12/08/2008

Thirty-five More

Another week, another set of doodles. Here we go:

Monday

- sou4 (second syllable of "ke2sou4, "cough")
- xue2 (to study, to learn)
- xing4 (surname/to be surnamed . . .)
- ming2 (name)
- zi4 (written character)
- jiao4 (to call; to be called; to order a person to do something)
- niu2 (cow)

Tuesday

- gao4 (to inform)
- jin2 (ax)
- su4, song4 (to inform); Evidently, you're supposed to use this one together with 告 to form "告诉," which means "to inform"
- zhi1 (to know)
- shou3 (chief; the head)
- dao4 (road; to say; the Way [as in Taoism/Daoism])
- xie1 (few)

Wednesday

- wei4 (position, standpoint; seat; a polite measure for persons)
- zhi1 (branch [of a tree]; to prop up; to draw [money])
- ji4 (skill; expertise or specialized training)
- qian1 (a thousand; a family name [rare])
- ying1 (be bold; flower [bookish]; a family name)
- hei1 (black)
- zhan1 (to divine), zhan4 (seize; constitute)

Thursday

- zhan4 ([taxi-/bus-]stand, to stand)
- yan3 (lean-to), guang3 (be broad; a family name); This one is actually just the top dot and the top and left lines (without the "占")
- dian4 (store; inn)
- dian3 (dot, drop [of liquid]; to drip; a bit; feature; to light)
- yu3 (rain)
- ling2 (zero; tiny bit)
- ye4 (head; leaf [of a book or notebook], page)

Friday

齿 - ling3 (to lead; neck, collar; main point)
- ban4 (half)
- duo1 (be numerous)
- shao3 (be few), shao4 (be young)
- ju4 (sentence; verse-line; measure for sentences and verse-lines)
- gou4 (be enough)
- jue1 (archer's thimble), guai4 (to divide)

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