Mnemonic comic for 刀
Translation
Mnemonic
Mnemonic symbol: 刀 looks like a cleaver (while 刂 looks like a kitchen knife). Don Quixote (d) serves his good deed of the day in front of the aorta (ao1). In order to feed the people, he uses a plow (㇆) to dig up bananas (丿), and cuts them into slices with a broad cleaver (刀).
Comments
Giving Stable Diffusion another try! And it's sooo ridiculous!! I love it!
Stable Diffusion has no idea what a plow looks like, and it also doesn't know very well who the heck Don Quixote is. I could live with that, but oh man, three legs??? Also, it was impossible to get banana slices. Well, the panels are ridiculous enough to remember them, so I'll take it.
Matthias, 6 months ago
刀 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 刀 as component
clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
to call together / to summon / to convene / temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
召
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刀
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口
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Mnemonic symbol: an intercom to call everyone together. James II of England (zh) prepares a few mandarins (口) for everyone in the aorta's bathroom (ao4) by cutting them with a cleaver (刀). As he is finished he calls everyone together (召) over the intercom (召) to come over and fetch a piece.
surname Shao / name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
definitely / absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. / Tut! / to grind / close to / eager / to correspond to / see also 反切[fan3 qie4]
bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half) / contract / deed (i.e. title deeds) / ticket / voucher / certificate
Words with 刀
lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom) / fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom) / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity / one solution fits a diversity of problems / one size fits all
two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)
a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom) / fig. to be at sb's mercy
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations
to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom)