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.
答
dá
answer [v.]
⺮ + 合
bamboo + fit
"In this class students will get answers to a tangram by fitting various bamboo shapes into a frame." (Camp Bamboo)
教
jiào
teach
孝xiào + 攵
filial piety + taskmaster
(Mother to her daughter) "You will be taught: filial piety to me and obedience to the taskmaster." (Wedding Planner)
级
jí
rank [n.]
纟 + 及jí
thread + yoga
embroidered symbol shows rank (Girl Scout badge)
店
diàn
store [n.]
广 + 占zhān
cave + tell fortunes
a primitive cavestore where you pay someone to get your fortune read
开
kāi
open [v.], *open hands
手
hand modified
选
xuǎn
choose
先xiān + 辶
first + road
come to a fork in the road and choose the first one
"Choose First: Common advice given in this era for avoiding temptation is to “choose first” how you will act in a given situation." (1930's On the Road)
别
bié
distinguish
另 + 刂
another + sword
Distinguish one part from another by separating them with a sword.
别 is also used as a contraction of "bú yào" meaning "don't": Don't make another move or else! (sword raised)
些
xiē
some
此 + 二
this [literary] + two
二 reminds you that "some" means more than one, there is someliterary value in nursery rhymes
alternatively: 止 + 匕 + 二 footprint + spoon + two, there are some (at least two) pieces of evidence (from the nursery rhyme): a footprint and a spoon
