Mnemonic comic for

Translation

rén = r + (e)n2: "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).

Prompt

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Comments

Could it be that this is the very same banana that Neanderthal Man wanted to give to Robinson Crusoe as a present?

Matthias, almost 2 years ago

Oh, by the way "Rosa" is German for "pink" so that's why she wears a pinkish shirt.

Matthias, almost 2 years ago

亻 character breakdown

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
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vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
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radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
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Characters with 亻 as component

使 便 仿 亿 倀
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
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body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)
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to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
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ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous
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to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don't
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but / yet / however / only / merely / still
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to lend / to borrow / by means of / to take (an opportunity)
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item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc
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classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc / variant of 分[fen4]
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Words with 亻

亻 is not used as a character in a word.

Sentences with 亻

亻 currently does not appear in any sentence.