(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods / (bound form) grade; rank / kind; type; variety / character; disposition; nature; temperament / to taste sth; to sample / to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)
品
=
口
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Pocahontas (pi) is watching a pyramid of oranges (mnemonic symbol for 品) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3). She wants to sample (品) one, and just as she takes one from the base, the whole commodity (品) collapses.
character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
质
=
⺁
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十
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贝
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James II of England (zh) captured a crab (贝) and keeps it as a hostage (质) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4). James II of England wants to find out more about the nature (质) of the banana tree (⺁), so all the crab gets to eat is the banana trees. Secretly the crab set up a small cross (十) to which it prays everyday for its release.