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酥
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酥
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禾
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酉
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禾
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he2
=
h
+
e2
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cereal / grain |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 禾
A bowl of cereals. Hamlet made himself a bowl of cereals with bananas and a Christmas tree just inside the entrance of the Erechtheion. He thinks the entrance of the Erechtheion is a stage, and holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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ago
Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
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禾
=
丿
+
木
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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, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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禾
=
丿
+
木
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木
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mu4
=
mu
+
Ø4
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surname Mu |
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mu4
=
mu
+
Ø4
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tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 木
Malte Monkey is putting up a Christmas tree in the bathroom of the space station. He puts up a cross, on which he puts eight balls (as Christmas balls).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
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木
=
八
+
十
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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 (㇏).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
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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] |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丿
Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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八
=
丿
+
㇏
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木
=
八
+
十
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十
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shi2
=
sh
+
Ø2
|
ten / 10 |
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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, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,almost 4 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, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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十
=
一
+
丨
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酥
=
禾
+
酉
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酉
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you3
=
y
+
ou3
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10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 酉
The rooster and Maud Younger are taking part in a re-enactment in the Louvre. They re-enact former times by getting up with sunrise; the rooster stands on top of the sun and crows so that everybody gets up, and Maud Younger plays a traditional sihu fiddle.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years
ago
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酉
=
兀
+
日
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兀
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wu4
=
w
+
Ø4
|
surname Wu |
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wu4
=
w
+
Ø4
|
cut off the feet / rising to a height / towering / bald |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 兀
Mnemonic symbol: A 胡兀尔, a kind of Chinese fiddle with four strings, more commonly known as 四胡.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 3 years
ago
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Sun Wukong is playing his 胡兀尔 in the space station's bathroom, but he's deliberatly playing very badly in order to annoy Willy Walrus. Willy Walrus is so annoyed that he threatens to cut off Sun Wukong's feet with a flute if he doesn't stop.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 3 years
ago
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兀
=
一
+
儿
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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, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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兀
=
一
+
儿
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儿
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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, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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r5
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non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final |
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儿
=
丿
+
乚
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丿
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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, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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儿
=
丿
+
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).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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酉
=
兀
+
日
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日
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ri4
=
r
+
Ø4
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sun / day / date, day of the month / abbr. for 日本 Japan |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 日
The space station has become too close to the sun. In the bathroom, Robinson Crusoe is hiding from the sun with the help of a wooden box full of flutes.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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ago
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日
=
囗
+
一
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囗
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wei2
=
w
+
ei2
|
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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ago
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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日
=
囗
+
一
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一
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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, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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