氵 Hong Kong

old woman
波bō + 女
waves + woman

waves in the skin OR Old Woman and the Sea (at home watching the waves)

àn

shore
山shān + 厂 + 干gān
mountain + cliff + dry/clothesline

Dillon Beach: mountains, cliffs, clotheslines

jīng

whale
鱼 + 京jīng
fish + capital

in the fish capital reigns a whale

cháo

tide
氵 + 朝cháo
water + dynasty

like the water of tides, dynasties come and go

spinach
艹 + 波bō
flowers + waves

sea-sick from the waves and throw up your spinach flowers

tān

beach [n.]
氵 + 难nán
water + difficult

beach water makes it difficult to learn to swim

foam
氵 + 末mò
water + last

the last of the water that reaches the shore is foam

lún

wheel
车 + 仑lún
vehicle + lifeguard

use lifeguard’s ring buoy as a spare wheel for a vehicle that broke down at the beach

wān

bay [n.]
氵 + 弯wān
water + curved

curve in the coastline is a bay

waves
氵 + 皮
water + covering

waves are the covering of the water OR waves cover the beach

qīng

pure
氵 + 青qīng
water + green-blue

when water is green-blue it is pure

gǎng

port [n.]
氵 + 巷xiàng
water + lane

water meeting lanes makes a port

màn

drawn out, *mandala
日 + 罒 + 又
sun + net + right hand

sun is shining, so you take nets, draw them out with your right hand

a mandala with a sun in the middle, its rays connected with netting, all drawn by your right hand

氵 Hong Kong

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