脞
=
坐
+
月
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坐
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坐
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从
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土
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从
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cong1
=
cu
+
(e)ng1
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lax / yielding / unhurried |
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cong2
=
cu
+
(e)ng2
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surname Cong |
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cong2
=
cu
+
(e)ng2
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from / via / passing through / through (a gap) / past / ever (followed by negative, meaning never) / (formerly pr. [zong4] and related to 縱|纵) to follow / to comply with / to obey / to join / to engage in / adopting some mode of action or attitude / follower / retainer / accessory / accomplice / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
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This character looks like the legs of a rubber chicken.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years
ago
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Kitty Cat plays a game with two robots just inside the entrance to Stonehenge. The robots are standing in a line, and Kitty Cat is passing through the tunnel formed by their legs.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years
ago
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Two robots are playing a game with Kitty Cat just inside the entrance of Stonehenge. They stand in a line and let Kitty Cat pass through the tunnel formed by their legs by teasing her with a rubber chicken.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years
ago
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zong4
=
zu
+
(e)ng4
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second cousin |
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从
=
人
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人
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ren2
=
r
+
(e)n2
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man / person / people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
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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, almost 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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人
=
丿
+
㇏
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丿
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pie3
=
pi
+
e3
|
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, 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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人
=
丿
+
㇏
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坐
=
从
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土
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土
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tu3
=
tu
+
Ø3
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Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu |
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tu3
=
tu
+
Ø3
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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, almost 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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土
=
十
+
一
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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).
- 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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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) |
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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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十
=
一
+
丨
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土
=
十
+
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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脞
=
坐
+
月
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月
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yue4
=
yu
+
e4
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moon / month / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2] |
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Aphrodite is modelling a moon in the bathroom of the Erechtheion. She uses a stapler to staple a lot of capacitors together to form a moon shape, while the real moon watches over her shoulder.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 3 years
ago
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月
=
⺆
+
二
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⺆
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xx5
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Character component without inherent meaning |
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A staple, as used in a stapler. Therefore, I will represent this character by a stapler.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 3 years
ago
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月
=
⺆
+
二
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二
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er4
=
Ø
+
Ø4
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two / 2 / stupid (Beijing dialect) |
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As a component in other characters, 二 represents a capacitor.
- 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
Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor.
Albert Einstein (-) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (-4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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二
=
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) |
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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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