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Natural Objects (1)


air hei3
(hay )
cloud wan4
(wun)
field tin4
(teen)
fire fo2
(for)
flower faa1
(far)
forest 森林 sam1 lam4
(sum lum )
ground dei6
(day )
ice bing1 
lake wu4
(woo)
lightning / electricity din6
(deen )
moon jyut6
(yoot)
mountain saan1
(sarn)
rain jyu5
(yue)
river ho4
(hor)
sand saa1
(sah)
sea hoi2
sky /
heaven
tin1
(teen)
soil /
earth
tou2
(toe )
star sing1 stone sek6
stream cyun1
(choon)
sun jat6
(yat )
water seoi2
(soy )
wood muk6
(mok)

Character Analysis (radicals)

Important radicals on these pages are: 
日 - a basic radical which remains the same when in radical form - ie: it means sun or day
木 - will appear unchanged in many characters to represent being made of wood or being a plant or tree
火 - sometimes appears unchanged to represent fire or heat, but can also appear as "4 dots fire" as in 熱  (hot)
花 - the top crosses are the grass radical
河 - the left radical is actually three dots (computer fonts stylise them) and represent water. Known as "3 dots water"
田 - field appears unaltered in many characters, eg 電 has rain over a field, definitely a warning of lightning!
Also note 雲 and 電 contain the 雨 character - there are many similar examples of this in weather.
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