击

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [ji2]

击 = 凵 + 扌 : Joan of Arc (ji) locked herself out of the space station again. In front of the space station (Ø1) she tries to break (击) the door open using her electric mortar (击). The mortar has to be a few meters away from the door but the receptacle (凵) for its cord is right next to the door, so Joan of Arc plugs the mortar in using a toy claw (扌).

击 character breakdown

击
- 凵
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一

凵

kǎn = k + an3

receptacle

Mnemonic symbol: receptacle as in wall plug.

Karl Marx (k) wants to recharge his phone in the anthill's living room (an3), but he can't find a receptacle (凵).

扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 击 as component

陆

陸

lù = lu + Ø4

(bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)

陆

陸

liù = li + ou4

six (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

陆

陸

lù = lu + Ø4

shore / land / continent

陆 = 击 + 阝 : Lenny Lemur (lu) is helping the pope (阝) to conquer earth from the space station's bathroom (Ø4). As they fly over the different continents (陆) they threaten them using their mortar (击).

陆

陸

lù = lu + Ø4

surname Lu

揺

yáo = y + ao2

Japanese variant of 搖|摇[yao2]

Words with 击

击

击 character breakdown

Characters with 击 as component

Words with 击

Sentences with 击