Composition of Chinese characters

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1. kěn to agree

   ⿱止月 肯

2. ba …right?

   ⿰口巴 吧

3. yǒu to have; there is

   ⿸𠂇月 phonetic 又(OC *ɢʷɯs, “hand”) + semantic ⺼(“meat”) – a hand holding meat, hence “in possession of”. 有

4. zhī to know

   ⿰矢口 知

5. xiàn present time

   ⿰王见 现

6. shì to be; is

   ⿱日𤴓 是

7. qǐ to rise

   ⿺走己 起

8. dàn but; yet

   ⿰亻旦 但

9. bié must not; other

   ⿰另刂 别

10. suǒ actually; place

    ⿰戶斤 所 (may look like the Japanese character due to fonts)

11. guǒ fruit

    ⿻日木 果

12. tīng listen

    ⿰口斤 听

13. ne how about…?

    ⿰口尼 = ⿸尸匕 尼

14. gào to tell

    ⿱⺧口 Compound 告 older 吿 from mouth 口 kǒu and (rem- ⺧) from phonetic cow 牜牛 niú. (name- cow-tell 告 gào) 告

15. xiān first; former

    ⿱⺧儿 Component 先 from person 儿 ér and foot-moving 之㞢 zhī. (name- person-foot 先 xiān) The person 儿 comes before or earlier than another person 先

16. cóng from; to follow

    ⿰人人 simplified from 從 辵(“walk”) + 从(“follow”). 从

17. míng bright

    ⿰日月 明

18. miàn side; aspect

    ⿱丆囬 from nose 自 zì and (rem- 囗 wéi) 面

19. sī used phonetically

    ⿰其斤 斯

20. xī West

    ⿱一四 西

21. wǎn late

    ⿰日免 = ⿱⺈⿸⿻口丿乚 晚

22. dòng move

    ⿰云力 动

23. jī machine

    ⿰木几 机

24. fēn to divide; fraction

    ⿱八刀 分

25. quán all; whole

    ⿱人王 全

26. běn counter for books; origin

    ⿻木一 本

27. jiā to add; plus

    ⿰力口 加

28. péng friend

    ⿰月月 朋

29. xī rare; hope

    ⿱㐅布 Component 希 from cloth 巾 jīn and (rem+ 爻 yáo cloth-cross-threads) the thin spacing between the threads of a woven fabric) 希

30. chá research

    ⿱木旦 semantic 木(“wood”) + phonetic 且 查

31. nán male

    ⿱田力 Compound 男 from field 田 tián and strength 力 lì. 男