Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
龙
=
𠂇
+
匕
+
丶
:
Lenny Lemur and a dragon are cutting little paper dragons out of petal leafs using scissors just inside the engine's kitchen. Until they are ready to cut the next petal leaf they keep the leaves in a ladle.
龙
=
𠂇
+
匕
+
丶
:
Lenny Lemur and a dragon are cutting little paper dragons out of petal leafs using scissors just inside the engine's kitchen. Until they are ready to cut the next petal leaf they keep the leaves in a ladle.
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
bronze mirror (used in ancient times) / to reflect / to mirror / sth that serves as a warning or a lesson / to examine / to scrutinize
鉴
=
刂
+
大
+
金
:
As Joan of Arc (ji) is looking at a bar of gold (金) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), she sees a reflection (鉴) of the robot (大) who wants to kill her with a kitchen knife (刂) and is warned (鉴) just in time.