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字 character

My son 子 is content to hunker down under our roof 宀 and practice writing Chinese characters.The ki[d’s i]ndustrious.
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快 quick

Don’t thin[k why] or how. When you see a boar, be quick and decisive 夬. Spear the heart 忄 to take it [down].
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歹 death

At dusk, one bat flies down from its perch and then up into the sky. Some people believe seeing a bat is BAD luck, that someone will [die].
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圣 holy

Many believe this person will again walk the earth someday. Someone wrote it down in one of their holy books. This revela[tion g]ives me pause.
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恨 hate

Over the course of a day, a [hun]dred kids press their noses to the ice cream display glass. Each time, my heart sinks. I hate it! (heart, nose, ice)
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地 location

Are you also on earth? I [de]sire to know what location.
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綠 green

I purpose[ly u]tilized a green piece of silk by placing my wood carving (an elephant drinking water with its snout) down on it.
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世 world

The worldly Rafiki told 20-year-old lion Simba a lesson about the world. (This character reminded me Disney character Rafiki meditating).
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卄 twenty, twentieth

Two tens are worth the same as one twenty dollar bill.
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廿 twenty

Two tens are worth the same as one twenty dollar bill.
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刖 amputate

In a lunar month I will have the knife we need to amputate the leg.
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半 half

Two and eight are even numbers that can be divided in half. (The vertical line is dividing them in half.)
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