Mnemonic comic for ⺮

Translation

zhú = zhu + Ø2: "bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a bamboo stick. Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is cooking bamboo shoots in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He's cooking them in a large pot and stirs them with a bamboo stick (⺮).
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⺮ character breakdown

The character ⺮ cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with ⺮ as component

签
籤
qia̅n = qi + an1
inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag
签 = ⺮ + 佥 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) and General Fu Qian (佥) reached an agreement in front of the anthill (an1). To finalize it they sign (签) their names in the sand using a bamboo stick (⺮).
策
筴
cè = c + e4
variant of 策[ce4]
策 = ⺮ + 朿 : The King of Chu heard that someone plans to assassinate him, so he hides in the elevator's bathroom. To be safer he walks on very long bamboo sticks which he uses as stilts and, in turn, has always his stabbing dagger ready.
策
筞
cè = c + e4
variant of 策[ce4]
策 = ⺮ + 朿 : The King of Chu heard that someone plans to assassinate him, so he hides in the elevator's bathroom. To be safer he walks on very long bamboo sticks which he uses as stilts and, in turn, has always his stabbing dagger ready.
策
cè = c + e4
policy / plan / scheme / bamboo slip for writing (old) / to whip (a horse) / to encourage / riding crop with sharp spines (old) / essay written for the imperial examinations (old) / upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
策 = ⺮ + 朿 : The King of Chu heard that someone plans to assassinate him, so he hides in the elevator's bathroom. To be safer he walks on very long bamboo sticks which he uses as stilts and, in turn, has always his stabbing dagger ready.
策
cè = c + e4
surname Ce
策 = ⺮ + 朿 : The King of Chu heard that someone plans to assassinate him, so he hides in the elevator's bathroom. To be safer he walks on very long bamboo sticks which he uses as stilts and, in turn, has always his stabbing dagger ready.
籍
jí = ji + Ø2
surname Ji
籍
jí = ji + Ø2
book or record / registry / roll / place of one's family or ancestral records / membership
籍 = ⺮ + 耤 : Joan of Arc (ji) just arrived at the space station and has to register (籍) in the kitchen (Ø2). Her duty on the space station will be to plow a field (耤) using a bamboo stick (⺮).
篷
péng = p + (e)ng2
sail
篷 = ⺮ + 逢 : Pinocchio (p) is on a blind date (逢) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). His blind date is covered under a sail (篷). Pinocchio curiously tries to feel what is under the sail, and gets hold of a bamboo stick (⺮). Immediately Pinocchio is very excited about his date and is very confident that the other person is a very good match.
筐
kua̅ng = ku + ang1
basket / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
筐 = ⺮ + 匡 : In front of the anglepod (ang1) Karl Koala (ku) needs a rectifier (匡) for his PCRB, so he looks for the right one by stirring with a bamboo stick (⺮) in his basket (筐) which holds all kinds of different rectifiers to find the right one.
筋
ji̅n = ji + (e)n1
muscle / tendon / veins visible under the skin / sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)
筋 = ⺮ + 肋 : Joan of Arc (ji) trained so much that her muscles (筋) burst her harness in front of the encampment ((e)n1). To cover her ribs (肋) she makes a larger armor out of bamboo sticks (⺮).
簸
bò = b + o4
used in 簸箕[bo4 ji1]
簸
bǒ = b + o3
to winnow / to toss up and down
簸 = ⺮ + 其 + 皮 : Beelzebub (b) is winnowing (簸) the grain by putting it on a leather hide (皮) and beating the hide with a bamboo stick (⺮). He thinks the best place to do so is on top of the watchtower (其) in the observatory (o3).

Words with ⺮

⺮ is not used as a character in a word.

Sentences with ⺮

⺮ currently does not appear in any sentence.
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