Mandarin Banana

窝

nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 窝

Willy Walrus (w) set up a small den (窝) in front of Olavinlinna Castle (o1) and decorated it with cave paintings, (穴) but the cave paintings are all lopsided (呙). - Mnemonic by Matthias, 18 days ago | add a painting

窝
=
呙
+
穴

呙

guo1 =
gu + o1

surname Guo | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 呙

wai1 =
w + ai1

lopsided / Taiwan pr. [kuai1] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 呙

Willy Walrus (w) has been accused of stealing two mandarins (口) in front of the palace (ai1). He refuses to open his bag, so the arriving police has to put him into a CT (内) to see into (内) his bag. On the CT screen they see Willy Walrus and two lopsided (呙) mandarins in his bag. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 2 years ago | add a painting

呙
=
内
+
口

内

nei4 =
n + ei4

inside / inner / internal / within / interior | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 内

Mnemonic symbol: A CT scanner to see inside of someone. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago | add a painting

Napoleon just can't find his stapler and suspects that Neanderthal Man has eaten it. Not thinking twice he orders Neanderthal Man to enter his CT scanner in the Eiffel tower's bathroom, finding his stapler in Neanderthal Man's stomach. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago | add a painting

内
=
⺆
+
人

⺆

xx5	Character component without inherent meaning \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of ⺆ A staple, as used in a stapler. Therefore, I will represent this character by a stapler. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 3 years ago

内
=
⺆
+
人

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

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

呙
=
内
+
口

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 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

窝
=
呙
+
穴

穴

xue2 =
xu + e2

cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 穴

Hermes presents his newest piece of art: Cave paintings painted on a gigantic eight-ball. Somehow he managed to set it up inside the Erechtheions entrance. For his great artistic achievement, he gained a honorary doctor, and proudly wears his hard earned graduation cap. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

穴
=
八
+
宀

八

ba1 =
b + a1

eight / 8 | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 八

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, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 4 years ago

八
=
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

八
=
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

穴
=
八
+
宀

宀

mian2 =
mi + an2

"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, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

宀
=
丶
+
冖

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

宀
=
丶
+
冖

冖

mi4 =
mi + Ø4

"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] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 冖

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, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

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窝 is not a component of another character.

窝 is the simplified version of 窩 .

HSK level: 6

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

w	Willy Walrus - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, about 4 years ago
o1	In front of Olavinlinna Castle - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, about 4 years ago

Words with 窝

安 an1 乐 le4 窝 wo1		comfortable niche
贼 zei2 窝 wo1		thieves' lair
窝 wo1 囊 nang5 废 fei4		(coll.) spineless coward / wimp / a good-for-nothing
一 yi1 窝 wo1 蜂 feng1		like a swarm of bees / everyone swarms around pushing and shouting / a hornet's nest
燕 yan4 窝 wo1		swallow's nest
窝 wo1 囊 nang5		annoyed / to feel vexed / pointless / asinine / good-for-nothing / stupid and cowardly
腋 ye4 窝 wo1		armpit
窝 wo1 藏 cang2		to harbor / to shelter
蜂 feng1 窝 wo1		bee's nest / honeycomb / fig. honeycomb figure
窝 wo1 心 xin1		to feel irritated without being able to express it / to bear a silent grudge / to feel warm inside (Southern Mandarin)
酒 jiu3 窝 wo1		dimple / also written 酒渦\|酒涡[jiu3 wo1]
萨 sa4 拉 la1 热 re4 窝 wo1		Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
被 bei4 窝 wo1		traditional sleeping pad (quilt wrapped around the body as a tube)
赌 du3 窝 wo1		gamblers' den / illegal casino
窝 wo1 巢 chao2		nest
鸟 niao3 窝 wo1		bird's nest
眼 yan3 窝 wo1		eye socket
胳 ga1 肢 zhi5 窝 wo1		armpit / also pr. [ge1 zhi5 wo1] / also written 夾肢窩\|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]
窝 wo1 里 li5 斗 dou4		internal strife (family, group, etc)
笑 xiao4 窝 wo1		dimple
蜂 feng1 窝 wo1 煤 mei2		hexagonal household coal briquet
兔 tu4 子 zi5 不 bu4 吃 chi1 窝 wo1 边 bian1 草 cao3		A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
窝 wo1 阔 kuo4 台 tai2		Ögedei Khan (1186-1242), a son of Genghis Khan
窝 wo1 阔 kuo4 台 tai2 汗 han2		Ögedei Khan (1186-1242), a son of Genghis Khan
腘 guo2 窝 wo1		popliteal (anatomy) / hollow at the back of the knee
腘 guo2 窝 wo1 囊 nang2 肿 zhong3		Baker's cyst or popliteal cyst (medicine)
艾 ai4 窝 wo1 窝 wo5		glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling
被 bei4 窝 wo1 儿 r5		erhua variant of 被窩\|被窝[bei4 wo1]
调 tiao2 三 san1 窝 wo1 四 si4		to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
金 jin1 窝 wo1 银 yin2 窝 wo1 不 bu4 如 ru2 自 zi4 己 ji3 的 de5 狗 gou3 窝 wo1		there's no place like home (idiom)
颊 jia2 窝 wo1		dimple / heat-sensing facial pit of a snake
髂 qia4 窝 wo1		iliac fossa (anatomy) / pelvic basin internal to ilium
面 mian4 窝 wo1		Chinese doughnut
窝 wo1 里 li5 反 fan3		see 窩裡鬥\|窝里斗[wo1 li5 dou4]
卵 luan3 巢 chao2 窝 wo1		ovary
报 bao4 窝 wo1		to brood / to hatch
太 tai4 阳 yang2 窝 wo1		temple (on the sides of human head)
夹 ga1 肢 zhi5 窝 wo1		armpit / also written 胳肢窩\|胳肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]
心 xin1 窝 wo1 儿 r5		one's breast / the pit of one's stomach
爱 ai4 窝 wo1 窝 wo5		glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling / also written 艾窩窩\|艾窝窝[ai4 wo1 wo5]

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窝

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窝 is not a component of another character.

窝 is the simplified version of 窩 .

HSK level: 6

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

Words with 窝

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