Mnemonic comic for 生

Translation

shēng = sh + (e)ng1: to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a cradle.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) comforts a crying baby bull (牛) in a cradle (生) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and plays him a tune on a flute (一).

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Shoutout to https://openclipart.org/artist/frankes for uploading a cradle to https://openclipart.org/detail/220033/cradle-coloured. I just modified the coloring.

Matthias, almost 2 years ago

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生 character breakdown

生
- 牛
  - 𠂉
    - 丿
    - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 一

Component Translations

牛

niú = ni + ou2

ox / cow / bull / CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) / (slang) awesome

Add a new mnemonic for 牛 = 𠂉 + 十

一

yī = 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

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Characters with 生 as component

星牲胜姓隆性產産笙甦甥甡嬔徃曐泩眚鼪

星

xīng = xi + (e)ng1

star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount

Add a new mnemonic for 星 = 日 + 生

牲

shēng = sh + (e)ng1

domestic animal / sacrificial animal

Add a new mnemonic for 牲 = 牛 + 生

胜

勝

shèng = sh + (e)ng4

victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task)

Add a new mnemonic for 胜 = 月 + 生

Add a new mnemonic for 勝 = 月 + 劵