DLI 2-9 (DLI 3 Components)

In this lesson, read through the information for each character. In your character notebook, draw a picture or cartoon of the story that will help you remember the character. Then take the quiz.

shǒu

heads
丷 + 一 + 自
horns + base + nose

a moose head (with a big nose) and other heads (of state) up on the wall

lineage
丿 + 糸mì
slash/line + fine silk

line that ties Chinese lineage (family history of generations) is made of fine silk

chuí

droop
千 + 艹 + 士
thousand + flowers + soldier

a thousand flowers droop to honor a fallen soldier

zhě

someone, *hero
耂 + 日
old man + day/sun

"The old hero’s days of adventure are over." (Hero of the Wild West)

quǎn

*Aesop
small dog modified

"This is a dog named Aesop. Let's have him be the narrator of our animal fables that teach lessons." (Fables)

as a component: “反犬旁”

qiú

request [v.]
一 + 氺 + 丶
one/ceiling + snowflake + drop

kid buried in snow with one finger sticking up requesting help

Buddhist temple
土 + 寸
soil + thumb

"We honor the memory of our spiritual leader Sì, who was the first to have a vision of this temple that we will build in his honor. He used his thumb to make many small models of the temple out of soil during his meditation exercises." (Buddhist Temple)

To learn more about Buddhist temples, look up these in Wikipedia: 白马寺、云居寺、少林寺、悬空寺、法门寺、灵谷寺、大佛寺、龙华寺

rabbit
⺈ + 口 + 儿 + 丶
mask + “chest” + human legs + drop

a human dressed as an Easter rabbit with a mask and drop of a tail

Surely you can think of a kind of bunny with a large chest and human legs.

*siesta
日 + 勹 + 人 + h
sun + bound up + person + “hammock”

sun above, person bound up in a hammock taking a siesta

xiāng

one another
木mù + 目mù
wood + eye

The two components of this character sound like one another.

"Jesus’s teaching: love one another by removing the wooden beam from your eye before removing the mote from your brother’s." (Bible Series)

miáo

seedling
艹 + 田
flowers + field

flowers in the field indicate the seedlings are growing

DLI 2-9 (DLI 3 Components)

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