Mnemonic comic for 曰

Translation

yue̅ = yu + e1: to speak / to say

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a microphone. Yu the Great (yu) is selling flutes (一) in front of the elevator (e1). He has a whole box (囗) of them, and he's advertising them by using a microphone (曰).

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Kudos to https://openclipart.org/artist/aungkarns for uploading this microphone to https://openclipart.org/detail/68227/microphone

Matthias, 7 months ago

曰 character breakdown

曰
- 一
- 囗

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

囗

wéi = w + ei2

enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

Characters with 曰 as component

书

書

shu̅ = shu + Ø1

abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]

书

書

shu̅ = shu + Ø1

book / letter / document / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] / to write

书 = 丨 + ㇆ + 丶 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) is enjoying a good book (书) in front of the space station (Ø1). Because he is lazy, he built a thingy to hold the pages in place with a dinosaur bone (丨) and two plows (㇆). He is laying very comfortable on a petal (丶) serving as sofa.

会

會

huì = hu + ei4

can (i.e. have the skill, know how to) / likely to / sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / union / group / association / a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])

会 = 云 + 人 : Helga horse is almost fainting when she enters the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. Neanderthal man is giving off an extraordinarily smelly cloud. She didn't even think that this was possible at all.

会

會

kuài = ku + ai4

to balance an account / accountancy / accounting

朁

cǎn = c + an3

if, supposing, nevertheless

勗

xù = xu + Ø4

exhort / stimulate

汩

gǔ = gu + Ø3