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Mnemonic symbol when used as component in other characters: a bloody ear.
When Mike Tyson was fighting against Evander Holyfield, he did not only beat Evander's ear (耳) with his boxing glove (又). Imagine this fight in the space station (Ø3) with cupid (qu) as referee fetching (取) a bloody ear flying through the space station.
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京
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Mnemonic symbol: bonsai tree, 盆景 (pen2jing3), "landscape in a pot".
Joan of Arc's new hobby is to grow bonsai trees inside of the engine. She even performs a magical ritual to summon the sun, so that the bonsai can grow in its light. The sun is pretty annoyed as she just got up and only wears underpants, yet she already has to work.
(bound form) scenery / circumstance / situation / scene (of a play) / (literary) sunlight
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Mnemonic symbol: bonsai tree, 盆景 (pen2jing3), "landscape in a pot".
Joan of Arc's new hobby is to grow bonsai trees inside of the engine. She even performs a magical ritual to summon the sun, so that the bonsai can grow in its light. The sun is pretty annoyed as she just got up and only wears underpants, yet she already has to work.