard
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As the sun rises at dawn, this ceremonial guard’s watch ends.

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xiàng
orientation
丶 + 冂 + 口
drop + hood + mouth
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a hooded alien with an antenna who has to ask for orientation

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mat
广 + 廿 + 巾
cave + twenty + towel
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An ideal mat in your cave would be made of twenty towels. (Hunter-Gatherer)

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piàn
cheat [v.]
马 + 扁biǎn
horse + flat/doormat
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horse champion cheats her out of her doormat to her barn

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jiàn
see
目 + 儿
eye + human legs
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見 is the traditional character of 见, showing that when you see something, it's like your eyes arrive there

as a component: “见字旁”

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贝 bèi shells

zhī
spider (front end)
虫 + 知zhī
insect + know
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insect-like thing known for its knowledge (Charlotte)

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bīng
*ice
氵 - 丶
water - drop
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as a component: “两点水”

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冰bīng ice
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xiōng
cruel
乂 + 凵
sheaf + pit
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Joseph’s cruel brothers decide to do away with him and throw him in a pit. (Bible Series)

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weep
氵 + 立lì
water + stand up
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weep and weep until one is standing in water

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xiōng
bosom
月 + 勹 + 凶xiōng
body part + bound up + cruel
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You have cruelness bound up in your bosom.

Picture your bosom is the body part that must be bound up after a cruel attack.

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dào
master thief
次 + 皿
next + dish
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Carmen San Diego’s next object to steal: Paul Revere’s silver dish

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pleased
予yǔ + 象
fishing spear + elephant
Character Notes

What would be more pleasing than an elephant sighting during your fishing expedition?

Picture a pleasure garden with fishing ponds and elephants wandering around.

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lucky
士 + 口
soldier + mouth
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This lucky soldier got a kiss on his way to war.

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wǎng
toward
彳 + 丶 + 王wáng
queue + drop + king
Character Notes

往前走:join the queue walking toward the point in front of the king

alternatively: 彳+主 queue + lord

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