Mandarin Banana

哼

to groan / to snort / to hum / to croon / humph! | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 哼

In front of Stonehenge ((e)ng1), Joseph Henry (亨) finally has the idea how to build his coil and exclaims "hurrah!", accidentally throwing away Hamlet's (h) mandarin (口) so Hamlet just says "humph!" (哼). - Mnemonic by Matthias, 2 months ago | add a painting

哼
=
亨
+
口

亨

heng1 =
h + (e)ng1

prosperous / henry (unit of inductance) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 亨

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, 2 months ago | add a painting

亨
=
亠
+
口
+
了

亠

tou2 =
t + ou2

"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 亠

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 | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

亠
=
丶
+
一

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, about 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

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

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

亠
=
丶
+
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

亨
=
亠
+
口
+
了

口

kou3 =
k + ou3

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, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

亨
=
亠
+
口
+
了

了

le5 = l + e5	(modal particle intensifying preceding clause) / (completed action marker) \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 了 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 \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 3 years ago
liao3 = li + ao3	to finish / to achieve / to understand \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 了 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. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 3 years ago Image by Matthias, over 3 years ago
liao3 = li + ao3	(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 了

了
=
乛
+
亅

乛

zhe2 =
zh + e2

variant of 乙[zhe2] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 乛

A sickle. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

了
=
乛
+
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,
about 4 years ago

哼
=
亨
+
口

口

kou3 =
k + ou3

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, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

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哼 has no simplified variant.

HSK level: 6

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

h	Hamlet - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, almost 4 years ago
(e)ng1	In front of Stonehenge - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, about 4 years ago

Words with 哼

哼 heng1 唱 chang4		to hum / to croon
哼 heng1 唧 ji5		whisper
气 qi4 哼 heng1 哼 heng1		enraged / furious / livid
哼 heng1 哼 heng1 唧 ji1 唧 ji1		whining / groaning / muttering
哼 heng1 声 sheng1		hum
嗯 en5 哼 heng1		uh-huh
哼 heng1 哧 chi1		to puff hard (e.g. after running)
哼 heng1 儿 r5 哈 ha1 儿 r5		to hem and haw (loanword)
作 zuo4 哼 heng1 声 sheng1		snort