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
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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 ㇆


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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


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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


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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


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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_P..._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


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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


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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/silverlinedwinn...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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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/376...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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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