Mandarin Banana

first:
«

previous:
元

Aphrodite (yu-) receives a big wooden box (囗) just inside the entrance of Anchor Inn (-an2). It's written that it comes from the land of growing plants (园), but as she opens it, she finds out that it's actually full of coins (元).

next:
玩

last:
»

The Star Talers

园 is a nice example of a phono-semantic compound character. 囗 gives you a tip about the meaning of 园, and 元 gives you a tip about the pronunciation of 园.

园

yuan2 =
yu + an2

surname Yuan | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 园

yuan2 =
yu + an2

land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 园

Aphrodite receives a big wooden box just inside the entrance of Anchor Inn. It's written that it comes from the land of growing plants, but as she opens it, she finds out that it's actually full of coins. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

园
=
元
+
囗

元

yuan2 =
yu + an2

surname Yuan / the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 元

yuan2 =
yu + an2

unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc) / primary / first | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 元

Sun Wu Kong offers Aphrodite a coin just inside the entrance of Anchor Inn. As Aphrodite takes it, she's literally shocked: Sun Wu Kong hooked up a capacitor to it to play a bad joke on her, and he's laughing his ass off. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

元
=
二
+
儿

二

er4 =
Ø + Ø4

two / 2 / stupid (Beijing dialect) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 二

As a component in other characters, 二 represents a capacitor. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor.

Albert Einstein (-) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (-4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

二
=
一

一

yi1 =
y + Ø1

one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 一

Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1). - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

元
=
二
+
儿

儿

er2 =
Ø + Ø2

son | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 儿

"Son" (儿) sounds similar to "Sun" like in "Sun Wu Kong", so it's gonna be represented by the monkey king. Albert Einstein (Ø-) and Sun Wu Kong are fighting in the space station's entrance (-Ø2). Their weapons: Albert has a shovel (乚), and Sun Wu Kong has a banana (丿). - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

r5

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 儿

儿
=
丿
+
乚

丿

pie3 =
pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丿

Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

儿
=
丿
+
乚

乚

ya4 =
y + a4

component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 乚

This character shall be represented by a shovel (乚). Remember it by imagining Maud Younger (y) shovelling a grave in the Adziogol Lighthouse's bathroom (a4). - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

园
=
元
+
囗

囗

wei2 =
w + ei2

enclosure | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 囗

Finally, Willy Walrus (wu-) is just inside the entrance of the Eiffel Tower (-ei2). He smuggled himself in sitting in a large wooden box (囗). - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

园 is not a component of another character.

园 is the simplified version of 園 .

HSK level: 3

Pronunciation: Gorodish elements and their mnemonics (what's this?)

yu	Aphrodite - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 3 years ago
an2	Just inside the entrance of Anchor Inn - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 3 years ago

Words with 园

花 hua1 园 yuan2		garden / CL:座[zuo4],個\|个[ge4] (HSK level 3)
公 gong1 园 yuan2		park (for public recreation) / CL:個\|个[ge4],座[zuo4] (HSK level 3)
幼 you4 儿 er2 园 yuan2		kindergarten / nursery school (HSK level 5)
园 yuan2 林 lin2		gardens / park / landscape garden (HSK level 6)
游 you2 乐 le4 园 yuan2		theme park
园 yuan2 艺 yi4		gardening / horticultural
伊 yi1 甸 dian4 园 yuan2		Garden of Eden
葡 pu2 萄 tao2 园 yuan2		vineyard
园 yuan2 地 di4		garden area
海 hai3 德 de2 公 gong1 园 yuan2		Hyde Park
果 guo3 园 yuan2		orchard
桃 tao2 园 yuan2		Taoyuan city and county in Taiwan
墓 mu4 园 yuan2		cemetery / graveyard
校 xiao4 园 yuan2		campus
动 dong4 物 wu4 园 yuan2		zoo / CL:個\|个[ge4]
种 zhong4 植 zhi2 园 yuan2		plantation
家 jia1 园 yuan2		home / homeland
植 zhi2 物 wu4 园 yuan2		arboretum / botanical gardens
乐 le4 园 yuan2		paradise
庄 zhuang1 园 yuan2		a manor / feudal land / a villa and park
学 xue2 园 yuan2		academy / campus
大 da4 观 guan1 园 yuan2		Prospect Garden / Grand View Garden, a garden in Dream of the Red Chamber
故 gu4 园 yuan2		one's home town
庭 ting2 园 yuan2		flower garden
园 yuan2 丁 ding1		gardener
幼 you4 稚 zhi4 园 yuan2		kindergarten (Tw)
园 yuan2 区 qu1		site developed for a group of related enterprises / (industrial or technology) park
菜 cai4 园 yuan2		vegetable garden
满 man3 园 yuan2 春 chun1 色 se4		everything in the garden is lovely
林 lin2 园 yuan2		Linyuan township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣\|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan
客 ke4 西 xi1 马 ma3 尼 ni2 花 hua1 园 yuan2		Garden of Gethsemane (in the Christian passion story)
圆 yuan2 明 ming2 园 yuan2		Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860
客 ke4 西 xi1 马 ma3 尼 ni2 园 yuan2		Garden of Gethsemane
园 yuan3 圃 pu3		garden plot
动 dong4 物 wu4 庄 zhuang1 园 yuan2		Animal Farm (1945), novel and famous satire on communist revolution by George Orwell 喬治・奧威爾\|乔治・奥威尔[Qiao2 zhi4 · Ao4 wei1 er3] / also translated 動物農場\|动物农场[Dong4 wu4 Nong2 chang3]
夹 jia1 山 shan1 国 guo2 家 jia1 森 sen1 林 lin2 公 gong1 园 yuan2		Jiashan National Forest Park in Shimen 石門\|石门[Shi2 men2], Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan
大 da4 园 yuan2 乡 xiang1		Dayuan or Tayuan township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣\|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan
大 da4 园 yuan2		Dayuan or Tayuan township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣\|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan
国 guo2 家 jia1 火 huo3 山 shan1 公 gong1 园 yuan2		Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
刘 liu2 姥 lao3 姥 lao5 进 jin4 大 da4 观 guan1 园 yuan2		Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens / (of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings