土 Go Green

tián

fill in
土 + 真
soil + true

fill in forms with soil or the truth

K

yíng

*rooftop garden
艹 + 宀
flowers + house

flowers that grow on top of a house

domain
土 + 或
soil + or

Would you rather own a domain of soil or a virtual Internet domain?

píng

level ground
土 + 平píng
soil + even

soil that is even is level ground

dàng

files [n.]
木 + 当dāng
tree/wood + work as

in a job with lots of files, you work as a tree consumer

jīn

Tianjin
氵 + 聿
water + writing brush

The water in Tiānjīn is so polluted, it is like ink for a writing brush.

jūn

equal
土 + 匀yún
soil + uniform

land reform: making plots uniform

jìng

boundary
土 + 竟jìng
soil + unexpectedly

boundary made in the soil (rather than a river) would be unexpected

poison
龶 + 母mǔ
grow up + mother

poison control: protecting those who are growing up is a mother’s job

mài

wheat
龶 + 夂
grow up + walking legs

grow up strong, walk and not faint

garbage
土 + 立lì
soil + stand up

garbage should turn into soil, not stand up for years

sēn

forest
木 + 木 + 木
tree + tree + tree

things in triplicate means a lot of them

responsibility
龶 + 贝
grow up + shells

responsibility associated with growing up and earning money

zhǐ

address [n.]
土 + 止zhǐ
soil + footprint

in an abstract sense, an address is just a footprint in the soil

shù

tree
木 + 对
tree + that's right

environmentalist demanding the rights of the trees

mái

bury
土 + 里
soil + computer

bury your computer with soil

slope [n.]
土 + 皮pí
soil + covering

the soil is the covering on the slope, prone to erosion

jiū

hold tight
扌 + 秋qiū
hand + autumn

use hand to hold tight to autumn leaves and to memories of autumn drives up the canyon

pattern
木 + 各gè
tree + each

trees each have their own pattern

pagoda
土 + 荅dā
soil + fairy house

pagoda built of soil after the design of a fairy house

vegetarian diet
龶 + 糸
grow up + fine silk

Picture someone growing up eating a vegetarian diet and wearing vegan fine silk.

qiáng

wall
土 + 土 + 丷 + 回
soil + soil + horns + return

walls are built of soil with horns on top and return around to where they started

tǎn

level [adj.]
土 + 旦dàn
soil + daybreak

soil along the horizon at daybreak looks level

prevent
木 + 土tǔ
tree + soil

Ms. Du studies how trees prevent the soil from eroding

zǒu

walk
土 + 龰
soil + trail of footprints

leave a trail of footprints in the soil when you walk

as a component: “走字旁”

fēng

plentiful, *bushes
grow up modified

*grow up
土 + 一
soil + one

picture of sprout growing more leaves: 土龶丰

qīng

green-blue
龶 + 月
grow up + moon

green things grow up, blue moon

as a component: “青字旁”

huài

bad
土 + 不
soil + no

land marked “no” as bad, contaminated

lín

woods
木 + 木
tree + tree

trees together are woods

“双木林”

biǎo

surface [n.]
龶 + 𧘇
grow up + scarf

grown up on the surface only (wearing scarves)

chéng

city
土 + 成chéng
soil + turn into

soil turns into a city when you make it into walls and buildings

土 Go Green

Quiz

responsibility

píng

level ground

tǎn

level [adj.]

biǎo

surface [n.]

zhǐ

address [n.]

vegetarian diet

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