silent / solitary / Taiwan pr. [ji2]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) has a philosophy doctoral viva with her uncle (叔) Arthur Schopenhauer (叔) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but she remains completely silent (寂) for the whole time. Arthur Schopenhauer is impressed by her nihilistic performance and hands her her well-earned graduation cap (宀).

寂 character breakdown

uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2]

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: Arthur Schopenhauer, 叔本华.

Sheldon Shrimp's (shu) uncle (叔), Arthur Schopenhauer (叔), is teaching him how to box in front of the space station (Ø1). On top (上) of a giant daisy (小), they are boxing wearing boxing gloves (又).
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀). Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to go to the anthill after her graduation from university. In the anthill's kitchen (an2), her friends snatch away her graduation cap (宀), and instead put a cooking top (冖) and a petal leaf (丶) on her head.

Characters with 寂 as component

寂 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 寂

lonely / lonesome / (of a place) quiet / silent
lonesome / desolate
(literary) quiet and desolate / lonely / vast and empty
unwilling to remain lonely or idle / unwilling to be left out
cold and desolate / lonely
to die out / to fade away / nirvana (Buddhism)
silent / quiet
death / to pass away (of Buddhist monks, nuns etc)

Sentences with 寂

寂 currently does not appear in any sentence.