塾
=
土
+
孰
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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
+
一
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十
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shi2
=
sh
+
Ø2
|
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).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 5 years
ago
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ago
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ago
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十
=
一
+
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).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 5 years
ago
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ago
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ago
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十
=
一
+
丨
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土
=
十
+
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) |
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 5 years
ago
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ago
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ago
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塾
=
土
+
孰
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孰
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孰
=
丸
+
享
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丸
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wan2
=
w
+
an2
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ball / pellet / pill |
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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 3 years
ago
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丸
=
丶
+
九
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丶
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zhu3
=
zhu
+
Ø3
|
"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.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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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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ago
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丸
=
丶
+
九
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九
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jiu3
=
ji
+
ou3
|
nine / 9 |
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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, over 4 years
ago
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ago
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九
=
丿
+
一
+
乚
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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).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 5 years
ago
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ago
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ago
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九
=
丿
+
一
+
乚
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一
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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 5 years
ago
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ago
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ago
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九
=
丿
+
一
+
乚
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乚
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ya4
=
y
+
a4
|
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).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 5 years
ago
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ago
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ago
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孰
=
丸
+
享
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享
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享
=
亠
+
口
+
子
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亠
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tou2
=
t
+
ou2
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"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, about 5 years
ago
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ago
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ago
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亠
=
丶
+
一
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丶
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zhu3
=
zhu
+
Ø3
|
"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.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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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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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) |
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 5 years
ago
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ago
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ago
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享
=
亠
+
口
+
子
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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, about 5 years
ago
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ago
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ago
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享
=
亠
+
口
+
子
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子
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zi3
=
z
+
Ø3
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son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 子
Zorro wants to eat an egg in the space station, and he already put it in a prize cup, as he has no egg cup. He also lacks a spoon, so he uses a big flute to crush the egg open.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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zi5
=
z
+
Ø5
|
(noun suffix) |
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子
=
了
+
一
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了
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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, about 4 years
ago
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ago
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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, almost 5 years
ago
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ago
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ago
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liao3
=
li
+
ao3
|
(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
|
"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, about 5 years
ago
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ago
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ago
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子
=
了
+
一
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一
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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 5 years
ago
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ago
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