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Terra Cotta Warriors

Review: Read each character and say its meaning out loud. Answers will be given after the review.

在

手

戈

找

我.

在An ice skater at a frozen lake, skating

towards the ground (radical).

Zài, at

手Wolverine’s hand or a bear’s hand.

Show me your hand.

Shǒu, hand

戈An impaled person crying.

Gē, weapon

找A shǒu-zì-páng (hand radical) seeking

the weapon (radical).

Zhǎo, seek

我Four fingered 手 united with weapon radical 戈 (gē). The inventor of the character had a violent self image.

Compare 找 (zhao/seek) with 我 Wǒ, me/I