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estimate [v.]
亻 + 古gǔ
persona + ancient
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your persona estimates the age of an ancient tombstone and impresses the visiting scholars

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eight, *animal legs
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eight can be /divided and /divided again

a spider has eight animal legs

as a component: “八字旁“ or ”八字头”

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人 rén person

bǎo
safeguard [v.]
亻 + 呆
persona + dim-witted
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your persona safeguarding the dim-witted

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qiān
*barn
亼 + O
meeting + owl
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barns are where owls meet

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yǎn
*banner
方 + 𠂉
direction + "a banner"/lying down
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banner in the breeze can tell the direction

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solitary
宀 + 莫mò
house + nobody/mirage
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house with nobody, only a mirage inside: a solitary-feeling house

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huàn
unreal
幺 + 𠃌
cocoon + coat hook
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Unreal! coat hooks that come with fake cocoons to scare real moths away

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jīn
gold
𠆢 + 王 + 丷
umbrella + king/jewel + horns
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all the gold piled up on the king’s arms under an umbrella; derivative: 钅jīn *metal

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guò
cross [v.]
寸 + 辶
thumb + road
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"Cross (Town) with Your Thumb: Without money for transportation, many who hit the road have to rely on hitchhiking to get them to the next place." (1930's On the Road)

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guī
*bricks
土 + 土
soil + soil
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soil pressed together makes bricks

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lán
basket
⺮ + 监jiān
bamboo + supervise
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"Task two: make bamboo baskets while supervising the food dish." (Camp Bamboo)

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jiàn
build
聿 + 廴
writing brush + stretch
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To build: an architect first plans with a writing brush, then stretches it into reality.

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chéng
turn into
刀 + 戊
knife + cannon
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When does a knife fight turn into a cannon fight? When a bully becomes president.

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chuǎn
*Cirque du Soleil
夕 + 㐄
evening + unicycle
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evening performance involving unicycles

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night
亠 + 亻 + 夂 + 丶
top hat + persona + walking legs + drop
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your persona in a top hat sleeping walking at night because she needs to go to the bathroom OR persona who likes to go out walking at night in a top hat for a drop of something

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shì
force [n.]
执zhí + 力
clench + muscle
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force of habit that makes him clench his muscle

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qiǎn
*pit
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zhuī
*special bird
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Choose a "special bird" that is memorable to you to distinguish this component from 鸟 niǎo bird. A special bird to Americans is the turkey.

as a component: “隹字旁”

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鸟 niǎo bird

tóng
copper
钅 + 同tóng
metal + same
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Are the back of all the pennies the same?

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