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縄
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縄
=
田
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电
+
糸
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田
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田
=
囗
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十
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囗
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wei2
=
w
+
ei2
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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, almost 4 years
ago
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ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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田
=
囗
+
十
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十
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shi2
=
sh
+
Ø2
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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, almost 4 years
ago
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ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
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, about 4 years
ago
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ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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十
=
一
+
丨
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縄
=
田
+
电
+
糸
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电
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dian4
=
di
+
an4
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electric / electricity / electrical |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 电
Dorothy Gale is looking for a wall plug for her charger in the bathroom of the Anchor Inn. She's digging up the whole place with a shovel, and instead of a wall plug, she finds a microphone.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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电
=
乚
+
曰
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乚
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ya4
=
y
+
a4
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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, almost 4 years
ago
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ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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电
=
乚
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曰
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曰
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yue1
=
yu
+
e1
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to speak / to say |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 曰
Aphrodite is selling flutes in front of the Erechtheion. She has a whole box of them, and she's advertising them by using a microphone.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years
ago
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ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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曰
=
囗
+
一
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囗
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wei2
=
w
+
ei2
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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, almost 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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曰
=
囗
+
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, about 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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縄
=
田
+
电
+
糸
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糸
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mi4
=
mi
+
Ø4
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fine silk |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 糸
In the space station's bathroom, Marilyn Monroe uses zero gravity to fulfill her lifelong dream of flying on a carpet like Aladdin. In the space station she doesn't have a carpet, but she has a large ace on which she sits. She uses a silken scarf as a turban, and she holds a daisy in her hand as magic wand.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years
ago
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糸
=
小
+
幺
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小
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xiao3
=
xi
+
ao3
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small / tiny / few / young |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 小
Marie Curie ist pulling a trick in the Taos Pueblo. She's putting a crowbar on the floor and balancing an eightball on it, presenting it as a small daisy.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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小
=
八
+
亅
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八
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ba1
=
b
+
a1
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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, almost 4 years
ago
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ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
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] |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丿
Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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八
=
丿
+
㇏
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小
=
八
+
亅
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亅
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jue2
=
ju
+
e2
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"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1] |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 亅
Doesn't 亅 look like a crowbar? Zeus (ju-) shows off his mighty crowbars (亅) in the entrance of the Erechtheion (-e2).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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糸
=
小
+
幺
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幺
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yao1
=
y
+
ao1
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surname Yao |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 幺
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yao1
=
y
+
ao1
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youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 幺
Mnemonic symbol from 幺点, ace: an ace card.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years
ago
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Maud Younger is going to a poker tournament in the Taos Pueblo. Before she enters, she hides an ace in her fake nose in front of the Taos Pueblo.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years
ago
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幺
=
厶
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