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One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-07-18 Table of Contents Book 1 Lesson 01: 0001-0015; 24 cumulative; 15 new Heisig, 1 out of sequence, 8 non-Heisig Lesson 02: 0016-0031; 47 cumulative; 16 new Heisig, 4 out of sequence, 3 non-Heisig Lesson 03: 0032-0049; 67 cumulative; 18 new Heisig, 2 non-Heisig Lesson 04: 0050-0067; 89 cumulative; 18 new Heisig, 4 non-Heisig Lesson 05: 0068-0090; 119 cumulative; 23 new Heisig, 7 non-Heisig Lesson 06: 0091-0102; 130 cumulative; 11 new Heisig Lesson 07: 0103-0122; 155 cumulative; 20 new Heisig, 5 non-Heisig Lesson 08: 0123-0168; 206 cumulative; 45 new Heisig, 6 non-Heisig Lesson 09: 0169-0190; 232 cumulative; 22 new Heisig, 4 non-Heisig ... COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-07-19 LESSON 01 (part 1 of 5) 0001 一 ONE; RADICAL #1 one, ceiling, floor, horizon yī One line. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/mkumm/2709555496/ ONE RADICAL RADICAL-1 ceiling floor horizon one yī 一 0002 one (x2) 二 TWO; RADICAL #7 two èr 1 + 1 = two. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/lwr/2241974478/ RADICAL RADICAL-7 TWO one two èr 二 0003 one, two 三 THREE, THIRD 普通話: SEVERAL, A FEW three sān One, two, three. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/webponce/439775423/ A_FEW SEVERAL THIRD THREE one sān three two 三 non-Heisig 丨 DOWNSTROKE; STICK, STAFF, ROD; RADICAL #2 walking stick gǔn Pictograph of a walking stick. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/wiccked/42159058/ DOWNSTROKE RADICAL RADICAL-2 ROD STAFF STICK gǔn walking_stick 丨 non-Heisig ㇆ DAGGER; BASIC PRIMITIVE dagger The jagged cut of a dagger. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/davic/3119624776/ BASIC_PRIMITIVE DAGGER dagger ㇆ * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-07-19 LESSON 01 (part 2 of 5) non-Heisig walking stick, dagger, floor 囗 ENCLOSURE; RADICAL #31 enclosed, pent in wéi Four walls complete the enclosure. Don't get this grapheme, 囗, confused with MOUTH, 口. They differ both in size and location in composition (enclosure wraps around other graphemes, penting them in). ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/impossible/76445938/ ENCLOSURE RADICAL-31 dagger enclosed floor pent_in walking_stick wéi 囗 non-Heisig 丿 LEFT STROKE; RADICAL #4 stroke piě A free-form brush stroke. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/brartist/313271067/ LEFT_STROKE RADICAL RADICAL-4 piě stroke 丿 non-Heisig 乚 HOOK; RADICAL #5 hook yǐn A hook... ouch! ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/yabanji/3175297773/ HOOK RADICAL RADICAL-5 hook yǐn 乚 non-Heisig stroke, hook 儿 HUMAN LEGS; RADICAL #10 human legs ér A pictograph of human legs. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/jstar/187019935/ HUMAN_LEGS RADICAL RADICAL-10 hook human_legs stroke ér 儿 0004 enclosed, human legs 四 FOUR four sì An enclosure of four walls is all you need to trap human legs. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/wiccked/348866434/ FOUR enclosed four human_legs sì 四 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-07-20 LESSON 01 (part 3 of 5) 0005 ceiling, dagger, walking stick, floor 五 FIVE five wǔ high five. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/thetruthabout/3010942219/ FIVE ceiling dagger five floor walking_stick wǔ 五 non-Heisig 丶 DOT; TICK; RADICAL #3 drop zhǔ A small drop of liquid. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/jjjohn/2523043847/ DOT RADICAL RADICAL-3 TICK drop zhǔ 丶 non-Heisig drop, one 亠 LID; RADICAL #8 hat tóu A hat is one drop of cloth that covers your head. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/phlora/3363458017/ LID RADICAL RADICAL-8 drop hat one tóu 亠 0008 stroke, drop 八 EIGHT; RADICAL #12 eight, animal legs bā The volcano hasn't erupted for eight years. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/duncan/59037501/ EIGHT RADICAL RADICAL-12 animal_legs bā drop eight stroke 八 0006 hat, animal legs 六 SIX six liù An animal needs six hats... one to wear, one for each animal leg, and the last is for your imagination to figure out. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/caroslines/3199813700/ SIX animal_legs hat liù six 六 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-07-21 LESSON 01 (part 4 of 5) 0007 one, hook 七 SEVEN seven qī Seven turned upside down. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/lwr/56235039/ SEVEN hook one qī seven 七 0008 OUT OF SEQUENCE 八 0091 乙 2ND, SECOND HEAVENLY STEM; RADICAL #5 second class yǐ This grapheme is often found on the bottom of a character, as you would expect of second class. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/teflon/2263741302/ 2ND RADICAL RADICAL-5 SECOND_HEAVENLY_STEM second_class yǐ 乙 0009 stroke, second class 九 NINE 普通話: A LARGE AMOUNT nine jiǔ An elaborate letter "n" for nine. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/quasimondo/106774214/ A_LARGE_AMOUNT NINE jiǔ nine second_class stroke 九 0010 one, walking stick 十 COMPLETE; TEN; RADICAL #24 日本語: DOZENS, SCORES ten, needle shí Tilted roman numeral ten. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/jesperll/475371477/ COMPLETE DOZENS RADICAL RADICAL-24 SCORES TEN needle one shí ten walking_stick 十 0011 walking stick, dagger, floor 口 MOUTH; ENTRANCE, OPENING, EXIT; MOUTHFUL; RADICAL #30 mouth Looks like a mouth. kǒu ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/nyki_m/3000410746/ ENTRANCE EXIT MOUTH MOUTHFUL OPENING RADICAL RADICAL-30 dagger floor kǒu mouth walking_stick 口 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-07-21 LESSON 01 (part 5 of 5) 0012 mouth, one 日 DAY, SUN; JAPAN; SUNDAY; RADICAL #72 day, sun rì The sun starts the day. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/33955224@N08/3158209041/ DAY JAPAN RADICAL RADICAL-72 SUN SUNDAY day mouth one rì sun 日 0013 stroke, dagger, two 月 MONTH, MOON; RADICAL #74 moon yuè A pictograph of the moon; a month is a cycle of the moon. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/72527902@N00/2212978720/ MONTH MOON RADICAL RADICAL-74 dagger moon stroke two yuè 月 0014 enclosed, ten 田 FIELD; RADICAL #102 rice field tián An enclosed rice field divided into four (ten?) sections. This field originally meant rice field, but has come to mean resource field (i.e, oil fields). In Chinese it can mean any field (i.e, track and field). ![]() http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rice_Paddies_In_Aizu,_Japan.JPG FIELD RADICAL RADICAL-102 enclosed rice_field ten tián 田 0015 mouth, two 目 EYE; ITEM, CATEGORY; RADICAL #109 eye mù A pictograph of an eye. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/numlok/30801221/ CATEGORY EYE ITEM RADICAL RADICAL-109 eye mouth mù two 目 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-07-23 LESSON 02 (part 1 of 4) 0016 ten, mouth 古 ANCIENT, OLD ancient, old gǔ Wisdom of the ancients retold through ten mouths. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/noisecollusion/338952456/ ANCIENT OLD ancient gǔ mouth old ten 古 non-Heisig walking stick, dagger 冂 BORDER; RADICAL #13 cover jiōng Imagine a cave deep underground. This character kinda looks like the entrance cover to the shaft you take to reach it. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/eschipul/683341572/ BORDER RADICAL RADICAL-13 cover dagger jiōng stick walking 冂 0736 stroke, drop 人 HUMAN, PERSON, PEOPLE; RADICAL #9 person rén All of humanity coming together. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/dlbezaire/177445905/ HUMAN PEOPLE PERSON RADICAL RADICAL-9 drop person rén stroke 人 0782 cover, person (x2) 肉 MEAT, FLESH; BEEF meat, part of the body ròu Here we are looking at an x-ray of a cannibal whose skin covers an inside full of human-meat. In composition this character is almost always modified to resemble MOON, 月, except with the two inner strokes not drawn quite horizontally--a drop and a stroke, respectfully. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/gaetanlee/2946794422/ BEEF FLESH MEAT cover meat part_of_the_body person ròu 肉 0017 ancient, meat 胡 RECKLESS; HU PEOPLES; CHINESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT reckless hú Eating an ancient piece of meat would be a reckless thing to do. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/scoobyfoo/185648716/ CHINESE_MUSICAL_INSTRUMENT HU_PEOPLES RECKLESS ancient hú meat 胡 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-07-24 LESSON 02 (part 2 of 4) 0018 five, mouth 吾 ELEGANT I, ELEGANT WE wú I have five senses to learn and a mouth to teach. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/twofivethreetwo/2630120188/ ELEGANT_I ELEGANT_WE five mouth wú 吾 0019 moon (x2) 朋 COMPANION péng In the world of two moons, their orbits are interlocked, making them each other's eternal companions. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/kt/171224425/ COMPANION moon péng 朋 0020 sun, moon 明 BRIGHT, CLEAR; UNDERSTAND, KNOW; MING DYNASTY míng Nothing is brighter than the sun and the moon shining together. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/9610484@N05/1121057526/ BRIGHT CLEAR KNOW MING_DYNASTY UNDERSTAND moon míng sun 明 1499 enclosed, one 曰 SAYETH; SPEAK, SAY saying yuē When alone in enclosed space, one sayeth little, said Confucius. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/silverlinedwinnebago/400585782/ SAY SAYETH SPEAK enclosed one saying yuē 曰 0024 sun, saying 昌 PROSPEROUS, FLOURISHING prosperous chāng The prosperity promised by politicians is just a sunny saying. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/framboise/14403886/ FLOURISHING PROSPEROUS chāng prosperous saying sun 昌 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-07-24 LESSON 02 (part 3 of 4) 0021 mouth, prosperous 唱 RECITE, CHANT; CHORUS, SING chàng Mouths only chant in prosperous times. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/reabhecc/3075518495/ FLOURISHING PROSPEROUS chàng chāng prosperous saying sun 昌 0022 sun (x3) 晶 RADIANT, GLITTERING; CRYSTAL jīng A crystal sparkles with so many points of light, each like a little sun. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/eric_album/2864740147/ CRYSTAL GLITTERING RADIANT jīng sun 晶 0023 mouth (x3) 品 GOODS, COMMODITY; ARTICLE OF goods pǐn Stacked boxes of mass-produced goods. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/austinevan/3202048732/ ARTICLE_OF COMMODITY GOODS goods mouth pǐn 品 0024 OUT OF SEQUENCE 昌 0025 sun, ten 早 EARLY 普通話: MORNING sunflower, early zǎo The sun is up early, well before ten. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/anthonythomas/1084445061/ EARLY MORNING early sun sunflower ten zǎo 早 0026 nine, sun 旭 RISING SUN xù 9am carries with it the rising sun. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/thepma/640151954/ RISING_SUN nine sun xù 旭 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-07-25 LESSON 02 (part 4 of 4) 0123 stroke, walking stick (x2) 川 STREAM; SICHUAN stream chuān There are three default I/O streams in UNIX: stdin, stdout, and stderr. One is for input (stroke) and two are for output (walking stick). ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/ajschu/71223/ SICHUAN STREAM chuān stream stroke walking_stick 川 non-Heisig one, stream 卅 THIRTY thirty sà Three times ten is thirty. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/muehlinghaus/2278387248/ THIRTY one stream sà thirty 卅 0027 thirty, floor (x2) 世 GENERATION, LIFETIME; AGE, ERA; WORLD generation shì I hold my child in the air proudly, as she is part of a new generation. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/aricee/487464542/ AGE ERA GENERATION LIFETIME WORLD floor generation shì thirty 世 0028 rice field, part of the body 胃 STOMACH wèi The stomach is a part of the body that provides nourishment, making it by analogy the body's rice field. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/rileyroxx/159455284/ STOMACH part_of_the_body rice_field wèi 胃 0029 sun, horizon 旦 DAYBREAK daybreak dàn The sun rises over the horizon. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/mcdemoura/860622818/ DAYBREAK daybreak dàn horizon sun 旦 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-07-26 LESSON 02 (part 4 of 4) non-Heisig hook, walking stick 凵 RECEPTACLE; RADICAL #17 trash can qū A pictograph of a trash can. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/whartz/2390979063/ RADICAL RADICAL-17 RECEPTACLE hook qū trash_can walking_stick 凵 0030 second class, walking stick, one, trash can 凹 CONCAVE āo The letter "U" is concavely written. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/trblmkr/323040628/ CONCAVE one second_class trash_can walking_stick āo 凹 0031 one, walking stick, second class, trash can 凸 CONVEX tū When I get vexed, I give people the middle finger. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/kevygee/3094577576/ CONVEX one second_class trash_can tū walking_stick 凹 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-07-27 LESSON 03 (part 1 of 4) 0032 stroke, eye 自 SELF 普通話: SINCE, FROM; NATURALLY nose, self zì Point at the stroke (nose) between your eyes. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/nihonbunka/26231098/ FROM NATURALLY SELF SINCE eye nose stroke zì 自 0033 stroke, sun 白 WHITE 普通話: CLEAR, EVIDENT; IN VAIN white bái A ray of white light is a stroke of sun. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/kitkaphotogirl/676120388/ CLEAR EVIDENT IN_VAIN WHITE bái stroke sun white 白 0034 ceiling, white 百 HUNDRED hundred bǎi One drop of sun is will instantly boil water--100 °C. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/mag3737/2639803231/ HUNDRED bǎi ceiling hundred white 百 0035 white, seven 皂 SOAP; BLACK zào When something is so dirty that it has turned black, you need seven different types of soap in order to make it white again. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/pictalogue/1048917186/ BLACK SOAP seven white zào 皂 0036 mouth, walking stick 中 MIDDLE; IN; THROUGHOUT 普通話: STRIKE, HIT middle zhōng A walking stick in a hole (mouth). ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/emaringolo/334487488/ HIT IN MIDDLE STRIKE THROUGHOUT middle mouth walking_stick zhōng 中 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-07-28 LESSON 03 (part 2 of 4) 0037 stroke, ten 千 THOUSAND thousand qiān Add just a few strokes to the end of ten, and viola--a thousand! (Accounting 101 for Fortune 500 companies.) ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/evaekeblad/3178219623/ THOUSAND qiān stroke ten thousand 千 0038 thousand, mouth 舌 TONGUE tongue shé A tongue permits a mouth to speak a thousand things. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/pablo_perez/2071903601/ TONGUE mouth shé thousand tongue 舌 non-Heisig one, stroke, walking stick 廾 CLASP HANDS; TWENTY; RADICAL #55 flexible gǒng Two tens is twenty. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/caroslines/3199041913/ TWENTY flexible gǒng one stroke walking_stick 廾 0039 stroke, flexible 升 普通話: LITER; RISE 日本語: SHŌ, UNIT OF APPROX. 1.8 LITER bottle shēng Is it a thousand or ten? I need my measuring bottle. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/sergiooaf/2201951973/ LITER RISE SHŌ UNIT_OF_APPROX_1_8_LITER bottle flexible shēng stroke 升 0040 sun, bottle 昇 ASCEND shēng In old China the villagers used to put their bottle on an east facing window ledge so that the sun would ascend (rise up) above it and hence would be the first thing they saw in the morning. This was to remind them to use the bottle to measure out their rice for breakfast and ensure their store of rice would last the whole week. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/rasimu/1106816481/ ASCEND bottle shēng sun 昇 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-07-29 LESSON 03 (part 3 of 4) 0041 nine, drop 丸 SPHERICAL, ROUND; PILL Laughing Buddha wán The Laughing Buddha is often depicted as a round (rotund), smiling bald man in robes with a largely exposed pot belly stomach (symbolizing plenitude). ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/chitrasudar/2558214472/ Laughing_Buddha ROUND SPHERICAL drop nine wán 丸 0042 walking stick, drop 卜 DIVINATION; RADICAL #25 magic wand bo Add a drop of mystical power to your walking stick and you have your first magic wand. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/amanky/1369773967/ DIVINATION RADICAL RADICAL-25 bo drop magic_wand walking_stick 卜 0043 magic wand, mouth 占 DIVINE, TELL FORTUNES divine zhàn What is fortune telling? Using a mouth as a divining rod. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2435004957/ DIVINE TELL_FORTUNES divine magic_wand mouth zhàn 占 0044 magic wand, floor 上 UP, ABOVE; RAISE; PREVIOUS above shàng A magic wand standing above the floor. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/don_exempli/1374709987/ PREVIOUS RAISE UP UPWARD above floor magic_wand shàng 上 0045 magic wand, ceiling 下 DOWN, BELOW; LOWER; NEXT below xià A magic wand hanging below the ceiling. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/snarl/95711201/ BELOW DOWN LOWER NEXT below ceiling magic_wand xià 下 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-07-30 LESSON 03 (part 4 of 4) 0046 up/down 卡 CHECKPOINT; BLOCK, MAKE STUCK; CARD checkpoint kǎ A checkpoint is where they regulate things moving up and down. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/fearweb/98413801/ BLOCK CARD CHECKPOINT MAKE_STUCK checkpoint down kǎ up 卡 0047 magic wand, early 卓 EMINENT 日本語: TABLE; CONSOLE, TERMINAL eminent zhuó An eminent wizard always gets the first draw--deploying his magic wand early. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/7547397@N06/2593800956/ CONSOLE EMINENT TABLE TERMINAL early eminent magic_wand zhuó 卓 non-Heisig ten, early ⿳十日十 MIST; BASIC PRIMITIVE mist The sun pierces through the mist in the early morning. The mist feels like needles on the skin. The mist does not go away until 10 o'clock in the early morning. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/23174201@N06/2946950853/ BASIC_PRIMITIVE MIST early mist ten ⿳十日十 0048 mist, moon 朝 MORNING; DYNASTY, IMPERIAL COURT dynasty cháo The morning mist is the moon's parting tears--sprinkling ten early flowers with dew when she leaves the sky each day. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/octoberblue/3768265599/in/pool-342145@N24 DYNASTY IMPERIAL_COURT MORNING cháo dynasty mist moon 朝 0049 mouth, dynasty 嘲 RIDICULE cháo In these times hardly a mouth is opened that does not spew ridicule on the ruling dynasty. Truly the epic mother-in-law who, at the very crack of morning, already possesses a mouth full of ridicule. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/lakerae/99609678/ RIDICULE cháo dynasty mouth 嘲 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-08-01 LESSON 04 (part 1 of 4) 0050 mouth, eight 只 ONLY, MERELY; BUT, YET 日本語: FREE OF CHARGE; ORDINARY zhǐ Take the expression free as in beer literally. I'd need eight mouths to be fully satisfied. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/16038409@N02/2326310839/ BUT FREE_OF_CHARGE MERELY ONLY ORDINARY YET eight mouth zhǐ 只 0051 eye, animal legs 貝 SHELLFISH shellfish, money bèi Eye thought I saw a shellfish legging it down the beach. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/mychatham/378772235/ SHELLFISH animal_legs bèi eye money shellfish 貝 0052 money, divine 貼 STICK, GLUE; ALLOWANCE, SUBSIDY tiē I go around town posting stickers advertising my family's fortune telling business--it's how I earn my allowance money. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/muehlinghaus/253556217/ ALLOWANCE GLUE STICK SUBSIDY divine money tiē 貼 0053 magic wand, money 貞 CHASTE; FAITHFUL zhēn Pay me a little money and I'll wave my magic wand to cast a spell that will keep your spouse faithful. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/cobalt/11858381/ CHASTE FAITHFUL magic_wand money zhēn 貞 0054 mouth, money 員 EMPLOYEE; MEMBER member yuán Any member of an organization has to clam up her mouth if she wants keep the job. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/kitakitts/302490045/ EMPLOYEE MEMBER member money mouth yuán 員 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-08-01 LESSON 04 (part 2 of 4) 0055 eye, human legs 見 SEE, SHOW see jiàn Eyes and legs are all you need to see the world. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/bredgur/2834559095/ SEE SHOW eye human_legs jiàn see 見 0056 two, human legs 元 ORIGINAL, BEGINNING; YUAN, DOLLAR 日本語: EX- beginning yuán In the origin story of Genesis, first there was just two sets of human legs to walk the Earth: In the beginning God created woman, and God asked her how she liked his work. Woman replied, "Well, you know how I have two eyes, two arms, two legs... it seems redundant to have three breasts. It would look more symmetrical with two." God nodded, and the middle breast fell off... and it was good. Woman picked up the breast and said, "Thank you, God! But what do I do with this useless boob?" And God created man. That's why the women today only have two boobs to match their two human legs. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/lospino/3103791516/ BEGINNING DOLLAR EX- ORIGINAL YUAN beginning human_legs two yuán 元 0057 ceiling, stroke, shellfish 頁 PAGE head yè A shellfish dangles from the ceiling Mission-Impossible style, desperate to recover the page of revealing images that were taken of him. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/jacqueline-w/56107224/ PAGE ceiling head shellfish stroke yè 頁 0058 beginning, head 頑 STUBBORN wán Stubborn is getting something in the head in the beginning and sticking to it. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/carquestguy/1154010591/ STUBBORN beginning head wán 頑 non-Heisig stroke, second class 几 SMALL TABLE; RADICAL #16 wind jī A small table or desk, sheltered from the wind. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/25796513@N08/2831042074/ RADICAL RADICAL-16 SMALL_TABLE jī second_class stroke wind 几 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-08-04 LESSON 04 (part 3 of 4) 0059 drop, wind 凡 ORDINARY, COMMON 日本語: APPROXIMATELY mediocre fán All we are is a drop in the wind... ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/tiffanybrown76/2846295976/ APPROXIMATELY COMMON ORDINARY drop fán mediocre wind 凡 0060 part of the body, wind 肌 MUSCLE; SKIN; TEXTURE muscle jī Show off your muscles by putting that meat on a small table and arm wrestle. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/randysonofrobert/2552298739/ MUSCLE SKIN TEXTURE jī muscle part_of_the_body wind 肌 non-Heisig stroke, dagger ⺈ WRAP; TOP PRIMITIVE; RADICAL #20 chained Bound with thick metal chains. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/522032651/ RADICAL RADICAL-20 TOP_PRIMITIVE WRAP chained dagger stroke ⺈ 0061 chained, shellfish 負 LOSE, DEFEAT lose fù Chained, the shellfish had to accept defeat. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/jbhill/2543673104/ DEFEAT LOSE chained fù lose shellfish 負 non-Heisig stroke, dagger 勹 WRAP; RADICAL #20 tied up bāo An enclosing primitive which ties up the other primitives nice and tight. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/meredithfarmer/316438855/ RADICAL RADICAL-20 WRAP bāo dagger stroke tied_up 勹 COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-08-05 LESSON 04 (part 4 of 4) 0062 tied up, two 勻 EVEN, UNIFORM uniform yún When putting on the uniform, make sure everything is tied up nice and tight and things which come in twos match exactly. Maybe think of tying two shoelaces in exactly the same way to make it uniform. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/sklathill/236665880/ EVEN UNIFORM tied_up two uniform yún 勻 0063 tied up, mouth 句 PHRASE; SECTION, PASSAGE 日本語: HAIKU jù A phrase is a sequence of utterances, bound together one after another, so that you don't mix up the order when it comes time for your mouth to speak it. Think of the words as physically bound together with rope. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/assbach/249609877/ HAIKU PASSAGE PHRASE SECTION jù mouth tied_up 句 0064 tied up, day 旬 TEN-DAY PERIOD; DECADE 日本語: IN SEASON xún Ten days literally tied up to make a ten-day period. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/rakka/35566437/ DECADE IN_SEASON TEN_DAY_PERIOD day tied_up xún 旬 0065 tied up, drop 勺 LADLE, SPOON 普通話: SHÁO, UNIT OF 0.010 LITER 日本語: SHAKU, UNIT OF APPROX 0.018 LITER, UNIT OF APPROX 0.033 SQ. METER ladle sháo A ladle dropping the last drop out of itself (every last sháo/shaku counts). ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/blmurch/1153835291/ LADLE SHAKU SHÁO SPOON UNIT_OF_0_010_LITER UNIT_OF_APPROX_0_018_LITER UNIT_OF_APPROX_0_033_SQ_METER drop ladle sháo tied_up 勺 0066 white, ladle 的 普通話: OF; CLEAR, ACCURATE 日本語: TARGET; ADJECTIVAL SUFFIX bull's eye de I managed to hit the target's white bull's eye by throwing my ladle. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/duncan/87584525/ ACCURATE ADJECTIVAL_SUFFIX CLEAR OF TARGET bulls_eye de ladle white 的 non-Heisig drop, stroke 丷 HORNS; TOP PRIMITIVE; RADICAL #12 horns A pictograph of two horns. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2322824151/ HORNS RADICAL RADICAL-12 TOP_PRIMITIVE drop horns stroke 丷 0067 horns, one, nose 首 HEAD, CHIEF neck shǒu With horns on oneself, you need one heck of a strong neck. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/349485312/ CHIEF HEAD horns neck nose one shǒu 首 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-08-06 LESSON 05 (part 1 of 6) 0068 needle, eye, hook 直 STRAIGHT straight zhí If you get a needle in your eye that is hooked in there, get to a hospital straightaway. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/viamoi/2094010135/ STRAIGHT eye hook needle straight zhí 直 non-Heisig walking stick, dagger, walking stick (x2), floor ⺫ NET; EYE; BASIC PRIMITIVE net A net. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/zoriah/3269021141/ BASIC_PRIMITIVE EYE NET dagger floor net walking_stick ⺫ 0069 net, straight 置 PUT, PLACE; ABANDON zhì We must be very careful to place the net just right so that once we abandon it, the things we want will go straight into it. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/sahrizvi/441177765/ ABANDON PLACE PUT net straight zhì 置 non-Heisig ceiling, animal legs 丌 STOOL; WORKBENCH stool jī A little stool for sitting. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/scallop_holden/2616169294/ STOOL WORKBENCH animal_legs ceiling jī stool 丌 0070 eye, stool 具 IMPLEMENT, TOOL; OWN, POSSESS tool jù First rule of machine shop: keep an eye on your tools while you work from your stool. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/bre/552152780/ IMPLEMENT OWN POSSESS TOOL eye jù stool tool 具 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-10-11 LESSON 05 (part 2 of 6) 0071 ten, tool 真 TRUE true zhēn True swiss-army knives are ten tools in one. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/capcase/2735500813/ TRUE ten tool true zhēn 真 0072 one, walking stick, one 工 WORK, MANUFACTURE craft gōng Craft is personified as Bender the crafty robot from Futurama who was designed to bend I-beams. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/ogcodes/2372271351/ MANUFACTURE WORK craft gōng one walking_stick 工 non-Heisig one, stroke ⿻一丿 LEFT HAND; BASIC PRIMITIVE stable A stable for farm animals. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/planetschwa/1312347254/ BASIC_PRIMITIVE LEFT_HAND one stable stroke ⿻一丿 0073 stable, craft 左 LEFT left zuǒ The left side of my brain is for crafts. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/thetruthabout/3063991224/ LEFT craft left stable zuǒ 左 non-Heisig stroke, one ⿻丿一 RIGHT HAND; BASIC PRIMITIVE backyard Stroke the trampoline just once and you'll be flying out of my backyard! ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/g205/111845877/ BASIC_PRIMITIVE RIGHT_HAND backyard one stroke ⿻丿一 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-10-12 LESSON 05 (part 3 of 6) 0074 backyard, mouth 右 RIGHT right yòu The right hand is for putting food in your mouth. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/ryonedwards/284265477/ RIGHT backyard mouth right yòu 右 0075 backyard, moon 有 HAVE, POSSESS; EXIST have yǒu Possessed by the earth's gravity, the moon stays in its cosmic backyard. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/fleur-design/698695850/ EXIST HAVE POSSESS backyard have moon yǒu 有 0076 money, have 賄 BRIBE huì If you have enough money, you can bribe anyone. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/julianrod/432888092/ BRIBE have huì money 賄 0077 craft, money 貢 TRIBUTE gòng I gladly pay my tribute to the tax collector: but what he doesn't know is that this is carefully crafted money--counterfeit! ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/vandan/1162732032/ TRIBUTE craft gòng money 貢 0078 craft, head 項 CLAUSE; ITEM xiàng Lawyers carefully craft sentences into grouped line-items in their head. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/cavale/2841806516/ CLAUSE ITEM craft head xiàng 項 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-10-12 LESSON 05 (part 4 of 6) 0079 dagger, stroke 刀 KNIFE, SWORD; RADICAL #18 sword dāo A sword is a dagger so big, so powerful, and so perfectly made that it can kill a man in one stroke. Looks kinda like the hilt of a sword. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/mazgrp/2297747811/ KNIFE RADICAL RADICAL-18 SWORD dagger dāo stroke sword 刀 0080 sword, drop 刃 BLADE, EDGE rèn The drop of blood is found on the sharp edge of the sword. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/awrose/2248144224/ BLADE EDGE drop rèn sword 刃 0081 seven, sword 切 CUT, SLICE 普通話: CORRESPOND TO 日本語: KIND; EARNEST qiē Actors filming "The Seven Samurai" respond to the director's command, "CUT!" with their swords... ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/remcat/1450958444/ CORRESPOND_TO CUT EARNEST KIND SLICE qiē seven sword 切 0082 sword, mouth 召 SUMMON, CONVENE seduce shào To seduce is to accomplish with the mouth what cannot (or should not) be done with a sword. To seduce with words (coming from your mouth) is not far from the actual meaning of this character. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/yuyang226/534828883/ CONVENE SUMMON mouth seduce shào sword 召 0083 sun, seduce 昭 CLEAR, EVIDENT 日本語: SHOWA ERA shining zhāo The sun was shining so bright that it seduced Icarus and he flew too close. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/narro/148287274/ CLEAR EVIDENT SHOWA_ERA seduce shining sun zhāo 昭 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-10-12 LESSON 05 (part 5 of 6) non-Heisig 亅 HOOKED STROKE; FEATHERED STICK; BARB; RADICAL #6 fishhook jué A fishhook with a brightly-colored barb at the end. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/55645070@N00/117399707/ BARB FEATHERED_STICK HOOKED_STROKE RADICAL RADICAL-6 fishhook jué 亅 non-Heisig walking stick, fishhook 刂 SWORD; RADICAL #18 sabre dāo The most commonly used sword primitive. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/cayusa/2844543101/ RADICAL RADICAL-18 SWORD dāo fishhook sabre walking_stick 刂 0084 money, sabre 則 LAW, RULE rule zé When you have both money and the power of a sabre, you can make the rules. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/litherland/2614531003/ LAW RULE money rule sabre zé 則 non-Heisig one, mouth, rice field 畐 TO FILL; ROLL OF CLOTH wealth fú One mouth consumes an entire rice field in an obscene display of wealth. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/tonivc/767626882/ BOLDT_OF_CLOTH TO_FILL fú mouth one rice_field wealth 畐 0085 wealth, sabre 副 VICE-, ASSISTANT, DEPUTY; AUXILIARY fù The wealthy guy with the sabre is the vice-roy. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/pinkmoose/395043352/ ASSISTANT AUXILIARY DEPUTY VICE- fù sabre wealth 副 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 One hanzi, one picture - mafried - 2009-10-12 LESSON 05 (part 6 of 6) 0086 one, fishhook 丁 CUBE, CHUNK; FOURTH HEAVENLY STEM 日本語: BLOCK OF HOUSES nail dīng The word on the street is, "Mr. T is a bad-ass!". A pictograph of a nail. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/sierraromeo/2718117042/ BLOCK_OF_HOUSES FOURTH_HEAVENLY_STEM dīng fishhook nail one 丁 0087 mouth, nail 叮 STING, BITE; WARN dīng The bites and stings of a wasp are nails and mouths. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/limowreck666/144557607/ BITE STING WARN dīng mouth nail 叮 0088 nail, mouth 可 POSSIBILITY, APPROVAL can kě A mouth on the street asking for things: "Can I get some help?! Can I get directions, Can I have some money? Can you please speak English?!" ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/gsgeorge/3483842841/ APPROVAL POSSIBILITY can kě mouth nail 可 0089 can (x2) 哥 OLDER BROTHER older brother gē My older brother is the one that can do anything... ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/coda/8875179/ OLDER_BROTHER can gē older_brother 哥 0090 nail, head 頂 CREST, PEAK, TOP, SUMMIT 普通話: EXTREMELY; MEASURE WORD FOR HATS 日本語: RECEIVE HUMBLY dǐng I humbly receive your gift of nails, and will carry them on my head. ![]() http://flickr.com/photos/13010608@N02/2494600411/ CREST EXTREMELY MEASUREWORD_FOR_HATS PEAK RECEIVE_HUMBLY SUMMIT TOP dǐng head nail 頂 * all pics cc-licensed: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3701 |