鞅
=
央
+
革
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央
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yang1
=
y
+
ang1
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center / end / to beg / to plead |
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Mnemonic symbol: 中央处理机, central processing unit (CPU).
In front of the Angkor Wat, Maud Younger received her new robot. Soon she is not satisfied with his artificial intelligence; to increase it, she staples a CPU to the center of its chest, although the robot begs her not to do so.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years
ago
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央
=
⺆
+
大
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⺆
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xx5
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Character component without inherent meaning |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of ⺆
A staple, as used in a stapler. Therefore, I will represent this character by a stapler.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years
ago
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ago
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央
=
⺆
+
大
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大
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da4
=
d
+
a4
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big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / older (than) / oldest / eldest / greatly / very much / (dialect) father / father's elder or younger brother |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 大
The big, huge robot is doing some workout in the Adziogol Lighthouse's bathroom. He's lifting a flute, on which Don Quixote and Neanderthal man are hanging.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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dai4
=
d
+
ai4
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see 大夫[dai4 fu5] |
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大
=
一
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人
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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 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 5 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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大
=
一
+
人
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人
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ren2
=
r
+
(e)n2
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man / person / people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 人
Robinson Crusoe (r-) has just entered the Forbidden City (-en2), when he suddenly meets Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years
ago
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ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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人
=
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 5 years
ago
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ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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人
=
丿
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㇏
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鞅
=
央
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革
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革
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ge2
=
g
+
e2
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animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office) |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 革
Mnemonic symbol: a cow's hide.
Guy Fawkes (g) arrived at the entrance to the Erechtheion (e2) to visit this year's darts grand finale. He is standing right next to the dart board (中) and cheers for his favourite player using a self-made drum. The drum consists of a flower pot (廿) over which Guy stretched a cow's hide (革). He is beating his drum using a flute (一).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years
ago
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革
=
廿
+
中
+
一
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廿
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nian4
=
ni
+
an4
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twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions / also written using banker's character 念 |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 廿
This character looks like a flower pot.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years
ago
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Nefertiti needs to vent off steam. In Anchor Inn's bathroom she finds a flower pot with twenty flutes inside. With a single swing with her double axe, she splits all twenty flutes. Afterwards, she feels much better.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years
ago
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廿
=
卄
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一
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卄
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nian4
=
ni
+
an4
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twenty, twentieth |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 卄
Symbol: double axe. Here's why: 20 -> XX -> "double-x" -> "double axe".
Nefertiti (ni) is rebuilding her kingdom in the bathroom of Anchor Inn (an4). She's shaping twenty (卄) dinosaur bones (丨) with a double axe (卄) and stacking them on top of one (一) flute (一).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years
ago
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卄
=
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 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 5 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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卄
=
一
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丨
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廿
=
卄
+
一
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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 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 5 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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革
=
廿
+
中
+
一
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中
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中
=
丨
+
口
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中
=
丨
+
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 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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革
=
廿
+
中
+
一
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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 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 5 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
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