Mandarin Banana

煙

cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根[gen1] / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:縷|缕[lu:3] / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 煙

煙
=
垔
+
火

垔

yin1 =
y + (e)n1

to restrain / to dam a stream and change its direction / a mound | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 垔

垔
=
土
+
西

土

tu3 =
tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 土

tu3 =
tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 土

Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station (Ø3). It's hard to do it in outer space, so he uses some dust and clay (土) to fix the two things together. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

土
=
十
+
一

十

shi2 =
sh + Ø2

ten / 10 | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 十

Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing, which just arrived at the entrance of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

十
=
一
+
丨

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 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

十
=
一
+
丨

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 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 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 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

shu4 =
shu + Ø4

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

土
=
十
+
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 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

垔
=
土
+
西

西

xi1 =
xi + Ø1

the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2] / Spanish | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 西

xi1 =
xi + Ø1

west | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 西

The wild west is largely recognized by the symbol of the cowboy hat. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 3 years ago | add a painting

Marie Curie has gone crazy from the loneliness in space. In front of the space station, she sits inside of a large wooden box, wearing a cowboy hat and playing a 胡兀尔 fiddle, thinking that she's participating in a square dance in the wild west. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 3 years ago | add a painting

西
=
兀
+
囗

兀

wu4 =
w + Ø4

surname Wu | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 兀

wu4 =
w + Ø4

cut off the feet / rising to a height / towering / bald | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 兀

Mnemonic symbol: A 胡兀尔, a kind of Chinese fiddle with four strings, more commonly known as 四胡. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 3 years ago | add a painting

Sun Wukong is playing his 胡兀尔 in the space station's bathroom, but he's deliberatly playing very badly in order to annoy Willy Walrus. Willy Walrus is so annoyed that he threatens to cut off Sun Wukong's feet with a flute if he doesn't stop. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 3 years ago | add a painting

兀
=
一
+
儿

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 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

兀
=
一
+
儿

儿

er2 =
Ø + Ø2

son | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 儿

"Son" (儿) sounds similar to "Sun" like in "Sun Wu Kong", so it's gonna be represented by the monkey king. Albert Einstein (Ø-) and Sun Wu Kong are fighting in the space station's entrance (-Ø2). Their weapons: Albert has a shovel (乚), and Sun Wu Kong has a banana (丿). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

r5

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 儿

儿
=
丿
+
乚

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 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

儿
=
丿
+
乚

乚

ya4 =
y + a4

component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 乚

This character shall be represented by a shovel (乚). Remember it by imagining Maud Younger (y) shovelling a grave in the Adziogol Lighthouse's bathroom (a4). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

西
=
兀
+
囗

囗

wei2 =
w + ei2

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, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

煙
=
垔
+
火

火

huo3 = hu + o3	surname Huo \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 火
huo3 = hu + o3	fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 火 Helga Horse and Neanderthal Man are starting a fire in Olavinlinna Castle with two large petal leaves. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years ago \| add a painting

火
=
人
+
丶

人

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, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

人
=
丿
+
㇏

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 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

人
=
丿
+
㇏

㇏

xx5	character component without inherent meaning / see 捺 \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of ㇏ It's a finger! - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, almost 4 years ago

火
=
人
+
丶

丶

zhu3 =
zhu + Ø3

"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, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

George Giant Squid is trying out two petal leafs as eyebrows in the space station. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

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煙 is not a component of another character.

煙 is the traditional variant of 烟 .

煙 is not part of the HSK.

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

y	Y is for Maud Younger - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, almost 4 years ago
an1	In front of Anchor Inn - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, about 4 years ago

Words with 煙

抽 chou1 烟 yan1		to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) (HSK level 4)
戒 jie4 烟 yan1		to give up smoking (HSK level 5)
烟 yan1 火 huo3		smoke and fire / fireworks
人 ren2 烟 yan1		sign of human habitation
烟 yan1 灰 hui1 缸 gang1		ashtray
烟 yan1 斗 dou3		(smoking) pipe
烟 yan1 幕 mu4 弹 dan4		smoke bomb
一 yi1 溜 liu4 烟 yan1		like a wisp of smoke / (to disappear etc) in an instant
烟 yan1 头 tou2		cigarette butt / fag-end / CL:根[gen1]
烟 yan1 消 xiao1 云 yun2 散 san4		to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear
云 yun2 烟 yan1		mist / smoke / cloud
香 xiang1 烟 yan1		cigarette / smoke from burning incense / CL:支[zhi1],條\|条[tiao2]
浓 nong2 烟 yan1		thick smoke
烟 yan1 枪 qiang1		opium pipe
油 you2 烟 yan1		soot / lampblack
水 shui3 烟 yan1		shredded tobacco for water pipes
无 wu2 烟 yan1 煤 mei2		anthracite
吸 xi1 烟 yan1		to smoke
灰 hui1 飞 fei1 烟 yan1 灭 mie4		lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) / fig. to be annihilated / to vanish in a puff of smoke
烟 yan1 鬼 gui3		heavy smoker / chain smoker
鼻 bi2 烟 yan1		snuff
无 wu2 烟 yan1		nonsmoking (e.g. environment)
烽 feng1 烟 yan1		fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)
烟 yan1 灰 hui1		cigarette ash
烟 yan1 雾 wu4		smoke / mist / vapor / smog / fumes
乌 wu1 烟 yan1 瘴 zhang4 气 qi4		foul black smoke atmosphere (idiom); fig. everything in a tremendous mess / pandemonium reigns
烟 yan1 酒 jiu3		tobacco and alcohol
禁 jin4 烟 yan1		to ban smoking / to quit smoking / to prohibit cooking / prohibition on opium (esp. in China from 1729)
烟 yan1 叶 ye4		leaf tobacco
烟 yan1 蒂 di4		cigarette butt
烟 yan1 草 cao3		tobacco
荒 huang1 无 wu2 人 ren2 烟 yan1		desolate and uninhabited (idiom)
烟 yan1 瘾 yin3		the urge to smoke / tobacco addiction
烟 yan1 筒 tong5		chimney / stovepipe / smokestack
七 qi1 窍 qiao4 生 sheng1 烟 yan1		lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger
烟 yan1 缸 gang1		ashtray
烟 yan1 酸 suan1		niacin (vitamin B3) / 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid C6H5NO2 / nicotinic acid
烟 yan1 雨 yu3		misty rain / drizzle
人 ren2 烟 yan1 稀 xi1 少 shao3		no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
烟 yan1 袋 dai4		tobacco pipe

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煙

Stroke order

煙 is not a component of another character.

煙 is the traditional variant of 烟 .

煙 is not part of the HSK.

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

Words with 煙

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