几 Hat in the Wind

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沿

yán

along [prep.]
氵 + 0yǎn
water + belch

The friend runs along side the water, encouraging the belching by returning a few herself. (Hat in the Wind)

how many?, *wind

as a component “几字旁”

component derived from: 风 fēng wind/windstorm

dèng

bench
登dēng + 几
ascend + wind

Picture the wind ascending the steps to the porch and knocking over the bench by the door.

fán

ordinary
几 + 丶
wind + drop

It is ordinary for there to be wind when there is a drop of rain.

kēng

pit
土 + 亢kàng
soil + whirlwind

Picture a top hat being blown by a whirlwind into a pit and kicking up soil.

chuán

ship [n.]
舟 + 0yǎn
boat + belch

Picture seamen belching on the ship.

Her friend laughs and says, “My ship’s come in! With a smoke stack that belches!” (Hat in the Wind)

zhòu

curse [v.]
吅 + 几
chatterbox + wind

Grandma, who is now flat on her behind, curses the wind—twice!

kàng

combat [v.]
扌 + 亢kàng
hand + whirlwind

Trying to catch something with your hand that is being blown around is like having combat with a whirlwind.

wēi

tiny
彳 + 山 + 一 + 几 + 攵
queue + mountain + one/ceiling + wind + taskmaster

Hunger Games: the tiny people queue up for a chance to feel the mountain wind but a taskmaster turns them away.

The tiny scene he is watching is put in motion by the wind. Tiny ants have lined up in a queue, and he is ordering them to march up a mountain of sand, but it is really the wind who is taskmaster, blowing them up and over the hill. (Hat in the Wind)

"Taskmaster has thought of everything! There will be a tiny display on top of the mountain of a wedding cake. Tiny figurines: the wedding queue (you, the groom and all your attendants) with a hidden fan that will blow one puff of wind every 15 seconds to rustle your tiny veil.” (Wedding Planner)

duǒ

dodge
身 + 朵duǒ
somebody + earlobe

Somebody dodges behind a door (duǒ) and only their earlobe is showing.

Alternatively: 身 + 几 + 木 somebody + wind + tree; The wind slips and slides, darts and dodges, around somebody, behind a tree.

duǒ

[m.w. for clouds and flowers]
几 + 木
wind + tree

The wind blows the clouds and a tree shades the flowers.

The wind can shape a cloud to look like a flower or shake a tree into a shower of leaves.

háng

navigate
舟 + 亢kàng
boat + whirlwind

alternatively: 舟 + 亠 + 几 boat + top hat + wind, She puts the top hat on her head, puts the oars in the water, and navigates her boat downstream, pushed by the wind. (Hat in the Wind)

píng

proof
任 + 几
appoint + wind

Wind, I appoint you wind-master over these knights. I have proof now that you have what it takes!” (Hat in the Wind)

kàng

*whirlwind
亠 + 几
top hat + wind

Picture a top hat blowing away in a whirlwind.

0

yǎn

*belch
几 + 口
wind + mouth

Picture someone opening her mouth to call out when instead, out comes a belch!

machine
木 + 几jǐ
wood + wind

Picture a wooden windmill machine.

duo

earlobe
几 + 木
wind + tree

Picture an ear listening to the wind rustling the trees.

fēng

wind [n.], *windstorm
几 + 乂
*wind + sheaf

Picture a sheaf of wheat tied so tight in a bundle in a field that the wind has to go up and over it in a windstorm.

几 Hat in the Wind

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