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gōu
hook
钅 + 勾gōu
metal + cross out
Character Notes

Use your metal fishing hook to cross out things on your bait inventory as you use them.

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ào
remorseful
忄 + 奥ào
meme + of great depth
Character Notes

Picture a meme of someone sinking to the great depth of the bottom of the sea because they are so remorseful.

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kuì
ashamed
忄 + 鬼guǐ
meme + ghost
Character Notes

Picture a meme of a ghost that is blushing with shame.

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cán
conscience-stricken
忄 + 斩zhǎn
meme + hew
Character Notes

Picture a meme of someone hewing out their heart with guilt.

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nüè
despotic
虍 + 屮
tiger + pitchfork (modified)
Character Notes

The despotic bully attacked him like a tiger with a pitchfork.

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V
亻 + 五wǔ
persona + five
Character Notes

This is the formal written number five, like we would use the Roman numeral V today. So, picture your persona writing a formal check.

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diē
dad
父 + 多duō
father + many
Character Notes

This dad is the father of many children.

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donkey
马 + 户hù
horse + door
Character Notes

Horses don’t fit through doors, donkeys do.

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yōu
secluded
山 + 幺yāo
mountain + 2 cocoons
Character Notes

Take a secluded honeymoon in the mountains like two cocoons.

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yuán
reason [n]
纟 + 彖tuàn
thread + hedgehog
Character Notes

The reason I have tied a thread on this hedgehog is because I want to keep him for my garden.

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*hedge
broom modified
Character Notes

This is a modified version of 彐 which anciently was a "snout", but I find it easier to think of as a "broom". This modified version 彑 we'll call a "hedge" because it is most commonly seen in the component 彖 which I call "hedgehog".

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tuàn
*hedgehog
彑 + 豕
hedge + sow
Character Notes

See the hog hiding under the hedge?

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embarrassed
尢 + 介
lame + introduce
Character Notes

You feel embarrassed about your lame introduction.

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jìn
promote
亚 + 日
Asia + day/sun
Character Notes

Land of the Rising Sun promoted Asia in the world economy.

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plastic
屰 + 月 + 土
devil's pitchfork + moon + soil
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Picture a devil's pitchfork (a plastic fork) planted in the soil in the moonlight.

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pàn
await hopefully
目 + 分fēn
eye + part
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Your eye awaits hopefully looking at your part of the pie.

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amiable
目mù + 圭 + 八
eye + bricks + water drops
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You watch over the brick making (adding water to soil) with your eye to make sure it is amiable (and doesn't turn into a mud fight).

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batter
米 + 胡hú
rice + beard
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A batter made of rice flour is in your beard.

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jiáo
chew
口 + 爵jué
mouth + upper crust
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There is a proper way to chew with your mouth as taught by the upper crust.

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