孳
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兹
+
子
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兹
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zi1
=
z
+
Ø1
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now / here / this / time / year |
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Mnemonic symbol: a Nimitz class airplane carrier.
Zorro (z) prepares to join the Navy and enter the Nimitz class (兹) airplane carrier now (兹) in front of the space station (Ø1). Before he leaves though he prepares by smoking his remaining weed (䒑) and hiding two aces (𢆶) in his sleeves.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years
ago
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兹
=
䒑
+
𢆶
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䒑
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䒑
=
丷
+
一
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䒑
=
丷
+
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, almost 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 5 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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兹
=
䒑
+
𢆶
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𢆶
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𢆶
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幺
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幺
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yao1
=
y
+
ao1
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surname Yao |
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yao1
=
y
+
ao1
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youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 幺
Mnemonic symbol from 幺点, ace: an ace card.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years
ago
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Maud Younger is going to a poker tournament in the Taos Pueblo. Before she enters, she hides an ace in her fake nose in front of the Taos Pueblo.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years
ago
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幺
=
厶
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孳
=
兹
+
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, over 3 years
ago
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zi5
=
z
+
Ø5
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(noun suffix) |
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子
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了
+
一
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了
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le5
=
l
+
e5
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(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
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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.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
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] |
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
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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子
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了
+
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, almost 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 5 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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