Mnemonic comic for 彳

Translation

chì = ch + Ø4: step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4]

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol for the step with the left foot: a black sneaker, because black sneakers are popular at least with the leftists I met. Rosa Luxemburg (亻) just finished her banana (丿) and throws the peel over her shoulder in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Charlie Chaplin (彳), wearing a black sneaker on his left foot, manages to step on the banana peel with his left foot and fall over even in zero gravity.

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彳 character breakdown

彳
- 丿
- 亻
  - 丨
  - 丿

丿

piě = pi + e3

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

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

亻

rén = r + (e)n2

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

亻 = 丿 + 丨 : 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).

Characters with 彳 as component

卫

衛

wèi = w + ei4

to guard / to protect / to defend / abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene / health / abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet

卫 = 工 + 亅 : A steel beam came loose in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. Willy Walrus guards the scene with a crowbar against gazers until the construction team to repair it arrives.

卫

衛

wèi = w + ei4

surname Wei / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present day Henan and Hebei Provinces

卫 = 工 + 亅 : A steel beam came loose in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. Willy Walrus guards the scene with a crowbar against gazers until the construction team to repair it arrives.

彻

徹

chè = ch + e4

thorough / penetrating / to pervade / to pass through

彻 = 切 + 彳 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is thoroughly (彻) investigating his black sneakers (彳) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He cuts (切) them very thoroughly right to the bone (彻).

径

徑

jìng = ji + (e)ng4

footpath / track / diameter / straight / directly

径 = 圣 + 彳 : Father Christmas (圣) gives black sneakers (彳) to Joan of Arc (ji) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Joan of Arc happily puts her new shoes on instantaneously and circles father Christmas on a track (径) with a very small diameter (径), making father Christmas feel quite uncomfortable.

冲

衝

cho̅ng = chu + (e)ng1

thoroughfare / to go straight ahead / to rush / to clash

冲 = 中 + 冫 : Chantal Chicken vigorously throws popsicles at a dart board in front of the engine. The popsicles are very sticky; Chantal will have to rinse the dart board in the engine's bathroom later.

冲

衝

chòng = chu + (e)ng4

powerful / vigorous / pungent / towards / in view of

冲 = 中 + 冫 : Chantal Chicken realises that she indeed threw the popsicles at the dart board very vigorously and powerful. Even rinsing the board with water in the engine's bathroom she cannot clean it.

衔

銜

xián = xi + an2

bit (of a bridle) / to hold in the mouth / to harbor (feelings) / to link / to accept / rank / title

衔 = 行 + 钅 : When Marie Curie (xi) goes to war she always puts on her seven-league boots (行) in the anthill's kitchen (an2), puts her golden harpoon (钅) into her mouth like the bit of a bridle (衔) and gets going. For being so fast at the battle field she has been awarded a very high rank (衔) and a special title (衔).

衞

wèi = w + ei4

variant of 衛|卫[wei4] / to guard / to defend

徙

xǐ = xi + Ø3

(literary) to change one's residence

徙 = 彳 + 歨 : Marie Curie (xi) wants to change her residence (徙), but there is a barrier (歨, top) in the space station (Ø3) blocking her path. To get over the barrier she uses a syringe (歨, bottom) to pump up her black sneakers (彳) so she can just jump over the barrier and change her residence (徙) to the other side of the barrier.

衙

yá = y + a2

office / yamen 衙門|衙门

衙

yá = y + a2

surname Ya

徳

dé = d + e2

Japanese variant of 德[de2]

衢

qú = qu + Ø2

thoroughfare