Mnemonic comic for 勹
Mnemonic
勹 looks like an elephant: 丿 looks like the edge of the ear and ㇆ looks like the head and trunk. Beelzebub (b) rides an elephant in front of the aorta (ao1), turning the soil with a plow (㇆). Lots of bananas (丿) are revealed in the turned earth.
Comments
Here we see the plow in action together with the banana to form 勹, which reminds me of an elephant: 丿 looks like the ear, and 亅 looks like the trunk.
As for the pronunciation: "b" is represented by Beelzebub. Pinyin initials without "special" vowels (i, u, ü) are represented by men. The Pinyin final "ao" is represented by the aorta, the largest artery in the human body. You can see it behind Beelzebub riding on the elephant.
As a reminder, here's the key how to remember the tone of the Pinyin final:
1 -> in front of
2 -> in the kitchen
3 -> in the living room
4 -> in the bathroom
5 -> on the roof
Matthias, over 1 year ago
勹 character breakdown
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).
Character component without intrinsic meaning
Characters with 勹 as component
spoon / ladle / CL:把[ba3] / abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)
勺
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丶
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勹
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Mnemonic symbol: as 勺 should not be confused with 匕 (ladle), the mnemonic symbol for 勺 is a small silver spoon.
Sherlock Holmes (sh) feeds an elephant (勹) medicine in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). The medicine looks like a petal leaf (丶), and Sherlock Holmes uses a small silver spoon (勺) to feed it to the elephant.
Sherlock Holmes (sh) feeds an elephant (勹) medicine in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). The medicine looks like a petal leaf (丶), and Sherlock Holmes uses a small silver spoon (勺) to feed it to the elephant.
do not
勿
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丿
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勹
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Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: bat wings. The 丿 strokes look like the fingers of a single bat wing.
The elephant (勹) wants to eat a banana (丿) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but Willy Walrus (w) suddenly flies by (using bat wings (勿)), snatches the banana away and shouts "do not!" (勿)
The elephant (勹) wants to eat a banana (丿) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but Willy Walrus (w) suddenly flies by (using bat wings (勿)), snatches the banana away and shouts "do not!" (勿)
ten days / ten years / full period
suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old)
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse
(long) time / (long) duration of time
久
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㇏
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勹
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Joan of Arc and the elephant are visiting the outhouse, and they have been looking at the Mona Lisa for hours. Impatiently, Joan of Arc looks at her hourglass telling them that they have been standing there like that for three and a half hours, so she's poking the elephant with a finger to tell him to move on.
to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
Words with 勹
勹
is not used as a character in a word.
Sentences with 勹
勹 currently does not appear in any sentence.