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oneself, *nose
丶 + 目
drop + eye
Character Notes

Your nose is the drop between your eyes; in China one can refer to oneself by pointing at one's nose.

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bàng
pound [n.]
石 + 旁páng
stone + side/Columbus
Character Notes

Deep thoughts by Prince Columbus: “The stone by my side weighs a pound.”

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rǎn
dye [v.]
氵 + 九 + 木
water + nine + tree
Character Notes

chestnut colored hair dye, #9

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shuǐ
*snowflake
water modified
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as a component: “泰字底水“

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gàn
*Korea
十 + 日 + 十
ten/needle + day/sun + ten/needle
Character Notes

Korea has been “needled” by Japan and by China during its long history, derived from 韩 hán Korea

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zhì
bring about
至zhì + 攵
until + taskmaster
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Until the taskmaster says it, it will not be brought about.

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riddle
讠 + 迷mí
microphone + lost
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a riddle through the microphone, everyone is lost

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barbarian
大 + 弓
large + bow
Character Notes

"You have built up your collection of bows and named them. This one is “the barbarian” because it is one big bow!" (Hunter Gatherer)

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low
亻 + 氐dī
persona + wax seal
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your persona places the wax seal low on the folded letter

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degree
广 + 廿 + 又
cave + twenty + right hand
Character Notes

The cave was twenty degrees, I swear!

Also on the walls of your cave are twenty hand prints. When you place your hand on any of these hands, you realize that the cave is twenty degrees (Celsius) all year round.

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máng
busy [adj.]
忄 + 亡wáng
meme + deceased
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meme of being busy-ed to death

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ground [n.]
土 + 也
soil + scorpion
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scorpion lives in the soil or ground

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cóng
thicket
从cóng + 一
follow + floor
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two people stuck in place in the thicket

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xiě
blood
丶 + 皿
drop + dish
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blood-letting, drop by drop into a dish OR blood test, drop in a petri dish

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xiā
shrimp
虫 + 下xià
insect + below
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insect that lives below the ocean surface

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liàn
be enamored of
亦 + 心
dancing penguin + heart
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This dancing penguin is enamored of his dancing partner. Picture them together with a heart hovering between them.

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zuó
yesterday
日 + 乍zuò
day + saw
Character Notes

Saw away yesterday, tomorrow will be a brighter day.

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é
Russia
亻 + 我
persona + I/me
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What is your persona's connection to Russia?

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*crown
Character Notes

as a component: “秃宝盖”

derived from: 冠 guān crown

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宀 mián house,亠 tóu *top hat
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