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𢛳

*ten commandments
十 + 罒 + 一 + 心
ten + net + one + heart
Character Notes

After leading his people out of Egypt, Moses now has to teach them how not to be slaves but to govern themselves on the way to the promised land. He receives new laws from God, including the 10 commandments, a safety net for the people that encourages them to be of one heart with each other.

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square
矢 + 巨jù
dart + giant
Character Notes

giant square with a picture of a dart on it shows the Dart family the way

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shí
stone
厂 + 口
cliff + mouth
Character Notes

picture of a crumbling cliff, stone falling

as a component: “石字旁”

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yuān
injustice
冖 + 兔
crown + rabbit
Character Notes

It is injustice that the royal rabbit accidentally gets eaten for supper.

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ráo
spare [v.]
饣 + 尧yáo
food + ceremonial soldier
Character Notes

This ceremonial soldier was spared from mess hall duty.

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sūn
grandchild
子 + 小
child + small
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small children are taken care of by their grandparents in China

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guāng
ray
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alternative breakdown: ⺌+儿 small + human legs, small human legs run in to wake you like a ray of sunshine

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chī
idiotic
疒 + 知zhī
sickness + know
Character Notes

Max Dart’s idiotic sick note

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còu
gather together
冫 + 奏
ice + play an instrument
Character Notes

small band gathers together despite the ice to play their instruments

OR 冫 + 𡗗 + 天 ice + bonsai + heavens, gather together the bonsai trees inside on the day the heavens turn icy

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yuè
surpass
走 + 戊
walk + cannon
Character Notes

They walked with the cannon in order to surpass the enemy during the night; it got caught on something (hook stroke).

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shè
establish
讠 + 殳shū
microphone + boomerang
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Can we establish peace with a microphone, rather than boomerangs?

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abruptly
穴 + 犬
hole + small dog
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a Pekingese appeared abruptly out of a hole

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zhēn
chaste
卜 + 贝
magic wand + shells
Character Notes

he wants to regain his chastity through magic or money

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rabbit
⺈ + 口 + 儿 + 丶
mask + “chest” + human legs + drop
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a human dressed as an Easter rabbit with a mask and drop of a tail

Surely you can think of a kind of bunny with a large chest and human legs.

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gǎn
brave [adj.]
ユ + 耳 + 攵
iron + ear + taskmaster
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Be brave! Taskmaster is just going to iron the wrinkled ribbon by your ear.

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sǎng
voice box
口 + 桑sāng
mouth + mulberry tree
Character Notes

“When his voice box is sore, mulberry juice does the trick.” (Trumpeter Wu)

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chestnut
西xī + 木
Wild West + tree
Character Notes

lone chestnut tree in Wild West town

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mán
barbaric
亦 + 虫
dancing penguin + insect
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This dancing penguin is considered barbaric because he eats insects instead of caviar.

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xiāng
box [n.]
⺮ + 相xiāng
bamboo + one another
Character Notes

In this class campers will learn how to make bamboo boxes to give one another.

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