Woman-Radical: A Feminist Lesson in Chinese Characters
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妇：lady is a woman who has overthrown a mountain
好：wo man spelt as one word simply means good
妙：young women supporting each other are always wonderful
嫁：to marry a man is for a girl to have her own family
妖：weird would be a woman if she goes broken
姣: handsome is a woman standing with her legs crossed
婢：maid is a girl who is by nature humble
婵：beautiful is she who remains single
娘：mother is perforce a lady who is good and kind
Yuan Changming edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan at poetrypacific.blogspot.ca. Credits include Pushcart nominations as well as publications in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17),& BestNewPoemsOnline, among others.
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