Mnemonic comic for 亅

Translation

jué = ju + e2: "vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: 亅 looks like a crowbar. Zeus (ju) is bored and presses all the buttons next to the elevator kitchen's (e2) door with his crowbar (亅).
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亅 is another basic stroke which is not used as independent Chinese character, but serves as character component only. To me, with the little hook at the bottom, it kind of looks like a crowbar. Scroll down on this page to see how the crowbar is used in the comics for characters which use 亅 as a component.

亅 is pronounced "jue2", which is represented by Zeus (kind of sounds like "ju"). Pinyin initials with the "ü" sound are represented by deities. "e2" is represented by the elevator's kitchen.

Do not confuse 亅 with 丨, which will be introduced later. The little hook at the bottom is what differentiates the two characters 干 (dry; to do) and 于 (preposition particle). Having two distinct mnemonic symbols for 亅 with 丨 helps to distinguish them.

Matthias, over 1 year ago

narrowhouse generously uploaded his crowbar SVG to https://openclipart.org/detail/121285/crowbar so that I can use it in this comic. Thank you very much!

Matthias, over 1 year ago

亅 character breakdown

The character 亅 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 亅 as component

丁
di̅ng = di + (e)ng1
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
丁 = 一 + 亅 : Mnemonic symobl: a nail. 一 is the head of the nail and 亅 is the shaft. The point of the nail is already a bit bent.

Dorothy Gale (di) balances a flute (一) on a crowbar (亅) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). For this trick, she wins the fourth (丁) place in an artists competition and gets a quarter (丁) of a pizza as prize. Unfortunately, there is a big nail (mnemonic symbol for 丁) on the pizza slice.
寸
cùn = cu + (e)n4
a unit of length / inch / thumb
寸 = 一 + 亅 + 丶 : Kitty Cat is playing with a petal leaf in the encampment's bathroom. She's keeping it in the air by hitting it with a flute and a crowbar. It's so much fun that she thinks to herself "thumbs up".
才
纔
cái = c + ai2
(variant of 才[cai2]) just now / (before an expression of quantity) only
才
cái = c + ai2
ability / talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only
才 = 一 + 亅 + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: from "ability / talent", the special ability of X-ray vision.

The King of Chu (c) has been bitten by a X-ray tube and has gained the special ability (才) of X-ray vision. In the airplane's kitchen (ai2), he holds a banana (丿) in each hand; through his x-ray vision ability, he is able to see that in one of them there's a crowbar (亅) hidden, in the other one a flute (一).
于
於
yú = yu + Ø2
(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by
于 = 亅 + 二 : Mnemonic symbol: prepositions (in, at, on, to, ...) are what glue the sentence together. Honey is as sticky as glue, so I'll represent 于 by a honey jar.

Yu the Great (于) was assigned to repair the electronics of the space station's kitchen (Ø2), but instead he was snacking honey from a honey jar (于). Unfortunately his capacitor (二) got stuck in the honey and now he has to use a crowbar (亅) to lever it out.
于
yú = yu + Ø2
to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于[yu2]
㇆
Character component without intrinsic meaning
㇆ = 一 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: ㇆ just looks like a plow.

Someone attached a flute to the top of a crowbar to create a new instrument. When the crowbar is bowed with a plow, the vibrations of the crowbar will transfer to the flute, which in turn is producing eerie sounds.
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.
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.
小
xiǎo = xi + ao3
small / tiny / few / young
小 = 八 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a small daisy. 小 looks like the stem 亅 of the flower is pushing aside the earth 八 as it grows out of the seed in the ground.

Xi Shi (xi) is decorating her hair with lots of small (小) daisies (mnemonic symbol for 小) in the aorta's living room (ao3). She wants to have lots of daisies in the future as well, so she plants new daisies. She found that the perfect substrate for planting daisies is made by crushing eight-balls (八) with a crow bar (亅).
亍
chù = chu + Ø4
to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍[chi4 chu4])
亍
chù = chu + Ø4
step with the right foot / see 彳亍[chi4 chu4]
亍 = 一 + 丁 : Mnemonic symbol: a step with the right foot is a kick of a righteous knight, who wears a full armor boot on his right foot.

Someone is playing music on a flute (一) for Chantal Chicken (chu) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) so that she can practice pole dancing on a huge nail (丁). She's working on her step with the right foot (亍) while wearing a full armor boot (mnemonic symbol for 亍).

Words with 亅

亅 is not used as a character in a word.

Sentences with 亅

亅 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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