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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.
乂
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㇏
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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)
亠
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丶
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一
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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).
(name of states and dynasties at several different periods) / surname Qi
齐
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文
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丿
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丨
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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
齐
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丿
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丨
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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
坟
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土
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文
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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.
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.
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.
(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)
这
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辶
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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.
紊
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文
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糸
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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)
纹
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文
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纟
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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.
斑
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文
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玨
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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.
coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝[Han4 Ling2 Di4], with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文)
Tongwen Guan, 19th century college that trained translators for China's diplomatic corps, established in Beijing in 1862 and absorbed by the Imperial University in 1902
King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] the first Zhou dynasty king