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屉

drawer / tier / tray | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 屉

Mother Teresa (ti) finds a ghost (尸) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and thinks what a poor being it is! It stuffs the ghost into a drawer (屉) and sends it off to the WHO (世) so that they can take care of it. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 1 year ago | add a painting

屉
=
尸
+
世

尸

shi1 =
sh + Ø1

person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies) / to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 屍|尸[shi1] / corpse | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 尸

Sherlock Holmes is investigating a ghost in front of the space station. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

屉
=
尸
+
世

世

shi4 =
sh + Ø4

surname Shi | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 世

shi4 =
sh + Ø4

life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 世

Mnemonic symbol: the WTO or WHO.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) is cleaning a flower pot (廿) under the shower of the space station's bathroom (Ø4) with a loofah (L) because he didn't quite understand a poster next to the shower from the WHO (世) explaining dangers arising from different germs.

In this case, L is for loofah. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years ago | add a painting

世
=
廿
+
L

廿

nian4 =
ni + an4

twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions / also written using banker's character 念 | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 廿

This character looks like a flower pot. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years ago | add a painting

Nefertiti needs to vent off steam. In Anchor Inn's bathroom she finds a flower pot with twenty flutes inside. With a single swing with her double axe, she splits all twenty flutes. Afterwards, she feels much better. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years ago | add a painting

廿
=
卄
+
一

卄

nian4 =
ni + an4

twenty, twentieth | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 卄

Symbol: double axe. Here's why: 20 -> XX -> "double-x" -> "double axe".

Nefertiti (ni) is rebuilding her kingdom in the bathroom of Anchor Inn (an4). She's shaping twenty (卄) dinosaur bones (丨) with a double axe (卄) and stacking them on top of one (一) flute (一). - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

卄
=
一
+
丨

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, about 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

卄
=
一
+
丨

丨

gun3 =
gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丨

This character shall be represented by a dinosaur bone when it appears in other characters. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

Mnemonic symbol: dinosaur bone.

Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the Forbidden City (-(e)n3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

shu4 =
shu + Ø4

see 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丨

廿
=
卄
+
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, about 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

世
=
廿
+
L

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屉 is not a component of another character.

屉 is the simplified version of 屜 .

HSK level: 5

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

ti	Mother Teresa - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 3 years ago
Ø4	"Ø4" is happening in the bathroom of the space station. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 3 years ago

Words with 屉

抽 chou1 屉 ti5		drawer (HSK level 5)
三 san1 屉 ti2 桌 zhuo1		three-drawer desk (traditional Chinese piece of furniture)
笼 long2 屉 ti4		bamboo steamer (for buns or dimsum)

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屉 is not a component of another character.

屉 is the simplified version of 屜 .

HSK level: 5

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

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