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suàn
calculate
⺮ + 目 + 廾
bamboo + eye + two hands
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In this class students will construct their own abacus for calculation with two hands: a bamboo frame with eyeballs as beads.

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yáo
remote [adj.]
䍃yáo + 辶
cookie jar + road
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Remote Cookie Jar: For those who have to leave their homes and take to the road, much was left behind that was impractical to carry. For this child, the cookie jar in the kitchen is becoming a remote memory. (1930's On the Road)

“Chocolate chip cookies, so far on the road…”

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*monument
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as a component: “私字旁”

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liào
material [n.]
米 + 斗
rice + big dipper
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different cooking materials like rice scooped out at the market with a big dipper

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cháng
intenstines
月 + (㇇勿)yáng
body part + piglet
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body part of a piglet used to case sausage

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husband
二 + 人
two + person
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a man becomes a husband when he is joined with a second person

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elder sister
女 + *弟
woman + *younger brother
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This is your evil elder sister, not your quiet older sister 姐(split personality if you don't have two?)

*younger brother with his horny head ripped off

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姐 jiě older sister

knowledgeable
十 + 尃
needle + thumb prick
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A Ph.D., knowledgeable in blood test research and its thumb prick methods, invented a new needle.

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x阝

*city walls
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as a component on the right side of the character; “右耳旁” or “右耳刀”

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morality
彳 + 𢛳dé
queue + ten commandments
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The ten commandments, a moral code, have kept people in line for thousands of years. (Bible Series)

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can [aux. v.]
丁 + 口
nail + mouth
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“I think I can, I think I can.” Picture the Little Engine's mouth spitting nails.

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叮dīng sting

divination, *magic wand
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modified version:⺊; alternative breakdown: 丨+丶 stick + drop

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drum
壴gǔ + 支
drummer boy + branch
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The drummer boy uses a branch for a drumstick.

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duān
upright
立 + 耑duān
stand up + mountain man
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Standing upright (in the dragon boat) the mountain man presents the prize zongzi to the winner.

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méi
eyebrows
尸 + 目mù
(split) flag + eye
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eyebrows are a split flag over your eyes

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yǎng
raise [v.]
⺶yáng + 介
wool + introduce
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raise sheep for wool to introduce to the market

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it
宀 + 匕
house + spoon/person sitting
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I found it under the house—the lost spoon!

It” lives in this house, never leaves, sits inside all day.

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xiāo
nighttime
宀 + 肖xiào
house + resemble
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house resembles a candle at nighttime OR It is the nighttime feedings when dad helps with his son, who resembles him.

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you
亻 + 尔
persona + you [literary]
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alternatively: 亻 + ⺈ + 小 persona + mask + small: your persona says, “You (little person)! Put this mask on.”

人尔你

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