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jiù
old
丨 + 日
stick + day/sun
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if you leave a walking stick out in the sun, it gets old

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xún
seek
彐 + 寸
broom + thumb
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Parable of the the Lost Coin: she seeks what is lost by sweeping the house with a broom, using her thumb to get it out of a crack. (Bible Series)

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jiě
older sister
女 + 且qiě
woman + shelves
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Your older sister (named Jenna?) has her shelf of books you can’t touch.

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biān
whip [n./v.]
革 + 便biàn
leather + convenient
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Indiana Jones keeps a leather whip convenient

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wáng
king, *jewel
一 + 土
ceiling + soil
Character Notes

The king is the connection between heaven and earth.

as a component: “王字旁” when it appears on the left, we'll call it "jewel" (derived from 玉yù jade), when it is on the right or bottom, we'll call it "king"

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玉 yù jade

zhù
store up
贝 + 宀 + 一
shells + house + floor
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store up shells in the house by hiding them in the floor OR They start storing up their shells from the bottom up for the purchase of a new house.

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wān
bay [n.]
氵 + 弯wān
water + curved
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curve in the coastline is a bay

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jiǎng
lecture [v.]
讠 + 井jǐng
microphone + well
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in a microphone: lecture someone who fell down the well on the benefits of always keeping the cover on

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zhòu
universe
宀 + 由yóu
house + wherefore/sprout
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A house at one with the universe, where they grow and eat a lot of sprouts.

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merchant
西 + 贝
Wild West + shells
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Mr. Jia is a merchant in the Wild West who trades for shells

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mián
cotton
木 + 白 + 巾
tree/wood + white + towel
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woody bush that produces white towels is the cotton plant

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jiàn
gradually
氵 + 斩zhǎn
water + hew
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water can gradually hew a fissure in rock

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zòng
rice dumpling
米 + 宗zōng
rice + religion
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pyramid-shaped sticky rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves and eaten during Dragon Boat Festival; some scholars suggest they were originally offerings to the dragon god

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céng
story
尸 + 云
flag + cloud
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the building has so many stories that the flag on top is in the clouds

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next
冫 + 欠
ice + lack
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You have to wait for next round of ice skating because the ice lacks. Can you hear the Zamboni making the sound "ci"?

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jiǔ
long time, *mummy
勹 + 人
bound up + person
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This person has been bound up for a long time.

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jīn
towel
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as a component: “巾字旁”

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féng
Feng
冫 + 马
ice + horse
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Mr. Feng’s horse moves very slowly in the cold.

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yǎo
bite [v.]
口 + 交jiāo
mouth + mingle
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mingling father eats bites at cocktail party OR whatever you bite off mingles in your mouth

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