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kěn
gnaw
口 + 肯kěn
mouth + agree
Character Notes

As you gnaw on a crisp apple, your mouth agrees with your thought that it would taste great.

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jiǎng
oar
5jiāng + 木
chocolate turtle + tree/wood
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The prize for the best oar-ing is a chocolate turtle.

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gǎo
engage in
扌 + 高gāo
hand + tall
Character Notes

This is a fairly generic verb that can be used in lots of situations, so using the sound component to remember it is probably your best bet.

Use your hands to engage in planning or building a tall tower.

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bēn
dash [v]
大 + 卉
large dog + plants
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A St Bernard dashes into the plants to find his bone.

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chóu
silk fabric
纟 + 周zhōu
thread + circumference/lap
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Silk fabric is made of threads and is wrapped around the circumference of the person.

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yōng
hug
扌 + 用yòng
hand + Little Red Riding Hood
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Little Red Riding Hood reaches out her hands to give her grandmother a hug.

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fǎng
mimic
亻 + 方
persona + direction/compass
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Your persona mimics a boy scout leading his troop in the wrong direction with a compass.

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yíng
replete
乃 + 又 + 皿
fist + again/right hand + dish
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Your fist grabs again and again (with your right hand) from a dish that is replete with candy.

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chái
firewood
此 + 木
this [literary] + tree/wood
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In this fairy tale, the son stacks the firewood without being reminded.

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biē
suppress
敝bì + 心
shredder + heart
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The shredder suppresses all the emotions of his heart.

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*shredder
冂 + 米mǐ + 攵
hood + rice + taskmaster
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Picture a WWF dude named "The Shredder" who wears a hood, only eats rice and takes others to task!

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dūn
squat
足 + 尊zūn
lower leg + venerate
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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
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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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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]
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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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