Mnemonic comic for 弓

Translation

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1: a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: this character just looks like a composite bow. Gitta Giraffe (gu) is shooting arrows with a composite bow (弓) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).

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I just LOVE how ridiculous this AI image turned out! This was my first try (usually it takes me a couple tries to generate a good image) and I was laughing SO hard when it came out and instantly decided to keep it. Love it.

Matthias, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

弓 character breakdown

The character 弓 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 弓 as component

引

yǐn = y + (e)n3

to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

引 = 丨 + 弓 : In the encampment, Maud Younger draws her composite bow. She wants to shoot a dinosaur bone straight across the hall.

弯

彎

wa̅n = w + an1

to bend / bent / a bend / a turn (in the road etc) / CL:道[dao4]

弯 = 亦 + 弓 : Willy Walrus (w) wants to help the also runner (亦) to also win a race after all. The also ran is racing against Bender (弯) who is in the lead and will soon reach the goal, the anthill (an1). Willy wants to help the also ran by throwing rods towards Bender, but Bender just bends (弯) them into composite bows (弓) and shoots them back towards Willy before reaching anthill.

弯

彎

wa̅n = w + an1

to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL:道[dao4]

夷

yí = y + Ø2

non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze

夷 = 大 + 弓 : The barbarians (夷) are about to hijack the space station! Just inside the entrance Maud Younger (y) and the robot (大) will fight until their death to defend the space station. The robot even has a small composite bow (弓) in his robot hands.

躬

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

body (of a human, esp. the torso) / to bow / (literary) oneself; personally

躬 = 弓 + 身 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) tries to personally (躬) shoot herself (躬) with a composite bow (弓). In front of the engine she bows (躬) to fit her body (躬) into the bow, and so as to not get her clothes stuck in the bowstring she wears a well-fitting body suit (身).

躬

躳

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

old variant of 躬[gong1]

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.

第

dì = di + Ø4

(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but; however / (literary) only; just

第 = ⺮ + 弓 + 丨 + 丿 : Dorothy Gale (di) accomplished an awesome result with her composite bow (弓) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4): She shot a banana (丿) onto a dinosaur bone (丨) so the banana was split in half, and then fired a bamboo stick (⺮) into the banana (丿) so the banana was split in half as well. Dorothy is number one (第) with the bow!

张

張

zha̅ng = zh + ang1

to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes

张 = 弓 + 长 : Mnemonic symbol: a spreadsheet. James II of England (zh) practices his archery skills in front of the anglepod (ang1). Riding on a longboard (长) he shoots arrows using his composite bow (弓) trying to hit a spreadsheet (张).

张

張

zha̅ng = zh + ang1

surname Zhang

弹

彈

tán = t + an2

to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials)

弹 = 单 + 弓 : Tecumseh (t) is giving a concert in the anthill's kitchen (an2). He is playing a composite bow (弓) with just a single string. As he is plucking (弹) the string (弹) of his bow, he often looks at the floor where he taped a list (单) of songs to play so that he doesn't forget which song is next.

弹

彈

dàn = d + an4

crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball

弹 = 单 + 弓 : Don Quixote (d) is preparing a bullet (弹) list in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but he took the term a little too literally. To create the bullet points on his list (单), he is trying to shoot bullets (弹) at the list using a composite bow (弓).

弟

dì = di + Ø4

younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)

弟 = 丷 + 弓 + 丨 + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: Jesse James, the younger one of the James brothers (弟).

A mean crocodile (丷) harasses Dorothy Gale (di) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but Jesse James (弟) is there to stop him. With a composite bow (弓), he shoots a banana (丿) as a warning shot; as the banana doesn't stop the crocodile, Jesse shoots a dinosaur bone (丨) right into the crocodile's crotch.

弟

tì = ti + Ø4

variant of 悌[ti4]