堨
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土
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曷
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土
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tu3
=
tu
+
Ø3
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Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu |
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tu3
=
tu
+
Ø3
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earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] |
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Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station (Ø3). It's hard to do it in outer space, so he uses some dust and clay (土) to fix the two things together.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 5 years
ago
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土
=
十
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一
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十
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shi2
=
sh
+
Ø2
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ten / 10 |
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Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing, which just arrived at the entrance of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).
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ago
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十
=
一
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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) |
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Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1).
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ago
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十
=
一
+
丨
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土
=
十
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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).
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ago
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ago
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堨
=
土
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曷
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曷
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he2
=
h
+
e2
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why / how / when / what / where |
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So many questions! That's why I'm gonna represent this with a quiz wheel. Each section of the wheel corresponds to one of the question words.
The beggar from ancient Egypt (匃) is the candidate in a quiz game just inside the entrance of the Erechtheion (e2). His quiz master is Hamlet (h), and the quiz wheel (曷) is spun by the sun (日).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years
ago
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曷
=
匃
+
日
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匃
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gai4
=
g
+
ai4
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variant of 丐[gai4] |
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Mnemonic symbol: a beggar from ancient Egypt.
The beggar from ancient Egypt (匃) found work as an elephant (勹) rider. He rides his elephant through the palace's bathroom (ai4) while the elephant carries a sarcophagus (亾) with his trunk. He doesn't know that Guy Fawkes (g) secretly sneaked into the sarcophagus to hitch a ride.
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匃
=
亾
+
勹
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亾
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wang2
=
w
+
ang2
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old variant of 亡[wang2] |
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My mnemonic for 亡 is a tombstone, so this ancient variant gets to be a sarcophagus.
Willy Walrus (w) has to bury Neanderthal Man (人) just inside the entrance of the Angkor Wat (ang2). Neanderthal Man is lying in a half open sarcophagus (亾) next to him, and he uses a shovel (乚) to dig the grave.
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ago
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亾
=
乚
+
人
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乚
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ya4
=
y
+
a4
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component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3] |
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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).
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ago
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亾
=
乚
+
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] |
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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 (㇏).
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ago
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人
=
丿
+
㇏
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丿
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pie3
=
pi
+
e3
|
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3] |
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Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3).
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ago
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人
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丿
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㇏
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匃
=
亾
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勹
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勹
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bao1
=
b
+
ao1
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archaic variant of 包[bao1] |
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This one looks like an elephant. Beelzebub rides an elephant in front of the Taos Pueblo, turning the soil with a plough. Lots of bananas show up from the earth.
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勹
=
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] |
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Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3).
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ago
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ago
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勹
=
丿
+
㇆
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㇆
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㇆
=
一
+
亅
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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).
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ago
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ago
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㇆
=
一
+
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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曷
=
匃
+
日
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日
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ri4
=
r
+
Ø4
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sun / day / date, day of the month / abbr. for 日本 Japan |
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The space station has become too close to the sun. In the bathroom, Robinson Crusoe is hiding from the sun with the help of a wooden box full of flutes.
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ago
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日
=
囗
+
一
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囗
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wei2
=
w
+
ei2
|
enclosure |
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Finally, Willy Walrus (wu-) is just inside the entrance of the Eiffel Tower (-ei2). He smuggled himself in sitting in a large wooden box (囗).
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ago
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日
=
囗
+
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).
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ago
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