1. Chinese Characters汉字 Where do they come from? 从哪里来？

2. If you take a man at his word 人 言 then you have…

3. 信 xin4 meaning trust

4. If you take words that are said over ten times 口 十 then you have…

5. 古 gu3 meaning ancient

6. If you find a heart that is hidden behind a door 心 门 then you have…

7. 闷 men2 meaning depressed

8. When you say numbers up to ten 言 十 then you have…

9. 计 ji4 meaning count

10. If you go from big to small 大 小 then you have…

11. 尖 jian1 meaning sharp

12. When your heart is divided 心 分 then you have…

13. 忿 fen4 meaning anger

14. When you have a person confined 人 囗 then you have…

15. 囚 qiu2 meaning imprison

16. When a person leans up against a tree 人 木 then you have…

17. 休 xiu1 meaning to rest

18. When you get a ‘no’ from someone’s mouth 不 口 then you have…

19. 否 fou3 meaning to deny

20. When a person feels for a second person 人 二 then you have…

21. 仁 ren2 meaning love

22. So that’s where some Chinese characters come from. Now, let’s see if you can reconstruct which character means what.

23. 休 计 否 信 仁 忿 尖 囚 闷 古 trust ancient depressed count sharp anger imprison rest deny love --------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------