殥
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寅
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歹
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寅
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yin2
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y
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(e)n2
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3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger |
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Mnemonic symbol: a plush tiger.
Maud Younger (y) and her plush tiger (寅) just graduated. Wearing their graduation hats (宀) they come out of the entrance of the Forbidden City ((e)n2) where they had to study for years and celebrate their new freedom by drinking cuba libres (由). They also are overjoyed that finally they can spend their time just having fun: the plush tiger uses a flute (一) as a bat to shoot an eightball (八) into Maud's direction, who catches it using her graduation cap as baseball glove.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years
ago
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寅
=
一
+
八
+
宀
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由
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一
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yi1
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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, about 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 5 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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寅
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一
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八
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宀
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由
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八
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ba1
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b
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a1
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eight / 8 |
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Mnemonic symbol: eightball.
Beelzebub (b-) is balancing two eightballs in front of the Adziogol Lighthouse (-a1): One on a banana (丿) and one on a finger (㇏).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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八
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丿
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㇏
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丿
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pie3
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pi
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e3
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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, almost 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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八
=
丿
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㇏
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寅
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一
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八
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宀
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由
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mian2
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mi
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an2
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"roof" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc / see also 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4] |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 宀
A roof is not easily represented in a room, so I'm going to represent it by a graduation cap. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to go to Anchor Inn after her graduation from university. Just inside the entrance (-an2), her friends snatch away her graduation cap (symbol for 宀), and instead put a cooking top (symbol for 冖) and a petal leaf (symbol for 丶) on her head.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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宀
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丶
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冖
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丶
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zhu3
=
zhu
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Ø3
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"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3] |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丶
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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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
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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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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宀
=
丶
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冖
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冖
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mi4
=
mi
+
Ø4
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"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 军, 写, 冠 etc / see also 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] / see also 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4] |
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冖 shall be represented by a cooking top. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to use the bathroom in the space station (-4), but the door is broken! She tries to cover herself with a cooking top (symbol for 冖).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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寅
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一
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八
+
宀
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由
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由
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you2
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y
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ou2
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to follow / from / it is for...to / reason / cause / because of / due to / to / to leave it (to sb) / by (introduces passive verb) |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 由
Mnemonic symbol: 自由古巴， a cuba libre. The character 由 itself even looks like a cuba libre.
Maud Younger (y) is taking part in a charity auction just inside the Louvre's entrance (ou2). She is auctioning the dinosaur bone (丨) next to her and is speaking into a microphone (曰). In the other hand she is holding a cuba libre (由), and she is already quite drunk.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years
ago
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由
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丨
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曰
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由
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丨
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曰
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曰
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yue1
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yu
+
e1
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to speak / to say |
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Aphrodite is selling flutes in front of the Erechtheion. She has a whole box of them, and she's advertising them by using a microphone.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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曰
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囗
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一
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囗
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wei2
=
w
+
ei2
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enclosure |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 囗
Finally, Willy Walrus (wu-) is just inside the entrance of the Eiffel Tower (-ei2). He smuggled himself in sitting in a large wooden box (囗).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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曰
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囗
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一
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一
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yi1
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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, about 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 5 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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殥
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寅
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歹
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歹
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歹
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一
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夕
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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, about 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 5 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
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歹
=
一
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夕
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夕
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xi1
=
xi
+
Ø1
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dusk / evening / Taiwan pr. [xi4] |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 夕
This one looks like a bat. Marie Curie goes out for a space walk in front of the space station in the evening. Suddenly, several space bats appear.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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A man dressed like a bat.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years
ago
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