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zhāo
beckon
扌 + 召zhào
hand + summon
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using hand to summon

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shàng
*playhouse
⺌ + 宀
small + house
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preface [n.]
广 + 予yǔ
cave + fishing spear
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Another activity in your cave is cleaning your fishing spear, a preface to the activity of spear fishing. (Hunter-Gatherer)

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rǒng
superfluous
冖 + 几
crown + wind
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Prince Superfluous is a royal airhead. He is really quite superfluous.

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suī
although
口 + 虫
mouth + insect
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although he's won many contests, he couldn't eat an insect

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curtain
莫mò + 巾
mirage + towel
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There's a mirage behind a curtain of the flower sun dog in a towel.

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mǒu
such and such [adj.], *picnic
甘 + 木mù
basket + tree
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a picnic spot under such and such a tree

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grandfather
父 + 卩jié
father + stamped
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Picture a stamped original passed from your grandfather to your father.

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绿

green
纟 + 录lù
thread + record
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In the military, record books have a green cloth cover.

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lián
lotus
艹 + 连lián
flowers + one after another
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Picture a parade of lotus flowers floating one after another.

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zhú
pursue
豕 + 辶
sow + road
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Pursue the Sow: When people lose their jobs in the cities, they often return to family farms. But, even there times are hard, and an escaped sow would absolutely need to be pursued. (1930's On the Road)

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mén
gate
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as a component: “门字框”

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户hù door

duck
甲jiǎ + 鸟
radish + bird
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Picture feeding a duck a radish.

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zòng
vertical
纟 + 从cóng
thread + follow
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hanging thread used to create a vertical line to follow

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shú
ripe
享 + 丸 + 灬
enjoy + pill + cooking fire
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You can enjoy the ripeness of fruit longer by encapsulating it in a pill, preserving it over a cooking fire.

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nài
-proof
而 + 寸
beard + thumb
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This Santa’s beard is kid-proof; it can’t be pulled off with the pinch of a thumb.

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*writing brush
彐 + 二 + 丨
broom + two + stick
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rather than breaking it down, think of it as a whole image, the first three strokes as the hand, gripping the brush, and the last two stroke as the hairs of the brush

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ōu
gull
区 + 鸟
region + bird
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gulls live in the region by the sea

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tǒng
bucket
木 + 甬yǒng
wood + hunter
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hunter’s wooden bucket

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