舌

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

shé = sh + e2

tongue

舌 = 千 + 口 : Sherlock Holmes squashed his tongue under a kilo just inside the elevator's kitchen! He tries to stem the kilo with a mandarin, but not very successfully.

舌 character breakdown

舌
- 千
  - 丿
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 口

千

qia̅n = qi + an1

thousand

千 = 丿 + 十 : The Queen of Hearts dropped a kilo on her banana in front of the anthill, and now she uses a cross to try and revive it.

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

千

韆

qia̅n = qi + an1

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

Characters with 舌 as component

话

諙

huà = hu + a4

old variant of 話|话[hua4]

话 = 舌 + 讠 : Helga Horse can't talk at all right now, because her tongue is stuck on an advertisement column in the ashram's bathroom. In an ad on the advertising column, two people were discussing a depicted beautiful carrot; Helga thought it looked so tasty she had to lick it, and now her tongue is stuck.

话

話

huà = hu + a4

dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]

活

huó = hu + o2

to live / alive / living / work / workmanship

活 = 氵 + 舌 : Helga Horse joined the traditional water bottle challenge and empties a bottle of water over herself in the observatory's kitchen. To raise the difficulty level, she only uses her tongue to hold the bottle.

舍

捨

shě = sh + e3

to give up; to abandon / to give alms

舍

捨

shě = sh + e3

to give up / to abandon / to give alms

舍 = 人 + 舌 : Mnemonic symbol: a pawn who is abandoned to save the king.

Neanderthal Man (人) is so hungry that he opens his mouth, sticks out his tongue (舌) and is about to devour Sherlock Holmes (sh) in the elevator (e3), but Sherlock Holmes acts quickly enough to throw a pawn (舍) onto Neanderthal Man's tongue so that he munches the pawn instead.

舍

shè = sh + e4

surname She

舍

shě = sh + e3

old variant of 捨|舍[she3]

舍

shè = sh + e4

residence

适

適

shì = sh + Ø4

surname Shi

适 = 舌 + 辶 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) got some new gladiator sandals (辶), but in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) he finds that they don't fit (适) his feet. He does notice however that they fit (适) quite nicely his tongue (舌) if he sticks it into one of the sandals.

适

kuò = ku + o4

see 李适[Li3 Kuo4]

适

適

shì = sh + Ø4

to fit / suitable / proper / just (now) / comfortable / well / to go / to follow or pursue

乱

亂

luàn = lu + an4

in confusion or disorder / in a confused state of mind / disorder / upheaval / riot / illicit sexual relations / to throw into disorder / to mix up / indiscriminate / random / arbitrary

乱 = 乚 + 舌 : It's hard for Lenny Lemur to not go crazy in the anthill's bathroom: Uncountable tongues are leaping right from the abyss to reach for Lenny Lemur, who has only a shovel to defend his heart and soul.

甜

tián = ti + an2

sweet

甜 = 甘 + 舌 : In the anthill's kitchen (an2), mother Theresa (ti) and the cow (甘) lick each other with their tongues (舌) and find that they are super sweet (甜).

括

kuò = ku + o4

to enclose / to include / also pr. [gua1]

括 = 扌 + 舌 : Karl Koala (ku) has a little bit of a situation in the observatory's bathroom (o4). The situation involves (括) a toy claw (扌) and his tongue (舌).