手槍

pistol / CL:把[ba3]

Characters and words in 手槍

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).

枪

槍

qia̅ng = qi + ang1

surname Qiang

枪 = 仓 + 木 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) wants to know what it feels like to be a Redneck, so she set up a Christmas tree (木) on top of a barn (仓) in front of the anglepod (ang1). She then proceeds to try and shoot the Christmas tree off the barn using a shotgun (枪).

枪

槍

qia̅ng = qi + ang1

gun / firearm / rifle / spear / thing with shape or function similar to a gun / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1] / to substitute for another person in a test / to knock / classifier for rifle shots