zhú
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zhu
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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).
簸
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⺮
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其
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皮
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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).