Mandarin Banana

闍

du1 = du + Ø1	defensive platform over gate / barbican \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 闍
she2 = sh + e2	(used in Buddhist transliteration) \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 闍

闍
=
者
+
門

者

zhe3 =
zh + e3

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 者

George Washington is riding on the sun with two clay bananas as shoes. He's a clay banana sun rider. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years ago | add a painting

The sun is wearing a crown. This reminds me of Louis XIV, le Roi Soleil, the Sun King. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago | add a painting

The crown wearing sun, the Sun King and George Washington are sticking their clay bananas in the air as if they were the three musketeers. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago | add a painting

者
=
⺹
+
日

⺹

xx5

character component without inherent meaning | add a mnemonic for this meaning of ⺹

A banana made from clay. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years ago | add a painting

Looks a bit like a crown, which may very well have clay bananas attached to it. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago | add a painting

⺹
=
土
+
丿

土

tu3 =
tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 土

tu3 =
tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 土

Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station (Ø3). It's hard to do it in outer space, so he uses some dust and clay (土) to fix the two things together. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

土
=
十
+
一

十

shi2 =
sh + Ø2

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, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

十
=
一
+
丨

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, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

十
=
一
+
丨

丨

gun3 =
gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丨

This character shall be represented by a dinosaur bone when it appears in other characters. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

Mnemonic symbol: dinosaur bone.

Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the Forbidden City (-(e)n3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

shu4 =
shu + Ø4

see 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丨

土
=
十
+
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, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

⺹
=
土
+
丿

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, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

者
=
⺹
+
日

日

ri4 =
r + Ø4

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 | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

日
=
囗
+
一

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, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

日
=
囗
+
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, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

闍
=
者
+
門

門

men2 = m + (e)n2	surname Men \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 門
men2 = m + (e)n2	gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個\|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 門

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闍 is not a component of another character.

闍 is the traditional variant of 阇 .

闍 is not part of the HSK.

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

du	Doggy Dog - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting
Ø1	"Ø1" is happening in front of the space station. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, about 4 years ago
sh	"sh" is for Sherlock Holmes. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, about 4 years ago
e2	Just inside the entrance of the Erechtheion - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, almost 4 years ago

Words with 闍

瞽 gu3 阇 she2		blind monk / refers to famous blind historian 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
阇 she2 梨 li2		Buddhist monk (Sanskrit: jala)
阇 she2 黎 li2		Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration) / also written 闍棃\|阇梨[she2 li2]
阿 a1 阇 she2 梨 li2		Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration) / also written 阿闍黎\|阿阇黎[a1 she2 li2]
阿 a1 阇 she2 黎 li2		Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration) / also written 阿闍梨\|阿阇梨[a1 she2 li2]

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闍

Stroke order

闍 is not a component of another character.

闍 is the traditional variant of 阇 .

闍 is not part of the HSK.

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

Words with 闍

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