Mnemonic comic for 也

Translation

yě = y + e3: (adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: an excavator. A plow and a shovel are both tools for moving earth, and an excavator can be used to dig up dinosaur bones. Maud Younger (y) is digging for dinosaur bones (丨) in the elevator's living room (e3). First she used a plow (㇆) to destroy the floor, then she used an excavator (也) to pull out the dinosaur bone surrounded by lots of earth. Finally she uses a shovel (乚) to remove the remaining earth manually so as to not damage the precious dinosaur bone. (The stroke order is ㇆丨乚)

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Shoutout to cyberscooty for uploading this to https://permaclipart.org/clipart/excavator/. Thanks!

Matthias, 10 months ago

也 character breakdown

也
- 丨
- 乚
- 乜
  - 乚
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅
- ㇆
  - 一
  - 亅

丨

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).

丨

shù = shu + Ø4

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.

乚

yà = y + a4

component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a shovel (乚).

Remember it by imagining Maud Younger (y) digging her own grave with a shovel in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

乜

niè = ni + e4

surname Nie

乜

mie̅ = mi + e1

used in 乜斜[mie1 xie5] / (Cantonese) what?

乜 = ㇆ + 乚 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) is tearing up the floor in front of the elevator (e1) with a shovel (乚) and a plow (㇆) so fast that she has to squint (乜) because of all the dust and debris flying into her face.

㇆

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.

Characters with 也 as component

地

dì = di + Ø4

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]

地 = 也 + 土 : Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.

地

de = d + e5

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

他

ta̅ = t + a1

he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) / (used before sb's name for emphasis) / (used as a meaningless mock object) / (literary) other

他 = 也 + 亻 : Tecumseh (t) was discovered when Rosa Luxemburg (亻) excavated (也) him (他) in front of the ashram (a1).

弛

chí = ch + Ø2

to unstring a bow / to slacken / to relax / to loosen

弛 = 弓 + 也 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to unstring (弛) his bow (弓) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2), but the bow string is too tight. He has to use an excavator's (也) shovel to pin the bow to the ground to be able to untighten the string.

她

ta̅ = t + a1

she

驰

馳

chí = ch + Ø2

to run fast / to speed / to gallop / to disseminate / to spread

池

chí = ch + Ø2

pond / reservoir / moat

㐌

yí = y + Ø2