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现
在
点
刻
哎
呀
课
快
起
床
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在 zài
at, in,on,to exist,in the middle of doing something,(indicating an action in progress)
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现(現) xiàn
Pictophonetic - exists on earth 土, 才 provides sound 土(earth)
刻 kè
王(jade)
to carve,to engrave,to cut,quarter (hour), moment,oppressive, (classifier for short time
点(點) diân
Pictophonetic - Carve with a knife 刂. 亥 provides the sound 刂(knife)
呀 ya
灬(fire)
(particle equivalent to after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
哎
快
口(mouth)
fast,quick,swift,rapid, soon,speedy
课(課)
kuài
忄(heart)
讠(speech)
bed,couch,framework, chassis
起
chuáng
广(shelter)
point,dot,speck,drop, decimal point,point of a scale,point in a theory or argument,downwardsPictophonetic - Fire 灬 suggests the meaning while 占 provides the pronunciation.
(interjection) hey!, look out!, why? etc
Pictophonetic - Mouth 口 suggests the meaning while 艾 provides the pronunciation.
subject,class,lesson, classwork
kè Pictophonetic - Heart 忄 with the phonetic component 夬
床
Pictophonetic - Jade 王 indicates the meaning while 见 provides the sound
äi
Pictphonetic - Mouth 口 with the phonetic component 牙 口(mouth)
appear,present,now, existing,current,manifest, become visible
qî Pictograph - Picture of a wooden 木 bed with a canopy 广
走(walk)
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Pictophonetic - Speech 讠 suggests the meaning while 果 provides the pronunciation.
to rise,to raise,to get up,to initiate (action),to go up, to begin,classifier for cases or unpredictable Pictophonetic - Walk 走 suggests the meaning while 巳 provides the pronunciation.
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分
来
飞
机
到
半
去
场
差
出
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来(來)
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to come,coming, arrive, return,future,later on, next
分
lái
fën fèn Pictograph - Simplified form of 來, picture of a wheat plant
木(tree)
机(機)
Ideograph - separate 八 with a knife 刀 刀(knife)
machine,opportunity, secret,desk,moment
飞(飛)
jï
木(tree)
bàn
飞(fly)
half,semi-,incomplete, (after a number) and a half,half
到
十(ten)
châng cháng 土(earth)
出 chü
凵(open box)
刂(knife)
open space,threshing floor,field,a stage,a farm, market Pictophonetic - Simplified form of 場, earth 土 with 昜 (phonetic)
to go out,to come out,to occur,to produce,to go beyond,to rise,to put forth,to occur,to happen, Pictograph - Picture of a foot 屮 coming out of a container 凵
Pictograph - Simplified form of 飛, picture of wings 飞 of a flying 升 bird
to arrive, go to (a place), until (a time),up to,to go
dào
Ideograph - A cow 牛 splits eight 八 in half
场(場)
fly,go quickly,dart,high
fëi Pictophonetic - A desk made of wood 木, 几 provides sound
半
to divide,to separate,to allocate,to distinguish (good and bad),part or subdivision,fraction,one
去
Pictophonetic - Arrive 至 indicates the meaning while 刂 provides the sound
to go away,to leave,to remove, to depart
qù
厶(private)
差 chä chà chäi cï
Ideograph - Speak 厶(variant of 口) with a leaving person 土(altered shape of a person)
difference,discrepancy,to differ,error,to err,to make a mistake,nearly, almost Ideograph - A sheep 羊 cannot do a good work 工
工(work)
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发
锻
炼
洗
澡
睡
觉
早
下
午
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锻(鍛)
forge,wrought,to discipline,temper,refine
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发(髮)
duàn
钅(metal)
洗
fä fà Pictophonetic - Metal 钅 suggests the meaning while 段 provides the pronunciation.
wash,rinse,clean,purify, bathe
xî
氵(water)
睡
Pictophonetic - Simplified form 髮, bow 弓 with phonetic 癹 又(again)
炼(煉)
早
Pictophonetic - Water 氵 suggests the meaning while 先 provides the pronunciation.
火(fire)
sleep,doze
澡
Pictophonetic - Eye 目 suggests the meaning while 垂 provides the pronunciation.
early,soon,morning
氵(water)
觉(覺)
wash,bath,bathe
Pictophonetic - Water 氵 suggests the meaning while 喿 provides the pronunciation.
to wake up from sleep;a nap,a sleep,conscious
jiào jué Ideograph - Sun日 rising
日(sun)
见(see)
11 a.m.-1 p.m.,7th earthly branch,noon
下
wû
xià Pictograph - Picture of a pestle for grinding grains
十(ten)
Pictophonetic - Fire 火 suggests the meaning while the right component (simplified form of 柬) provides the
zâo
zâo
午
smelt,refine,distill, condense
liàn
shuì
目(eye)
hair,to send out,to show (one's feeling),to issue,to develop,(classifier for gunshots, "rounds")
Pictophonetic - Picture of eyelash 小 with closed 冖 eyes. 见 provides the pronunciation.
down,downwards,below, lower,later,next (week etc),second (of two parts), to decline,to go down Ideograph - indicating below the line 一 or heaven 一
一(one)
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晚
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夜
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night,dark,in night,by night
晚
yè
夕(night)
evening,night,late
wân Ideograph - Night is when people 亻 stay indoors 亠 in dark 夕
日(sun)
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Pictophonetic - Sun 日 suggests the meaning while 免 provides the pronunciation.
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