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divination, *magic wand
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modified version:⺊; alternative breakdown: 丨+丶 stick + drop

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can [aux. v.]
丁 + 口
nail + mouth
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“I think I can, I think I can” Little Engine spitting nails

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叮dīng sting

morality
彳 + 𢛳dé
queue + ten commandments
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This moral code has kept people in line for thousands of years.

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x阝

*city walls
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as a component on the right side of the character; “右耳旁” or “右耳刀”

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knowledgeable
十 + 尃
needle + thumb prick
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Ph.D. in blood test research, invented a new needle

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elder sister
女 + *弟
woman + *younger brother
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*this is a younger brother with his horny head ripped off; This is your evil elder sister, not your quiet older sister (split personality?)

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姐 jiě older sister

husband
二 + 人
two + person
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a man becomes a husband when he is joined with a second person

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cháng
intenstines
月 + (㇇勿)yáng
body part + piglet
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body part of a piglet used to case sausage

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liào
material [n.]
米 + 斗
rice + big dipper
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different cooking materials like rice scooped out at the market with a big dipper

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*monument
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as a component: “私字旁”

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yáo
remote [adj.]
䍃yáo + 辶
cookie jar + road
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Remote Cookie Jar: For those who have to leave their homes and take to the road, much was left behind that was impractical to carry. For this child, the cookie jar in the kitchen is becoming a remote memory. (1930's On the Road)

“Chocolate chip cookies, so far on the road…”

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suàn
calculate
⺮ + 目 + 廾
bamboo + eye + two hands
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In this class students will construct their own abacus for calculation with two hands: a bamboo frame with eyeballs as beads.

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dān
list [n.]
丷 + 田 + 十
horns + field + ten/needle
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farmer making a list of cows in the field, writes down 10

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ya
wow!
口 + 牙yá
mouth + tooth
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You sit down, open your mouth, and the dentist says, “Wow!” not in a good way, when he sees your teeth.

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xiū
shy
⺶ + 丑chǒu
wool + clown
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shy clown pulls the wool wig down over his eyes

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duǎn
short [vs. long]
矢 + 豆dòu
dart + beans
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darts and beans are short things

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huá
scratch [v.]
戈 + 刂
rifle + sword
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When it is a rifle versus a sword, a sword can only scratch a rifle.

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utensil
哭 + 吅
cry + chatterbox
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device/utensil for keeping the chatterbox Pekingese quiet, makes you cry

alternatively: four mouths waiting for utensils to eat the Pekingese

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yùn
carry
云yún + 辶
cloud + road
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Monkey King is carried by a cloud instead of traveling on the road

a cloud of exhaust from a truck on the road carrying goods

"Carrying (Goods Creates) a Cloud: As the Okies move west carrying their goods, they create a cloud of dust on the road behind them." (1930's On the Road)

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