Lesson 2 Flashcards
Old
[16]
古
Pictograph of a tombstone with a cross on top.
I
[17]
吾
I have five mouths/holes (mouth, nostrils, ears) in my head
*five, mouth
Risk
[18]
冒
the sun is a risky thing to look at
*sun, eye
Companion
[19]
朋
“flesh of my flesh” you are my companion! They are so close they may as well have been the same person in two bodies.
*two flesh
Bright
[20]
明
the sun and moon are the brightest things in the sky
*sun, moon
chant
[21]
唱
the choirmaster led them in a chant
*one mouth, two mouths with wagging tongues
sparkle
[22]
晶
the sunlight sparkled on all edges of the diamond
*three suns
goods
[23]
品
The customer waited with bated breath for the heaps of goods they had ordered.
The masses waiting with open mouths waiting like fledgelings in a nest waiting to consume the goods they ordered.
*three mouths
spine
[24]
呂
two vertebrae in the spine
*a picture of two of the vertebrae in the spine linked by a stroke
prosperous
[25]
昌
If we had the benefit of two suns farmers would be very prosperous!
What could be more prosperous than a sky with two suns in it?
*two suns
early
[26]
早
Sunflower pictograph.
The sunflower (with needles for peddles) is the early riser in the garden. The sun shines on it before everyone else because it shares its name.
*made of: sun, needle
*as a primitive: sunflower
rising sun
[27]
旭
Baseball is a very popular sport in the land of the rising sun (Japan). Image of the red rising sun on the flag as a baseball and the flagpole flying the flag as a baseball bat.
*baseball, sun
generation
[28]
世
ten plus ten plus ten equals a generation (~30yrs). The lower horizontal line is like the addition lines written under numbers to add them up.
stomach
[29]
胃
the flesh/part of the body that holds up the brain is the stomach. You have to eat in order for the brain to work properly.
*brain, flesh
nightbreak
[30]
旦
“nightbreak” (daybreak) occurs as the sun begins to rise. The horizontal stroke at the bottom represents the floor/horizon that the sun is poking its head over.
*sun, floor
