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zhēng
contend
⺈ + 肀
mask + rake
Character Notes

This is a contentious hockey player with a mask and a rake.

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guī
tortoise
⺈ + 电
mask + electricity
Character Notes

This is a tortoise costume that lights up.

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zhāo
evident
日 + 召zhào
sun + summon
Character Notes

sun summons the evidence, brings it to light

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individual
𠆢 + 丨
umbrella + stick
Character Notes

express individual style through your umbrella: Gene Kelly “Singin’ in the Rain”

alternatively: 人 + 丨 person + stick: maybe you are counting people, maybe sticks

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suǒ
trivial
王 + 小 + 贝
jewel + small + shells
Character Notes

the jewel’s price was trivial, just small shells

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锁suǒ lock

tóng
same
冂 + 一 + 口
hood + one + mouth
Character Notes

monks with hoods all chanting with one voice, the same voice

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zhǔ
*a drop of
Character Notes

the stroke is informally known as diǎn

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huò
commodities
化huà + 贝
transform + shells
Character Notes

commodities can be transformed to shells

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fēi
non-, *jail cell

婿

son-in-law
女 + 疋 + 月
woman + Spartan Race + month
Character Notes

Can you picture this dynamic in a family you know? A woman criticizes her son-in-law for taking a month to train for a Spartan Race.

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tún
suckling pig
月 + 豕
body part + sow
Character Notes

suckling pigs attached to a body part of the sow

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𠆢

sǎn
*umbrella
Character Notes

“人字头“, derived from: 伞 sǎn umbrella

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chén
*earthquake
厂 + 一 + A
cliff + one + kerchief
Character Notes

cliff falls in an earthquake on one unfortunate soul with only his kerchief visible

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zǎo
early, *sunflower
日 + 十
sun + needle
Character Notes

Sunflowers greet the sun in the early morning.

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cáng
hide
艹 + 爿pán + 戊 + 臣
flowers + slat + cannon + loft bed
Character Notes

Picture a hidden enemy: in the flowers, behind slats, behind the cannon, or hiding from his fear in the loft bed in the barracks.

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míng
inscription
钅 + 名míng
metal + name
Character Notes

inscription is a name carved into metal

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dōu/dū
all/metropolis
者 + 阝
hero + city walls
Character Notes

Dōu! All the heroes jumped over the city wall of the metropolis.

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xià
summer
一 + 自 + 夂
ceiling + nose + walking legs
Character Notes

You've hired "fans" to hang by their noses to the ceiling and use their legs to move the summer air.

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jiǔ
nine
十 + 乚
ten + hook
Character Notes

nine hooks into ten

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力lì power/muscle
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