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color [n.]
⺈ + 巴
mask + boa

This is “Rainboa”—a colorful masked snake.

wēi

danger
⺈ + 厂 + 㔾
mask + cliff + worm

animals running over cliffs and worms coming up out of the ground warn of coming danger

ěr

you [literary]
⺈ + 小
mask + small

mask over the little you to make yourself more literary

huàn

exchange
扌 + 奂huàn
hand + actor

Beijing opera actor uses hand to quickly exchange masks in center stage

huàn

call out [v.]
口 + 奂huàn
mouth + actor

The mouth of actor calls out.

guī

tortoise
⺈ + 电
mask + electricity

This is a tortoise costume that lights up.

defeated
⺈ + 贝
mask + shells

someone defeated puts on a mask and gives away his shells

huàn

*actor
⺈ + 央
mask + center

the actor wears a mask on center stage

qiàn

lack [v.]
⺈ + 人
mask + person

a mask on a person, covering what they lack

a person lacks oxygen, so they are given a breathing mask

as a component: “欠字旁”

fish [n.]
⺈ + 田 + 一
mask + field + floor

picture of a fish

fish while tending fields (which in many parts of China were traditionally divided by water), a fish on the floor of a boat

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.

jiǎo

angle, *Big Bad Wolf
⺈ + 用
mask + Little Red Riding Hood

"Big Bad Wolf disguises himself to fool Little Red Riding Hood." (Little Red)

Think of another angle on the story from the perspective of the Big Bad Wolf.

It is hard to see now, but anciently, this was a picture of an animal's horn, and it can still mean that. (Grandma, what a big horn you have!)

zhēng

contend
⺈ + 肀
mask + rake

This is a contentious hockey player with a mask and a rake.

anxious
刍 + 心
flying witch + heart

A witch flies by and you immediately feel anxious.

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