Mandarin Banana

势

power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 势

The space station's scientists want to conduct an experiment in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to find the momentum (势) and potential energy (势) of a pendulum in zero gravity. Everything is already set up, they just have to push the power button (力)—but Sherlock Holmes (sh) insists on seeing their license (执) first before he allows it. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 2 years ago | add a painting

势
=
力
+
执

力

li4 =
li + Ø4

surname Li | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 力

li4 =
li + Ø4

power / force / strength / ability / strenuously | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 力

Mnemonic symbol: a power button.

Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

力
=
㇆
+
丿

㇆

xx5	A stroke without inherent meaning \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of ㇆ A flute and a crowbar are forming a plough. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 3 years ago Image by Matthias, over 3 years ago

㇆
=
一
+
亅

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

㇆
=
一
+
亅

亅

jue2 =
ju + e2

"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 亅

Doesn't 亅 look like a crowbar? Zeus (ju-) shows off his mighty crowbars (亅) in the entrance of the Erechtheion (-e2). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

力
=
㇆
+
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

势
=
力
+
执

执

zhi2 =
zh + Ø2

to execute (a plan) / to grasp | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 执

Mnemonic symbol: 执照, "license".

Just as he entered the space station George Washington is being held up at the security check. With a toy claw somebody confronts him with a bag of painkillers they found and they ask him to show his drug license. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years ago | add a painting

执
=
丸
+
扌

丸

wan2 =
w + an2

ball / pellet / pill | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丸

Mnemonic symbol: a bag of painkillers.

Willy Walrus feels like floating on cloud nine after he took too many painkillers. Floating on cloud nine just inside the entrance of the Anchor Inn he covers himself with a large petal leaf and just wants to sleep. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years ago | add a painting

丸
=
丶
+
九

丶

zhu3 =
zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丶

This character shall be represented by a petal leaf when appearing in other characters. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

George Giant Squid is trying out two petal leafs as eyebrows in the space station. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

丸
=
丶
+
九

九

jiu3 =
ji + ou3

nine / 9 | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 九

Jeanne d'Arc is on cloud nine in the Louvre. With a shovel, she dug up a banana: when she peeled it she found a flute inside, with which she instantly fell in love. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

九
=
丿
+
一
+
乚

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

九
=
丿
+
一
+
乚

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

九
=
丿
+
一
+
乚

乚

ya4 =
y + a4

component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 乚

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 | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

执
=
丸
+
扌

扌

xx5	hand radical \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 扌 A toy claw. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting

扌
=
二
+
亅

二

er4 =
Ø + Ø4

two / 2 / stupid (Beijing dialect) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 二

As a component in other characters, 二 represents a capacitor. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor.

Albert Einstein (-) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (-4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一). - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

二
=
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

扌
=
二
+
亅

亅

jue2 =
ju + e2

"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 亅

Doesn't 亅 look like a crowbar? Zeus (ju-) shows off his mighty crowbars (亅) in the entrance of the Erechtheion (-e2). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

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势 is not a component of another character.

势 is the simplified version of 勢 .

HSK level: 5

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

sh	"sh" is for Sherlock Holmes. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, almost 4 years ago
Ø4	"Ø4" is happening in the bathroom of the space station. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, about 4 years ago

Words with 势

趋 qu1 势 shi4		trend / tendency (HSK level 5)
优 you1 势 shi4		superiority / dominance / advantage (HSK level 5)
形 xing2 势 shi4		circumstances / situation / terrain / CL:個\|个[ge4] (HSK level 5)
姿 zi1 势 shi4		posture / position (HSK level 5)
气 qi4 势 shi4		imposing manner / loftiness / grandeur / energetic looks / vigor (HSK level 6)
局 ju2 势 shi4		situation / state (of affairs) (HSK level 6)
势 shi4 力 li5		power / (ability to) influence (HSK level 6)
手 shou3 势 shi4		gesture / sign / signal (HSK level 6)
地 di4 势 shi4		terrain / topography relief (HSK level 6)
势 shi4 必 bi4		to be bound to / undoubtedly will (HSK level 6)
声 sheng1 势 shi4		fame and power / prestige / influence / impetus / momentum (HSK level 6)
权 quan2 势 shi4		power / influence
火 huo3 势 shi4		intensity of a fire / lively / flourishing
气 qi4 势 shi4 汹 xiong1 汹 xiong1		aggressive / truculent / overbearing
时 shi2 势 shi4		current situation / circumstances / current trend
大 da4 势 shi4 所 suo3 趋 qu1		general trend / irresistible trend
人 ren2 多 duo1 势 shi4 众 zhong4		many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers.
劣 lie4 势 shi4		inferior / disadvantaged
装 zhuang1 腔 qiang1 作 zuo4 势 shi4		posturing / pretentious / affected
势 shi4 如 ru2 破 po4 竹 zhu2		like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force
攻 gong1 势 shi4		(military) offensive
架 jia4 势 shi5		attitude / position (on an issue etc)
势 shi4 利 li4		snobbish
势 shi4 头 tou2		power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things
情 qing2 势 shi4		situation / circumstance
势 shi4 能 neng2		potential energy
态 tai4 势 shi4		posture / situation
定 ding4 势 shi4		attitude / mindset / prejudice
弱 ruo4 势 shi4		vulnerable / weak
势 shi4 均 jun1 力 li4 敌 di2		evenly matched adversaries (idiom)
颓 tui2 势 shi4		decline (in fortune)
国 guo2 势 shi4		national strength / situation in a state
守 shou3 势 shi4		defensive position / guard
势 shi4 不 bu4 两 liang3 立 li4		the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints
顺 shun4 势 shi4		to take advantage / to seize an opportunity / in passing / without taking extra trouble / conveniently
强 qiang2 势 shi4		strong / powerful / (linguistics) emphatic / intensive
均 jun1 势 shi4		equilibrium of forces / balance of power
长 zhang3 势 shi4		how well a crop (or plant) is growing / growth
阵 zhen4 势 shi4		battle array / disposition of forces / situation / circumstance
势 shi4 利 li4 眼 yan3		to be self-interested

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势

Stroke order

势 is not a component of another character.

势 is the simplified version of 勢 .

HSK level: 5

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

Words with 势

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