哼
=
亨 + 口
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亨
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heng1
=
h
+
(e)ng1
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prosperous / henry (unit of inductance) |
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Mnemonic symbol: American scientist Joseph Henry.
Before Henry (亨) invented inductance he used to hang out with Hamlet (h) a lot in front of Stonehenge ((e)ng1). One day he observed Hamlet shifting a mandarin (口) from a price cup (了) to a beret (亠) and vice versa, which gave him the idea of putting an iron core into an electromagnet.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, 4 months
ago
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亨
=
亠 + 口 + 了
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亠
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tou2
=
t
+
ou2
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"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8) |
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亠 looks like a beret! Tecumseh (t-) just entered the Louvre (-ou2), wearing his beret. He made it himself using a flute (一) and a petal leaf (丶).
- 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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亠
=
丶 + 一
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丶
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zhu3
=
zhu
+
Ø3
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"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3] |
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This character shall be represented by a petal leaf when appearing in other characters.
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
George Giant Squid is trying out two petal leafs as eyebrows in the space station.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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亠
=
丶 + 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) |
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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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亨
=
亠 + 口 + 了
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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 |
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口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is watching a mouth-watering mandarin in the Louvre (-ou3).
- 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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亨
=
亠 + 口 + 了
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了
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le5
=
l
+
e5
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(modal particle intensifying preceding clause) / (completed action marker) |
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Sir Lancelot has finished his preparations to fight the world. There he stands ready, on top of the Erechtheion, with a sickle and a crowbar in his hands.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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liao3
=
li
+
ao3
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to finish / to achieve / to understand |
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Li Qingzhao is racing for a new world record in the Taos Pueblo: She's trying to juggle as many sickles as fast as possible with two crowbars. As she finishes, she grabs her earned prize cup.
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ago
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Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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liao3
=
li
+
ao3
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(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly |
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了
=
乛 + 亅
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了
=
乛 + 亅
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亅
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jue2
=
ju
+
e2
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"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1] |
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Doesn't 亅 look like a crowbar? Zeus (ju-) shows off his mighty crowbars (亅) in the entrance of the Erechtheion (-e2).
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ago
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
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