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“Hǎo 好” combines meanings. “Woman” beside “child” suggests “goodness, well-being, something desirable.”

It has another pronunciation “hào”, which has different meanings when combines with other words.

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“Tā 她”—— This character is a sound-meaning compound. The “woman” radical suggests the meaning, and “也” once suggested the sound-although it is not now such a good phonetic. This character is created more recently under the influence of European languages with gendered pronouns.

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“手 Shǒu” often occurs as an independent character meaning “hand”; it may also occur as a part of characters.

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“土”. This appears to be a picture of a cross stuck into the earth. Note this is not its etymology though. It occurs as an independent character and means “earth, soil.”

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“门”. The traditional form clearly resembles the swinging saloon doors in old Westerns. It occurs as an independent character and means “gate, door, entrance.”

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“小姐姐”: Good-looking, gentle, lovely girls.

As a vocabulary from the two dimensions, the early meaning of the word “小姐姐” was what the fans call the cute girls. Adding a "小 (small)" to "姐姐” will make you feel much more gracious.

“小哥哥”: Describe some good-looking boys, representing a very affectionate love.

The emergence of the word stems from the derivation of the word "小姐姐".

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"小”, Oracle like three fine grains of sand.

Originally, this radical was three dots to suggest "small." Two of the dots remain, but the center dot has been replaced by a down stroke with a little hook on the end, made by an elegant movement of the wrist with a brush.

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“大” is a man with arms extended: “big”. “Dàxiǎo” means “size” in Chinese. (Abstract nouns in Chinese are often antonyms combined, as if to say “the big and the small of it, the size”.)

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“你” is “尔 ( Ěr )” reclarified with the “man” radical. “尔” is like a bow with many arrows. The original meaning is a bow that can be used for short-range arrows.

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“我” —— The shape resembles an ancient weapon with a long-handled and three-toothed blade. Originally the name of a weapon similar to a lance, current meaning by sound-loan.

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In ancient China, men were laborers, they were going to work in the fields, and they needed strength. "男” is a meaning compound: it's the males who use their strength (力) in the fields (田).

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The ancient word "人" is like a man bent over his side. The original meaning is an upright animal that knows how to be humble.

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“女” (nǚ) —— a rough stick drawing of a woman (with legs modestly crossed). It occurs as an independent character and means “woman” or, occasionally, “daughter”.

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“一” is the minimum integer, it is one of the simplest symbol characters in Chinese language. Can you use this character correctly?

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