醯
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酉
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酉
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you3
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y
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ou3
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10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster |
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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, almost 3 years
ago
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酉
=
兀
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日
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兀
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wu4
=
w
+
Ø4
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surname Wu |
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wu4
=
w
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Ø4
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cut off the feet / rising to a height / towering / bald |
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Mnemonic symbol: A 胡兀尔, a kind of Chinese fiddle with four strings, more commonly known as 四胡.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 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, over 3 years
ago
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兀
=
一
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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) |
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Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 5 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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兀
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一
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儿
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儿
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er2
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Ø
+
Ø2
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son |
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"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,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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r5
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non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final |
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儿
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丿
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乚
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丿
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pie3
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pi
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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).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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儿
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丿
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乚
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乚
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ya4
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y
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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,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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酉
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兀
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日
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日
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ri4
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r
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Ø4
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sun / day / date, day of the month / abbr. for 日本 Japan |
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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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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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日
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囗
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一
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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).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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日
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囗
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一
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一
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yi1
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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
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 5 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
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