Mnemonic comic for 在

Translation

zài = z + ai4: 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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Zorro (z) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) exist (在) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). Rosa is in the middle of balancing a flute (一) on her head and on a pile of clay (土). Zorro uses his rapier to inscribe "Z" into the flute, so as to mark that the pronunciation of "在" begins with "z".

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在 character breakdown

在
- 一
- 亻
  - 丨
  - 丿
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

一

yī = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

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