Chapter 1

Question 1

ONE - yī
floor or ceiling
__ 致

Answer 1

think Roman numerals, just rotated; rad 1
yízhì - agreement
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Question 2

TWO - èr

Answer 2

Roman numerals rotated; rad 7
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1-2

Question 3

THREE - sān

他是 san1 个孩子的父亲.

Answer 3

Roman numerals rotated; 2 on bottom plus 1 is 3
He is the father of three children.
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Question 4

FOUR - sì

Answer 4

made of primitives: mouth and human legs
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Question 5

FIVE - wǔ

Answer 5

more later in book
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1-5

Question 6

SIX - liù

Answer 6

made of primitives top hat and animal legs
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Question 7

SEVEN - qī
diced

Answer 7

first stroke dices the vertical; 7 upside-down
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1-7

Question 8

EIGHT - bā

Answer 8

two lines with an expanse below, infinity, 8 on its side; rad 12
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1-8

Question 9

NINE - jiǔ

Answer 9

nine, as a primitive baseball, nine on the team
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Question 10

TEN - shí
needle

Answer 10

like Roman X rotated; rad 24; or needle as a prim rad 283
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1-10

Question 11

MOUTH - kǒu
hole
__ 袋

Answer 11

its a hole; mouthful
kǒudài - pocket
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Question 12

DAY - rì
sun, tongue wagging

Answer 12

pic of a sun; other prims: day; date; time; rad 72
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1-12

Question 13

MONTH - yuè
flesh
__ 底

Answer 13

pic of moon rad 74; flesh is rad 130
yuè dǐ - end of month
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Question 14

RICE FIELD - tián
brain
__ 径

Answer 14

pic of a field, rad 102; or the folds of a brain
tiánjìng - Athletics
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Question 15

EYE - mù
net
__ 前

Answer 15

pic of an eye; on its side it is a net; rad 109
mùqián - at present
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