貤
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也 + 貝
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也
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ye3
=
y
+
e3
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surname Ye |
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ye3
=
y
+
e3
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also / too / (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation |
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Maud Younger is helping an excavator in the Erechtheion. Together they are excavating a dinosaur bone: Rosa turns the earth with a plough, while the excavator moves the earth with a shovel.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
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也
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㇆ + 丨 + 乚
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㇆
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㇆
=
一 + 亅
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一
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yi1
=
y
+
Ø1
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one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) |
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Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years
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㇆
=
一 + 亅
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亅
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jue2
=
ju
+
e2
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"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1] |
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Doesn't 亅 look like a crowbar? Zeus (ju-) shows off his mighty crowbars (亅) in the entrance of the Erechtheion (-e2).
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
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也
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㇆ + 丨 + 乚
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也
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㇆ + 丨 + 乚
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乚
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ya4
=
y
+
a4
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component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3] |
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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).
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
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貤
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也 + 貝
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貝
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貝
=
八 + 目
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八
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ba1
=
b
+
a1
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eight / 8 |
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Mnemonic symbol: eightball.
Beelzebub (b-) is balancing two eightballs in front of the Adziogol Lighthouse (-a1): One on a banana (丿) and one on a finger (㇏).
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
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八
=
丿 + ㇏
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丿
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pie3
=
pi
+
e3
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radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3] |
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Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3).
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八
=
丿 + ㇏
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貝
=
八 + 目
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目
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mu4
=
mu
+
Ø4
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eye / item / section / list / catalogue / table of contents / order (taxonomy) / goal / name / title |
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Mnemonic symbol: the Eye of Providence (目).
Malte Monkey (mu-) is unpacking a wooden box (囗) full of capacitors (二). He's afraid that the Eye of Providence (目) will see him, so he does it secretly in the space station's bathroom (-Ø4).
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目
=
囗 + 二
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囗
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wei2
=
w
+
ei2
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enclosure |
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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).
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目
=
囗 + 二
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二
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er4
=
Ø
+
Ø4
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two / 2 / stupid (Beijing dialect) |
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As a component in other characters, 二 represents a capacitor.
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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).
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二
=
一
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一
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yi1
=
y
+
Ø1
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one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) |
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Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1).
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