毉
=
巫
+
殹
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巫
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巫
=
从
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工
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从
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cong1
=
cu
+
(e)ng1
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lax / yielding / unhurried |
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cong2
=
cu
+
(e)ng2
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surname Cong |
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cong2
=
cu
+
(e)ng2
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from / via / passing through / through (a gap) / past / ever (followed by negative, meaning never) / (formerly pr. [zong4] and related to 縱|纵) to follow / to comply with / to obey / to join / to engage in / adopting some mode of action or attitude / follower / retainer / accessory / accomplice / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 从
This character looks like the legs of a rubber chicken.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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Kitty Cat plays a game with two robots just inside the entrance to Stonehenge. The robots are standing in a line, and Kitty Cat is passing through the tunnel formed by their legs.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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Two robots are playing a game with Kitty Cat just inside the entrance of Stonehenge. They stand in a line and let Kitty Cat pass through the tunnel formed by their legs by teasing her with a rubber chicken.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 3 years
ago
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zong4
=
zu
+
(e)ng4
|
second cousin |
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从
=
人
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人
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ren2
=
r
+
(e)n2
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man / person / people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
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Robinson Crusoe (r-) has just entered the Forbidden City (-en2), when he suddenly meets Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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人
=
丿
+
㇏
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丿
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pie3
=
pi
+
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, about 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
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人
=
丿
+
㇏
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巫
=
从
+
工
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工
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gong1
=
gu
+
(e)ng1
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work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor |
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A steel beam (工). In front of Stonehenge ((e)ng1), Gitta Giraffe (gu) is doing some hard work: She's stacking a capacitor (二) on a dinosaur bone (丨) on a capacitor (二). She's not very successful, but then she gets the idea to use steel beams (工) as support.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years
ago
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工
=
二
+
丨
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二
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er4
=
Ø
+
Ø4
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two / 2 / stupid (Beijing dialect) |
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As a component in other characters, 二 represents a capacitor.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor.
Albert Einstein (-) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (-4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
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二
=
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, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
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工
=
二
+
丨
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毉
=
巫
+
殹
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殹
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殹
=
医
+
殳
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医
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yi1
=
y
+
Ø1
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medical / medicine / doctor / to cure / to treat |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 医
Maud Younger is floating in front of the space station and very sick. There is a doctor around, but he is floating in space too, with no way of propulsion. The medicine Maud Younger needs is stored in darts which in turn are stored in a metal box. The doctor thus throws the darts with the medicine at Maud Younger to help her.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years
ago
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医
=
匚
+
矢
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匚
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fang1
=
f
+
ang1
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radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 22), occurring in 区, 医, 匹 etc / see also 三框欄|三框栏[san1 kuang4 lan2] / see also 區字框|区字框[qu1 zi4 kuang4] |
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I'm just gonna represent this element by a metal box.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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Frankenstein's Monster is really mad about not being able to open a metal box in front of Angkor Wat.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 3 years
ago
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医
=
匚
+
矢
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矢
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shi3
=
sh
+
Ø3
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arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3] |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 矢
Sherlock Holmes and the robot are playing darts in the space station. Sherlock Holmes is a sore loser and thus programmed the robot to throw keys instead of real darts.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years
ago
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矢
=
𠂉
+
大
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矢
=
𠂉
+
大
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大
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da4
=
d
+
a4
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big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / older (than) / oldest / eldest / greatly / very much / (dialect) father / father's elder or younger brother |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 大
The big, huge robot is doing some workout in the Adziogol Lighthouse's bathroom. He's lifting a flute, on which Don Quixote and Neanderthal man are hanging.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 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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dai4
=
d
+
ai4
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see 大夫[dai4 fu5] |
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大
=
一
+
人
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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, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
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大
=
一
+
人
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人
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ren2
=
r
+
(e)n2
|
man / person / people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 人
Robinson Crusoe (r-) has just entered the Forbidden City (-en2), when he suddenly meets Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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人
=
丿
+
㇏
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丿
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pie3
=
pi
+
e3
|
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3] |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丿
Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
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人
=
丿
+
㇏
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殹
=
医
+
殳
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殳
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殳
=
几
+
又
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殳
=
几
+
又
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又
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you4
=
y
+
ou4
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(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 又
And once again (又), Maud Younger (y-) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the Louvre's bathroom (-ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 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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又
=
㇇
+
㇏
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又
=
㇇
+
㇏
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