Memrise Lesson 28

Study before Lesson 28 quiz.

Transcript

1. inside 人 person + 冂 belt Though the first two strokes of this kanji remind us of 冂 hood, this wrapping element goes around the middle of a vertical line rather than over the top. Let’s call it a belt—and inside every belt, there is a person.
2. meat 内 inside + 人 person I ate so much meat that it felt like there was a second person inside me, and had to loosen my belt.
3. graduate 亠 top hat + 人 person + 人 person + 十 ten At the graduation ceremony, everyone wears a tasseled cap, and two lines of people enter the hall. It took me ten years to get my degree, but I finally did it!
4. by means of hoe + 丶 drop + 人 person If you have ever worked in a garden, you will recognize the first two strokes of this character as a garden hoe or plow. By means of a hoe and the drop of sweat on his brow, a person can make a living farming.
5. hashtag * This element was also the katakana character for ‘wi’, no longer used in modern Japanese, but to modern learners, it probably looks more like the pound sign or hashtag #. Pay attention to stroke length and order!
6. year lying down + ヰ hashtag We hear a lot about resolutions every New Year, especially on social media—but how many people follow through, and how many just spend the year lying down and checking Instagram? Hashtag couchpotato.
7. night 亠 top hat + 亻 person + 夕 evening (tailcoat) Though the third element of night may remind you of 夂 walking legs, its stroke order is different. Instead, think of a person in evening dress, with a top hat and tuxedo (the final tail on evening), enjoying a night on the town.
8. travel 方 direction + lying down + scarf I only travel in style: I point in the right direction, recline in my seat, put on a stylish scarf, and let other people do all the work.
9. not Do not confuse this element with piglet; it is missing the first stroke, and it’s not a piglet without a body! For a more memorable image, you can also use the homonym knot for this element.
10. thing 牜 cow + 勿 not That’s not a thing, it’s a cow with a knot in its tail. Are cows with knotted tails a thing?