元宵猜灯谜
Lantern riddles
Read, look for clues, and share your ideas.
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元宵节，人们把谜语写在灯笼上，邀请大家猜。小雨读到一条自编的字谜：一个人在树旁休息。她想了想，写下一个休字。亻像人，木是树，这个联想帮助她记字。
At the Lantern Festival, people place riddles on lanterns for others to solve. Xiaoyu reads an original character riddle: a person resting beside a tree. She writes 休, meaning rest. The person component and tree make a helpful memory picture.
Explore the text
字谜用线索帮助你猜字。这个故事里的休字联想，是记字的方法，不是对古代字源的证明。你也可以把日和月放在一起，想一个新的字谜。
Character riddles offer clues to a written form. The rest-by-a-tree picture is a memory aid, not proof of ancient etymology. Try combining sun and moon to make another riddle.
Words to practise
休灯木