Mandarin Banana

屋

house / room / CL:間|间[jian1],個|个[ge4] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 屋

Willy Walrus lives in the space station, but sometimes he goes out into his small garden shack. Today, something is just wrong, and when he visits the shack's arrival part, he knows why: A ghost has arrived! - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years ago | add a painting

屋
=
尸
+
至

尸

shi1 =
sh + Ø1

person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies) / to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 屍|尸[shi1] / corpse | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 尸

Sherlock Holmes is investigating a ghost in front of the space station. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

屋
=
尸
+
至

至

zhi4 =
zh + Ø4

to arrive / most / to / until | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 至

George Washington finally got the package he was waiting for! He picks it up from the arrivals in the bathroom of the space station. In it is a flute, which he sticks into his nose. He blows his nose, and boy, does a lot of clay come out! He's glad to have a free nose again. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years ago | add a painting

I'll represent this characters by one of these conveyor belts from which you pick up your suitcase when you arrived at an airport. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago | add a painting

至
=
一
+
厶
+
土

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, almost 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 5 years ago

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

至
=
一
+
厶
+
土

厶

mou3 = m + ou3	old variant of 某[mou3] \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 厶
si1 = s + Ø1	old variant of 私[si1] \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 厶 It's a fake nose! Socrates (s) is wearing his fake nose (厶) in outer space, in front of the space station (Ø1). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, about 3 years ago

至
=
一
+
厶
+
土

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, almost 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 5 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,
over 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, almost 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 5 years ago

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

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屋 appears as component in

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屋 has no simplified variant.

HSK level: 5

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

w	Willy Walrus - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, about 4 years ago
Ø1	"Ø1" is happening in front of the space station. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 4 years ago

Words with 屋

屋 wu1 子 zi5		house / room / CL:間\|间[jian1] (HSK level 5)
屋 wu1 檐 yan2		eaves
屋 wu1 顶 ding3		roof / CL:個\|个[ge4]
小 xiao3 屋 wu1		cabin / lodge / cottage / chalet / hut / shed
屋 wu1 脊 ji3		roof ridge
咖 ka1 啡 fei1 屋 wu1		coffee house / café / CL:家[jia1]
茅 mao2 屋 wu1		thatched cottage
房 fang2 屋 wu1		house / building / CL:所[suo3],套[tao4]
草 cao3 屋 wu1		thatched hut
同 tong2 屋 wu1		roommate / CL:個\|个[ge4]
屋 wu1 面 mian4		roof
名 ming2 古 gu3 屋 wu1		Nagoya, city in Japan
华 hua2 屋 wu1		magnificent residence / splendid house
发 fa4 屋 wu1		barber's shop
建 jian4 屋 wu1 互 hu4 助 zhu4 会 hui4		building society (finance)
爱 ai4 屋 wu1 及 ji2 乌 wu1		lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected / Love me, love my dog.
爱 ai4 屋 wu1 及 ji2 鸟 niao3		see 愛屋及烏\|爱屋及乌[ai4 wu1 ji2 wu1]
房 fang2 屋 wu1 中 zhong1 介 jie4		housing agent / real estate agent
扒 ba1 屋 wu1 牵 qian1 牛 niu2		to sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb) / to strip of everything
排 pai2 屋 wu1		terraced house
新 xin1 屋 wu1		Xinwu or Hsinwu township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣\|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan
新 xin1 屋 wu1 乡 xiang1		Xinwu or Hsinwu township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣\|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan
次 ci4 级 ji2 房 fang2 屋 wu1 信 xin4 贷 dai4 危 wei1 机 ji1		subprime mortgage crisis
活 huo2 动 dong4 房 fang2 屋 wu1		prefabricated building / prefab / mobile home / caravan / trailer
海 hai3 砂 sha1 屋 wu1		house built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand / see also 海砂[hai3 sha1]
狗 gou3 屋 wu1		kennel
破 po4 屋 wu1 又 you4 遭 zao1 连 lian2 夜 ye4 雨 yu3		see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨\|屋漏偏逢连夜雨[wu1 lou4 pian1 feng2 lian2 ye4 yu3]
组 zu3 屋 wu1		HDB flats / public apartment flats (in Singapore and Malaysia)
茅 mao2 屋 wu1 顶 ding3		thatch roof
华 hua2 屋 wu1 丘 qiu1 墟 xu1		magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins
那 na4 古 gu3 屋 wu1		Nagoya, city in Japan (old spelling)
重 chong2 屋 wu1		lit. multiple roof / building of several stories
金 jin1 屋 wu1 藏 cang2 娇 jiao1		a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom); a magnificent house built for a beloved woman
陋 lou4 屋 wu1		humble dwelling
头 tou2 屋 wu1		Touwu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣\|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
头 tou2 屋 wu1 乡 xiang1		Touwu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣\|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
鬼 gui3 屋 wu1		haunted house
世 shi4 界 jie4 屋 wu1 脊 ji3		the roof of the world / usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2]
鸟 niao3 屋 wu1		birdhouse
仰 yang3 屋 wu1		to lie looking at the ceiling (in despair)