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轺
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轺
=
召
+
车
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召
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shao4
=
sh
+
ao4
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surname Shao / name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 召
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zhao4
=
zh
+
ao4
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to call together / to summon / to convene / temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia) |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 召
Mnemonic symbol: an intercom to call everyone together.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years
ago
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George Washington prepares a few mandarins for everyone in the Taos Pueblo's bathroom by cutting them with a cleaver. As he is finished he calls everyone over the intercom to come over to fetch a piece.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years
ago
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召
=
刀
+
口
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刀
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dao1
=
d
+
ao1
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surname Dao |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 刀
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dao1
=
d
+
ao1
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knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / (slang) dollar (loanword) |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 刀
In other characters: More like a cleaver, while 刂 is a kitchen knife.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years
ago
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Don Quixote serves his good deed of the day in front of the Taos Pueblo. In order to feed the people, he uses a plough to dig up some bananas, and cuts them into slices with a broad cleaver type knife.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 3 years
ago
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刀
=
㇆
+
丿
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㇆
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㇆
=
一
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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) |
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
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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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] |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 亅
Doesn't 亅 look like a crowbar? Zeus (ju-) shows off his mighty crowbars (亅) in the entrance of the Erechtheion (-e2).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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刀
=
㇆
+
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] |
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
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Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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召
=
刀
+
口
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口
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kou3
=
k
+
ou3
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mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 口
口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is watching a mouth-watering mandarin in the Louvre (-ou3).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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轺
=
召
+
车
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车
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车
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七
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十
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七
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qi1
=
qi
+
Ø1
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seven / 7 |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 七
In other components: the Seven-Branched Laser Sword.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
The Queen of Hearts is testing her new Seven-Branched Laser Sword in front of the space station. She's slicing flutes and shovels.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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七
=
一
+
乚
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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) |
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
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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七
=
一
+
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] |
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
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Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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车
=
七
+
十
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十
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shi2
=
sh
+
Ø2
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ten / 10 |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 十
Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing, which just arrived at the entrance of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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十
=
一
+
丨
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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) |
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
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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十
=
一
+
丨
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