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duì
convert [v.], *devil
丷 + 兄
horns + teenager
Character Notes

When children become teenagers, it seems they are converted into devils and grow horns.

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zhuī
chase
丶 + 㠯 + 辶
drop + boss + road
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Chase the Boss: This woman chases her boss down the road into the dust storm with something he dropped. (1930's On the Road)

Your boss sweats chasing results.

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xiàn
limit [n./v.]
阝 + 艮
pinnacle + silver
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Don't worry, at Pinnacle Weddings, we put a limit on the silver you will spend.

The price of silver reached its limit, the pinnacle, in the 1890’s.

The pinnacle for him was a silver medal, his limit.

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táng
Tang
广guǎng + 肀 + 口
cave + rake + mouth
Character Notes

You have an experiment of sorts going on in your cave. You got so much juice from your tangerine spearing that you have dried it into a primitive Tang powder. You made yourself a mini rake to mix it and sample it regularly with your mouth. (Now, of course, this character does not refer to the fake orange drink, but the Tang dynasty of China.) (Hunter-Gatherer)

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zhī
of, *road block
road modified
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niǔ
twist [v.]
扌 + 丑chǒu
hand + clown
Character Notes

The hand of the clown twists the balloon into a shape.

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ferry [n./v.]
氵 + 度dù
water + degrees
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ferry crosses the water and turns only a few degrees

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dèng
Deng
又 + 阝
right hand + city walls
Character Notes

Mr. Deng lives to the right of the city.

Picture Mr. Deng swearing loyalty to the city with his right hand raised.

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láo
labor [n.]
K + 力
rooftop garden + muscle
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You put muscle labor into your rooftop garden carrying things upstairs.

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lóng
dragon
一 + 儿 + 丿 + 丶
“long body" + human legs + “stick” + “pearl”
Character Notes

In the dragon dance, humans hold up the dragon’s long body with sticks, and they dance, following a large pearl.

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guī
regulations
夫 + 见
husband + see
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My husband has a knack for seeing regulations and not being unnerved by them.

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shī
execute
9 + 也
banner + scorpion
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Picture a scorpion banner for a gang that executes crimes.

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jiù
mother's brother
臼jiù + 男
rib cage + male
Character Notes

This is super skinny farmer Uncle Joe on your mother's side.

Picture your mother's brother with his rib cage showing.

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grain
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derivative: 米 rice

as a component: “禾木旁”

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木 mù tree

tiāo
poke
扌 + 兆zhào
hand + omen
Character Notes

picky, so poke everything with your hand, indentations are seen as an omen

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guān
shut [v.]
丷 + 天
horns + heavens
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The heavens are shut to the devil (the big guy with horns).

The heavens are shut to those who build the golden calf. (Bible Series)

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bān
speck
王 + 文 + 王
king/jewel + gentleman farmer + king/jewel
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gentleman farmer decorates his zebra with specks of jewels

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班bān class
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liú
*bridge
H + 川
guard tower + stream
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guard tower built over a stream, so it is a bridge

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桥qiǎo bridge

yǒng
swim
氵 + 永yǒng
water + eternity
Character Notes

swim in an infinity pool

swim in the fountain of youth

children’s dream to swim for eternity

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