Mandarin Banana

路

lu4 = lu + Ø4	surname Lu \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 路
lu4 = lu + Ø4	road / CL:條\|条[tiao2] / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 路 In the space station's bathroom Lenny Lemur dreams of becoming a football star. He imagines walking down to earth on a road of stars, his football in his hands. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 1 year ago \| add a painting

路
=
⻊
+
各

⻊

zu2 =
zu + Ø2

side form of 足, "foot" | add a mnemonic for this meaning of ⻊

A big, left cowboy boot with spurs and everything.

Zapatista Zebra wants to enter the space station, but just inside the entrance he is hold up at the barrier. The spurs at his cowboy boot are not safe enough, so he has to stick a mandarin on it to make them safe. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 1 year ago | add a painting

⻊
=
口
+
止

口

kou3 =
k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 口

口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is watching a mouth-watering mandarin in the Louvre (-ou3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 3 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 3 years ago

⻊
=
口
+
止

止

zhi3 =
zh + Ø3

to stop / to prohibit / until / only | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 止

George Washington is marking his area in the space station. He's using a pennant, a dinosaur bone and a flute to construct a barrier. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago | add a painting

止
=
⺊
+
丄

⺊

xx5	Character component without inherent meaning \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of ⺊ It's a pennant. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago \| add a painting

⺊
=
丨
+
一

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, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 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, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 3 years ago

shu4 =
shu + Ø4

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

⺊
=
丨
+
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, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 3 years ago

止
=
⺊
+
丄

丄

shang4 =
sh + ang4

old variant of 上[shang4] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丄

丄
=
丨
+
一

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, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 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, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 3 years ago

shu4 =
shu + Ø4

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

丄
=
丨
+
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, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 3 years ago

路
=
⻊
+
各

各

ge4 =
g + e4

each / every | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 各

Each and every one of us is made of atoms, of which most were created in a star (from lighter atoms). That's why I choose to represent this character by a star. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago | add a painting

Guy Fawkes is stepping on a mandarin with high heels in the bathroom of the Erechtheion. As he squeezes, the mandarin suddenly explodes in a rain of stars. Each and every one of them is shining brighter than the others. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago | add a painting

各
=
口
+
夂

口

kou3 =
k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 口

口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is watching a mouth-watering mandarin in the Louvre (-ou3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 3 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 3 years ago

各
=
口
+
夂

夂

zhi3 =
zh + Ø3

"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters / see also 冬字頭|冬字头[dong1 zi4 tou2] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 夂

In high heels, one can walk only slowly. George Washington is wearing high heels inside the space station. He's not only walking slowly, he even slips on a banana! He's lucky to land on a boxing glove. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago | add a painting

夂
=
丿
+
又

丿

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, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 3 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 3 years ago

夂
=
丿
+
又

又

you4 =
y + ou4

(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, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 3 years ago

又
=
㇇
+
㇏

㇇

xx5	character component without inherent meaning \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of ㇇ This one looks like a beak. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 3 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, almost 3 years ago

又
=
㇇
+
㇏

㇏

xx5	character component without inherent meaning / see 捺 \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of ㇏ It's a finger! - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 3 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, almost 3 years ago

Stroke order

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路 appears as component in

露璐潞鹭蕗簬鷺

路 has no simplified variant.

HSK level: 2

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

lu	Lenny Lemur - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 2 years ago
Ø4	"Ø4" is happening in the bathroom of the space station. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, about 3 years ago

Words with 路

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迷 mi2 路 lu4		to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) (HSK level 5)
高 gao1 速 su4 公 gong1 路 lu4		expressway / highway / freeway (HSK level 5)
一 yi1 路 lu4 平 ping2 安 an1		to have a pleasant journey / Bon voyage! (HSK level 5)
出 chu1 路 lu4		a way out (of a difficulty etc) (HSK level 6)
走 zou3 投 tou2 无 wu2 路 lu4		to be at an impasse (idiom) / in a tight spot / at the end of one's rope / desperate
公 gong1 路 lu4		highway / road / CL:條\|条[tiao2]
十 shi2 字 zi4 路 lu4 口 kou3		crossroads / intersection
赶 gan3 路 lu4		to hasten on with one's journey / to hurry on
车 che1 到 dao4 山 shan1 前 qian2 必 bi4 有 you3 路 lu4		lit. When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through. (idiom) / fig. Everything will turn out for the best. / Let's worry about it when it happens. / It will be all right on the night. / cf couplet 車到山前必有路,船到橋頭自然直\|车到山前必有路,船到桥头自然直
环 huan2 路 lu4		ring road
心 xin1 路 lu4		scheme / artifice / tolerance / intention / motive / train of thought / brains / wit / ideas
让 rang4 路 lu4		to make way (for sth)
半 ban4 路 lu4		halfway / midway / on the way
路 lu4 人 ren2		passerby / passer-by / stranger
退 tui4 路 lu4		a way out / a way to retreat / leeway
走 zou3 路 lu4		to walk / to go on foot
路 lu4 径 jing4		path / route / method / ways and means
圣 sheng4 路 lu4 易 yi4 斯 si1		St Louis, large city in eastern Missouri
大 da4 路 lu4		avenue / CL:條\|条[tiao2]
狭 xia2 路 lu4 相 xiang1 逢 feng2		lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom) / fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face
来 lai2 路 lu4 不 bu4 明 ming2		unidentified origin / no-one knows where it comes from / of dubious background
集 ji2 成 cheng2 电 dian4 路 lu4		integrated circuit / IC
路 lu4 向 xiang4		road direction / (fig.) direction / path
同 tong2 路 lu4		to go the same way
路 lu4 易 yi4 威 wei1 登 deng1		Louis Vuitton (brand)
闭 bi4 路 lu4 电 dian4 视 shi4		closed-circuit television
开 kai1 路 lu4		to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit
道 dao4 路 lu4		road / path / way / CL:條\|条[tiao2]
卡 ka3 路 lu4 里 li3		calorie (loanword)
路 lu4 线 xian4		itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條\|条[tiao2]
路 lu4 子 zi5		method / way / approach
上 shang4 坡 po1 路 lu4		uphill road / slope up / fig. upward trend / progress
歧 qi2 路 lu4		to diverge from the main road, also figuratively
生 sheng1 路 lu4		lit. the path to life / way out of a predicament
路 lu4 德 de2		Luther (name) / Martin Luther (1483-1546), reformation protestant minister
死 si3 路 lu4		dead end / (fig.) at death's door / one foot in the grave
近 jin4 路 lu4		shortcut
套 tao4 路 lu4		sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method
门 men2 路 lu4		way of doing sth / the right social connection
路 lu4 面 mian4		pavement