三
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Mnemonic symbol: Cartesian coordinate system with three (三) axes. Socrates (s-) is performing in front of the anthill (-an1). He created an electrical flute by attaching a large capacitor (二) to the flute (一), so that he can get the attention of all the people. Moreover, he's balancing on a Cartesian coordinate system (三). Unfortunately, only three (三) people stop to watch the performance.
田
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囗
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十
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Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field of crosses (田) just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered a wooden box (囗) with crosses (十) inside and puts them up one by one.