粬
=
曲 + 米
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曲
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曲
=
囗 + 卄
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囗
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wei2
=
w
+
ei2
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enclosure |
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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
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曲
=
囗 + 卄
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卄
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nian4
=
ni
+
an4
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twenty, twentieth |
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Symbol: double axe. Here's why: 20 -> XX -> "double-x" -> "double axe".
Nefertiti (ni) is rebuilding her kingdom in the bathroom of Anchor Inn (an4). She's shaping twenty (卄) dinosaur bones (丨) with a double axe (卄) and stacking them on top of one (一) flute (一).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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卄
=
一 + 丨
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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) |
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Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years
ago
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卄
=
一 + 丨
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粬
=
曲 + 米
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米
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米
=
丷 + 木
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米
=
丷 + 木
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木
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mu4
=
mu
+
Ø4
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surname Mu |
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mu4
=
mu
+
Ø4
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tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] |
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Malte Monkey is putting up a Christmas tree in the bathroom of the space station. He puts up a cross, on which he puts eight balls (as Christmas balls).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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ago
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ago
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木
=
八 + 十
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八
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ba1
=
b
+
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 (㇏).
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ago
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八
=
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, over 4 years
ago
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ago
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八
=
丿 + ㇏
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木
=
八 + 十
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十
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shi2
=
sh
+
Ø2
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ten / 10 |
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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).
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ago
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ago
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ago
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十
=
一 + 丨
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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, almost 5 years
ago
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ago
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十
=
一 + 丨
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