文

surname Wen

language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

文 = 乂 + 亠 : Willy Walrus just entered the encampment. He wants to give his beret to the cloakroom personnel, but it's so dirty that they will only touch it with pliers. Willy Walrus is quite offended by this strange culture.

文 = 乂 + 亠 : A thick book.

文 character breakdown

文
- 乂
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 亠
  - 一
  - 丶

乂

yì = y + Ø4

to regulate / to govern / to control / to mow

乂 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: 乂 looks like pliers. Maud Younger (y) is using pliers (乂) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to regulate (乂) and control (乂) the water flow of the sink. Using the pliers she has to pull a lot of bananas (丿) and fingers (㇏) out of the sink.

亠

tóu = t + ou2

"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)

亠 = 丶 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: 亠 looks like a beret. Tecumseh (t) is killing time in the Outhouse's kitchen (ou2) by playing a game. His goal is to blow a petal leaf (丶) into a beret (亠) by blowing air through a flute (一).

Characters with 文 as component

这

這

zhè = zh + e4

(pronoun) this; these / (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)

这 = 文 + 辶 : James II of England (zh) is carrying a heavy book (文) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). This (这) book is so heavy that his gladiator sandals (辶) are sinking deep into the sand.

齐

齊

qí = qi + Ø2

neat / even / level with / identical / simultaneous / all together / to even sth out

齐 = 文 + 丿 + 丨 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) built a drum and a gong (齐). She made the drum by carving a hole into a big book (文) and spanning a hide over the hole very evenly (齐). The gong also consists of a huge book which has been cast in bronze, and its surface is quite even (齐). She can readily beat the drum using a dinosaur bone (丨), but when she strikes the gong with a banana (丿), the gong doesn't make any sound. The drum is ready, but the gong is not.

齐

齊

qí = qi + Ø2

(name of states and dynasties at several different periods) / surname Qi

刘

劉

liú = li + ou2

surname Liu

刘 = 刂 + 文 : Mnemonic symbol: 刘三姐, third sister Liu.

Li Qingzhao and Liu Sanjie are fighting for the title "artist of the universe" in the outhouse's kitchen. Their weapons: each one has a knife, and a thick book of her respective works to use as a shield.

刘

劉

liú = li + ou2

(classical) a type of battle-ax / to kill / to slaughter

斑

ba̅n = b + an1

spot / colored patch / stripe / spotted / striped / variegated

斑 = 文 + 玨 : Beelzebub (b) is reading a thick book (文) about necklaces (玨) in front of the anthill (an1) when he spots that there are a lot of yellow spots (斑) on each page.

纹

紋

wén = w + (e)n2

line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc)

纹 = 文 + 纟 : Willy Walrus (w) wants to continue reading his favorite book (文) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2), but he finds that a silk worm (纟) left a lot of traces (纹) where it ate through the book.

蚊

wén = w + (e)n2

mosquito

蚊

蟁

wén = w + (e)n2

old variant of 蚊[wen2]

蚊

螡

wén = w + (e)n2

old variant of 蚊[wen2]

坟

墳

fén = f + (e)n2

grave / tomb / CL:座[zuo4] / embankment / mound / ancient book

坟 = 土 + 文 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is digging its own grave (坟) right in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). While digging the grave it piles up a lot of dirt (土) which forms a small mound. Frankenstein's Monster plans to use a thick book (文) as a tombstone.

虔

qián = qi + an2

to act with reverence / reverent

紊

wěn = w + (e)n3

involved / tangled / disorderly / confused / chaotic / Taiwan pr. [wen4]

紊 = 文 + 糸 : Willy Walrus (w) wants to go out, but his silken scarf (糸) got entangled (紊) in a disorderly (紊) heap of books (文) in the encampment ((e)n3).