Mnemonic comic for

Translation

wén = w + (e)n2: language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a thick book. Willy Walrus (w) wants to cook in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). The recipe book (文) is extremely greasy and Willy doesn't want it to touch anything, nor touch it. That's why he puts it into a beret (亠) so that it doesn't touch the floor, and uses pliers (乂) to turn the pages.

文 character breakdown

to regulate / to govern / to control / to mow

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: 乂 looks like pliers. Maud Younger (y) is using pliers (乂) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to regulate (乂) and control (乂) the water flow of the sink. Using the pliers she has to pull a lot of bananas (丿) and fingers (㇏) out of the sink.
"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 亠 looks like a beret. Tecumseh (t) is killing time in the Outhouse's kitchen (ou2) by playing a game. His goal is to blow a petal leaf (丶) into a beret (亠) by blowing air through a flute (一).

Characters with 文 as component

(name of states and dynasties at several different periods) / surname Qi

= + 丿 + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) built a drum and a gong (齐). She made the drum by carving a hole into a big book (文) and spanning a hide over the hole very evenly (齐). The gong also consists of a huge book which has been cast in bronze, and its surface is quite even (齐). She can readily beat the drum using a dinosaur bone (丨), but when she strikes the gong with a banana (丿), the gong doesn't make any sound. The drum is ready, but the gong is not.
neat / even / level with / identical / simultaneous / all together / to even sth out

= + 丿 + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) built a drum and a gong (齐). She made the drum by carving a hole into a big book (文) and spanning a hide over the hole very evenly (齐). The gong also consists of a huge book which has been cast in bronze, and its surface is quite even (齐). She can readily beat the drum using a dinosaur bone (丨), but when she strikes the gong with a banana (丿), the gong doesn't make any sound. The drum is ready, but the gong is not.
grave / tomb / CL:座[zuo4] / embankment / mound / ancient book

= + : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is digging its own grave (坟) right in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). While digging the grave it piles up a lot of dirt (土) which forms a small mound. Frankenstein's Monster plans to use a thick book (文) as a tombstone.
surname Liu

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 刘三姐, third sister Liu.

Li Qingzhao and Liu Sanjie are fighting for the title "artist of the universe" in the outhouse's kitchen. Their weapons: each one has a knife, and a thick book of her respective works to use as a shield.
(classical) a type of battle-ax / to kill / to slaughter

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 刘三姐, third sister Liu.

Li Qingzhao and Liu Sanjie are fighting for the title "artist of the universe" in the outhouse's kitchen. Their weapons: each one has a knife, and a thick book of her respective works to use as a shield.
old variant of 蚊[wen2]
old variant of 蚊[wen2]
mosquito

= + : Willy Walrus (w) is killing two mosquitoes (蚊)(虫) in one strike with a thick book (文) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2).
(pronoun) this; these / (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)

= + : James II of England (zh) is carrying a heavy book (文) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). This (这) book is so heavy that his gladiator sandals (辶) are sinking deep into the sand.
involved / tangled / disorderly / confused / chaotic / Taiwan pr. [wen4]

= + : Willy Walrus (w) wants to go out, but his silken scarf (糸) got entangled (紊) in a disorderly (紊) heap of books (文) in the encampment ((e)n3).
line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc)

= + : Willy Walrus (w) wants to continue reading his favorite book (文) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2), but he finds that a silk worm (纟) left a lot of traces (纹) where it ate through the book.
to act with reverence / reverent
spot / colored patch / stripe / spotted / striped / variegated

= + : Beelzebub (b) is reading a thick book (文) about necklaces (玨) in front of the anthill (an1) when he spots that there are a lot of yellow spots (斑) on each page.

Words with 文

inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription
Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson) / Kelvin (temperature scale)
Arabic (language & writing)
hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean written language
bell-cauldron script / the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
passport / travel papers
Kevin Rudd (1957-), Australian politician, proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007-2010 and 2013
characters cut in relief
Wendi (541-604), posthumous name of the first Sui emperor, reigned 581-604
hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean letters
Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory, Australia
interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script
repetitious passage / multiple variants of Chinese characters
to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military / to prefer the pen to the sword

Sentences with 文