Memrise Lesson 21

Study before Lesson 21 quiz.

Transcript

1. surrounded * This element shows a wall or fence surrounding the inside elements. Draw surrounded before the elements inside.
2. country 囗 surrounded + 玉 jewel The country built a wall surrounding its jewels so that they could not be stolen. (Perhaps like the Great Wall of China?)
3. turn 囗 surrounded + 口 mouth If you remember that there are no circles in kanji, this character looks like a turning wheel. It is also used to count “rounds” or “times”—although this kanji uses two different elements, it looks like you just wrote mouth two times.
4. cave * 丶 drop + 厂 cliff There is a drop of smoke rising from a chimney at the top of this cliff; there must be someone living in a cave inside. This element is drawn first and surrounds another element on the top and left.
5. store 广 cave + 卜 magic wand + 口 mouth Imagine going shopping at a very strange store, located in a cave. “Get your magic wands here!” says a sign at the mouth of the cave.
6. heart A very efficient heart: it only needs three drops of blood to work! As a left-hand element, heart (the physical organ) is compressed to a three-stroke version we will call state of mind: 忄 Draw the two drops first, top to bottom, and then the vertical line.
7. forget 亡 deceased + 心 heart A deceased heart is the only way to forget a lost love. You are not truly deceased so long as you have not been forgotten—you are still present in someone’s heart.
8. think 田 rice field + 心 heart I don’t think burying your heart under a rice field is a good way to get over heartbreak. (Just forget about it.) Think with your brain, not with your heart.
9. idea 音 sound + 心 heart We often illustrate having an idea with a picture of a lightbulb over their head. Instead of a lightbulb, imagine that you can hear their heart pounding: the better the idea, the louder the sound of their heart.
10. emotion 厂 cliff + 戈 spear + 一 one + 口 mouth + 心 heart Very strong emotion can feel like standing at the edge of a cliff or being threatened by a spear; you’re so emotional that not one word comes out of your mouth. Your heart is really racing!