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Discovery notebook.

Only combinations you have crafted appear here. Review the Chinese, hear it again, and remember why the connection makes sense.

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The four starter words

Everything else must be discovered.
水shuǐWater · HSK 1
火huǒFire
风fēngWind
土tǔEarth

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Start on the canvas and combine water with earth. Your notebook records the result only after you discover it.

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Sources · no invented vocabulary

Bibliography

CC-CEDICT supplies every Chinese headword, reading, and definition. The official HSK list marks essential beginner words. Scientific references explain physical transformations; Infinite Craft is cited only for the interaction model.

  1. [1] MDBG. CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary. Release 2026-07-18 06:57 GMT.Simplified Chinese headwords, standard Mandarin pinyin, and English definitions.Open source ↗License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
  2. [2] Chinese Testing International. New HSK Levels 1–4 Vocabulary List.Pedagogical priority and HSK 1–2 labels for essential beginner vocabulary.Open source ↗
  3. [3] U.S. Geological Survey. Environmental Characteristics of Clays and Clay Mineral Deposits.How clay minerals interact with water and become workable mud or ceramic material.Open source ↗
  4. [4] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. How Clouds Form.Water vapor, condensation nuclei, cloud droplets, and atmospheric motion.Open source ↗
  5. [5] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Precipitation.How cloud droplets grow and fall as rain.Open source ↗
  6. [6] NOAA National Ocean Service. Why does the ocean have waves?Wind transferring energy to surface water to create waves.Open source ↗
  7. [7] U.S. Geological Survey. Wind erosion and dust from U.S. drylands.Wind erosion, airborne soil, sand, and dust.Open source ↗
  8. [8] U.S. Geological Survey. Rock Types and the Rock Cycle.Rock melting into lava and lava cooling into igneous rock.Open source ↗
  9. [9] U.S. Geological Survey. Lava-Cooling Operations during the 1973 Eruption of Eldfell Volcano.Water removing heat from lava and accelerating solidification.Open source ↗
  10. [10] U.S. Geological Survey. Geology of Great Sand Dunes National Park.Weathering, erosion, wind, water, sediment, and sand formation.Open source ↗
  11. [11] U.S. Geological Survey. Geology of Rocky Mountain National Park.Rock, sediment, uplift, erosion, and mountain formation.Open source ↗
  12. [12] NASA. Studying the Sun.How solar light and energy drive Earth’s seasons, weather, climate, and ocean currents.Open source ↗
  13. [13] NOAA NESDIS. What Causes Tides?The relationship between the Moon, Sun, and Earth’s oceans.Open source ↗
  14. [14] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. How Lightning is Created.Lightning development in storm clouds and the sound of thunder.Open source ↗
  15. [15] NOAA NESDIS. What Is Precipitation?How air temperature determines rain, snow, hail, and other precipitation.Open source ↗
  16. [16] USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Your Food and You.How plants use healthy soil, water, and sunlight to grow food.Open source ↗
  17. [17] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Paper Making and Recycling.Wood fiber, water, pulp, and the process used to make paper.Open source ↗
  18. [18] Corning. How Glass is Made.Sand melting at high temperature and cooling into glass.Open source ↗
  19. [19] Brick Industry Association. Manufacturing of Brick.Clay or shale being formed, dried, and fired into durable brick.Open source ↗
  20. [20] Agarwal, Neal. Infinite Craft.Interaction reference: four starter elements, a free canvas, and a discovery-only item library.Open source ↗