Mnemonic comic for ⺹

Translation

Character component without intrinsic meaning

Mnemonic

A mnemonic is a short, deliberately ridiculous scene, built to be hard to forget. Who appears in it and where it takes place are how the pronunciation is stored; the objects in it stand for the parts the character is written with. That is the Marilyn Method, and the comic below is the same scene, drawn.

Mnemonic symbol: a crown, from the shape: ⺹ sits on top of 老, 考, 孝 and 者 the way a crown sits on a head.

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⺹ character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

⺹
- 土
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 一
- 丿

Component Translations

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Characters with ⺹ as component

孝考者老

孝

xiào = xi + ao4

filial piety or obedience / mourning apparel

考

kǎo = k + ao3

to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father

考

攷

kǎo = k + ao3

to beat / to hit / variant of 考[kao3] / to inspect / to test / to take an exam

Words with ⺹

⺹ is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with ⺹

⺹ currently does not appear in any sentence.

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⺹

Character component without intrinsic meaning

Prompt snippets

The crown is a classic golden king's crown: a polished gold band set with three red rubies, exactly five pointed spikes rising from the rim, each tipped with a small gold ball, and a deep red velvet cap filling the inside.