shout quality

to cause to return

~ quality (pin
3
QQ shout (xu an 1) ) IBl to return (hu?)
A mouth emits sound. Imagine that each mouth This character is a This character is a
Two mouths emit even is an opinion. The quality combination of 'mouth' combination of a small
more sound! This is a rare of something is judged by and 'big'. It also means 'mouth' and 'to surround'.
character, so use it to show what people say about it. 'because of' and 'reason'. Imagine that it depicts
off to your Chinese friends! This character also means I like to remember it by a swirling whirlpool,
'item', 'product' or 'grade'. thinking that a big mouth continuously turning
causes problems (although, back on itself.
in this case, r::l means 'to
surround') .

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AD population
( ren 2 kou 3 )
When w e start counting
how many mouths we
need to feed, we are
talking about population.
person + mouth =
population

A~ morality
2 ••
..........................person :
(ren p in 3 ) I
...
mouth I•
•· · ...... ............. ... ' ·••·· ................................................................

Remember, it is always populat ion

wise to judge the quality
of a person on the basis
of their mora lity.
person + quality = morality

§l A Hui people
( hui 2 ren 2 )
'Hu i' is used to refer to
Chinese speakers of
Muslim ancestry. They
are one of the fifty-six
recognized ethnic groups ! person quality i
·..................... ... ... ........... · ··· ·· ··· · ........... .•• .. ··········- ··············· .. . .................:
in China. to return + person
m orality
= [literally] returned people
= Hui people

A.fl m ermaid
(ren 2 yu 2 )
In ancient China, this
phrase referred to the
giant sa lamander. Today
it means 'mermaid'.
person + fish = [l iterally]
fish person = mermaid

i• to return person :•
•••••••••••••••• .. .. -
•
···-········-··/
Hui peop le

l person fish i•
•........................
·····-· ··-·······-···-··
m ermaid

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PERSON PI IRASES
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 ~fish (yu 2)
Traditionally a fish shape
in oracle-bone and seal
inscriptions, this character
originally referred to 'an
aquatic vertebrate', but
has since been extended
to mean ' fish'. Its simplified
form is i!.

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