子弟

child / the younger generation

Characters and words in 子弟

zǐ = z + Ø3

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

子 = 了 + 一 : Zorro wants to eat an egg in the space station, and he already put it in a prize cup, as he has no egg cup. He also lacks a spoon, so he uses a big flute to crush the egg open.

子

zi = z + Ø5

(noun suffix)

弟

dì = di + Ø4

younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)

弟 = 丷 + 弓 + 丨 + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: Jesse James, the younger one of the James brothers (弟).

A mean crocodile (丷) harasses Dorothy Gale (di) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but Jesse James (弟) is there to stop him. With a composite bow (弓), he shoots a banana (丿) as a warning shot; as the banana doesn't stop the crocodile, Jesse shoots a dinosaur bone (丨) right into the crocodile's crotch.

弟

tì = ti + Ø4

variant of 悌[ti4]