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Elementary I
Elementary II
“Wang kicks the ball and it bounces around the J.”
球
“The part under the radical looks like if you were to put your left hand up and make an “L” with it which indicates left. Also, you can remember that the top of the character is like an upside-down “L” for left.”
左
“The drooping part reminds me of an old tree, that takes years, even centuries to grow that large and old.”
久
“All the lines you have to draw to write this character are ‘straight’.”
直
“The left looks like an ‘a’ and the right looks like a ‘y’ backwards so it’s ya.“
呀
“The lines on top look like wind over a mountain and the part below looks like a mountain. the lower part looks like a field. they are all components of a valley.”
谷
“The characters are looking in different directions as if they don’t know WHERE to go.”
哪
“The right hand side looks like someone is kneeling on his knees. When i imagine this, i imagine one showing forms of respect to someone of power– reminds me of the knighting ceremony in England. Thus, they have to show how they have manners and are polite.”
礼
“The right part looks like a woman breastfeeding a baby (on the left).”
喝
“This character reminds me of two people under 2 roofs, coming together to drink something. I see some resemblance on the left part to the character “你” and on the right side it is a person under a roof. So it’s like “you and another person” coming together to drink something!”
饮