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yīn
cause [n.]
囗 + 大
enclose + large/large dog
Character Notes

What is the cause of enclosing the St. Bernard?

the mnemonic for remembering the spelling of "because": Big Elephants Can't Always Understand Small Elephants (so they get enclosed)

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*devil's pitchfork
丷 + 屮
horns + pitchfork
Character Notes

A devil's pitchfork is often depicted with horns.

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sài
competition
Qsāi + 贝
hamster cage + shells
Character Notes

hamster wheel racing competition, money prize

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shā
kill
乂 + 朩
sheaf/X + pole
Character Notes

X out a life hanging on a pole

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yǎn
eye
目 + 艮gèn
eye + silver
Character Notes

pirate or cat with two different colored eyes: silver and green-blue

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xuán
whirl
9yǎn + 疋
banner + Spartan Race
Character Notes

whirling banners mark the trail of the Spartan race

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shǐ
commence
女 + 台
woman + stage
Character Notes

woman on the stage commencing the women's march

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hǎo
good
女 + 子
woman + child
Character Notes

woman with her child is good

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lán
blue
艹 + 监jiān
flowers + supervise
Character Notes

food dish he is supervising has blue flowers on it

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wèi
act [v.]
力 + 丶 + 丶
muscle + 2 drops
Character Notes

you act with your muscles, producing two drops of sweat

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办bàn manage

enemy
舌 + 攵
tongue + taskmaster
Character Notes

You deserve a tongue-lashing! She is not your enemy!

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huà
transform
亻 + 匕
persona + person sitting
Character Notes

standing person transforms into a sitting person, maybe in a magic show

*stroke crosses through

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mèng
Mencius
子 + 皿mǐn
child + dish
Character Notes

He was the oldest child, so he got fed first OR golden child on a dish

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I [literary]
五wǔ + 口
five + mouth
Character Notes

maybe there is a fifth register of honorific Japanese: the literary OR the literary I speaks five times as much as anyone else

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heat [n./v.]
执 + 灬
clench + cooking fire
Character Notes

hands clenching because of the cold, hoping the cooking fire heats up

alternatively: 扌 + 九 + 丶 + 灬 hand + nine + drop + cooking fire, need to heat hands over the fire, nine fingers are ok, but one is frozen solid

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tōng
communicate
甬yǒng + 辶
hunter + road
Character Notes

Mother typically used the hunter on the road to communicate with Grandmother

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xīn
*valentine
心/小
heart modified
Character Notes

a valentine written on a small heart

as a component: ”竖心底“

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frolic [v.]
又 + 戈
right hand + rifle
Character Notes

Your right hand frolics with the trigger of the rifle.

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zhǐ
*walking legs
Character Notes

you can think of the first stroke as a fanny pack

as a component: “折文旁”

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攵 pū *taskmaster
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