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dūn
squat
足 + 尊zūn
lower leg + venerate
Character Notes

In traditional Thai culture, you would keep your head lower than the person you want to venerate, so squatting could be appropriate.

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gǎn
shaft
木 + 干gān
tree + dry/clothesline
Character Notes

The shaft of the tool was a dry tree branch.

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dūn
mound
土 + 敦dūn
soil + candid
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The mound was candid about its composition: soil.

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dripping
氵 + 鹿lù
water + deer
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The deer was thoroughly wet, dripping water.

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滤 lǜ filter
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chán
wind around
纟 + 广 + 里
thread + cave + computer
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There is a thread wound around the entrance of a cave with the latest Apple computer to keep people from getting a sneak peak.

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ma
[pause marker]
口 + 麻má
mouth + hemp
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He paused because his mouth was full of hemp.

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realize
忄 + 吾wú
meme + I [literary]
Character Notes

Picture a meme of a literary person who realizes something.

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huǎng
all of a sudden
忄 + 光guāng
meme + ray
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Picture a meme where all of a sudden a ray appears.

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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
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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
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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
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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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