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Elementary I
Elementary II
“The left component looks like a mouth and the right component looks like a hand. Sometimes when people shout (across a room) they put their hand near their mouth. Also the right part looks like the number four and when people put their hand to their mouth it’s usually their four fingers.”
叫
“The lower part of the radical looks like an arrow pointing upward, “raising” the three lines above it.”
养
“It looks like an hourglass with the cover at the bottom missing. Now that the sand has fallen out, you’ll have to reset it again.”
又
“The right side of this character looks like someone is cooking something at the stove, which is the left side of this character, This happens in the kitchen!”
厨
“yě can be compared to remembering a simple gesture of agreement. Just like nodding your head, the character consists of two horizontal strokes that resemble the motion of affirming or saying “yes.” This analogy can help you recall the shape and structure of it when writing it.“
也
“The left part of this character looks like a sword, while the right part looks like a shield. Looking at them simultaneously, they form a ‘security’ in the form of a knight. When combined with the character for gold, you can interpret them altogether as offering security in the form of gold, or money.”
押
“Looks like two friends making a “badass” photo with one guy leaning his arm over the head and the other one seating in a squat pose.”
友
“People say “WOW did you eat half a moon?” when someone looks fat.”
胖
“👯 – it reminds me of this emoji, two best friends dancing with each other (it looks like a character has an “extended” leg)”
朋
“Radical is 月，the 发音 of this character is the same as / reminds me of the character 越，thus reminding me of the phrase / saying = 越来越胖”
胖