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jiā
add
力 + 口
muscle + mouth
Character Notes

Add muscle to what your mouth says (do the thing you say).

You add muscle to the story (exaggerate) with your mouth.

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yǒng
*hunter
龴 + 用yòng
spear head + Little Red Riding Hood
Character Notes

the hunter from Little Red Riding Hood

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tiān
heavens
一 + 大
ceiling + large
Character Notes

large person grows and grows until his head reaches the ceiling and then the heavens

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he
亻 + 也
persona + also/scorpion
Character Notes

Picture your persona: he is also covered with scorpions.

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hóng
magnificent
宀 + 厷gōng
house + George Washington
Character Notes

George Washington’s house, Mount Vernon, is magnificent itself, but even more magnificent is the fact that Washington yielded power after two terms and retired to his house and farm.

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surprised
讠 + 牙yá
microphone + tooth
Character Notes

You are startled out of your daydream, surprised to hear your name over the loud speaker at the dental office.

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zhèng
Zheng
关 + 阝
shut + city walls
Character Notes

It's serious: Mr. Zheng has been shut out from the city.

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doze
目 + 去 + 皿
eye + go + dish
Character Notes

When you doze at dinner, your eyes (and face) go kerplop into your dish.

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xiù
sleeve
衤 + 由yóu
clothing + sprout
Character Notes

These sleeves sprout from the clothing.

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huò
or
口 + 一 + 戈
mouth + floor + rifle
Character Notes

“Put your mouth on the floor or I’ll shoot my rifle!”

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咸xián salty

dīng
nail
钅 + 丁dīng
metal + nail
Character Notes

Picture a metal nail.

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fitting
宀 + 且
house + shelves
Character Notes

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
Character Notes

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
Character Notes

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
Character Notes

As the sun rises at dawn, the ceremonial guard’s watch ends.

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xiàng
orientation
丶 + 冂 + 口
drop + hood + mouth
Character Notes

a hooded alien with an antenna who has to ask for orientation

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mat
广 + 廿 + 巾
cave + twenty + towel
Character Notes

An ideal mat in your cave would be made of twenty towels. (Hunter-Gatherer)

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