Mnemonic comic for

Translation

xi̅ = xi + Ø1: former times / the past / Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: From 奶昔, milkshake In former times (昔), at the end of the day the sun (日) used to go down in a well (井) in front of the space station (Ø1). Xi Shi (xi) made the sun go out by pouring a milk shake (mnemonic symbol for 昔) over it.

Comments

The ancient Chinese painting style conveys the "former times" aspect of the character.

Matthias, about 15 hours ago

昔 character breakdown

a well / CL:口[kou3] / neat / orderly

= + 丿 + : Joan of Arc (ji) is digging a well (井) inside the engine ((e)ng3). At first she was doing it by hand, but then she hooked up a capacitor (二) to a banana (丿) and a dinosaur bone (丨), which dig for her using the electrical energy.
abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
sun / day / date, day of the month

= + : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

Characters with 昔 as component

12th lunar month / preserved (meat, fish etc)

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) tries to pass the frickin' cold 12th lunar month (腊) as fast as possible by luring the moon (月) with pieces of preserved meat (腊) in order to make him pass by as fast as possible. Unfortunately the moon just drinks his milk shake (昔) sitting on the toilet in the ashram's bathroom (a4) and doesn't pay the least attention to Sir Lancelot.
old variant of 臘|腊[la4]
dried meat / also pr. [xi2]
old variant of 臘|腊[la4] / 12th lunar month

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) tries to pass the frickin' cold 12th lunar month (腊) as fast as possible by luring the moon (月) with pieces of preserved meat (腊) in order to make him pass by as fast as possible. Unfortunately the moon just drinks his milk shake (昔) sitting on the toilet in the ashram's bathroom (a4) and doesn't pay the least attention to Sir Lancelot.
ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month / the 12th lunar month / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
to lend / to borrow / by means of / to take (an opportunity)

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Joan of Arc (ji) are enjoying milkshakes (昔) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). To let each other taste the other's milkshake, they lend (借) them each other.
variant of 借[jie4]

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Joan of Arc (ji) are enjoying milkshakes (昔) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). To let each other taste the other's milkshake, they lend (借) them each other.
candle / wax

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) spent all day waxing (蜡) the floor of the ashram's bathroom (a4). Even when the mosquito (虫) drops his milkshake (昔) on the floor it just drops off and doesn't wet the floor.
to handle / to manage / to put in order / to arrange / to administer / to execute / to take action on / to plan

= + : Kitty Cat (cu) managed (措) to create a milk shake (昔) machine in the observatory's bathroom (o4) using many toy claws (扌) connected to electric motors. The machine handles (措) the whole operation of making the milk shakes.
to cherish / to begrudge / to pity / Taiwan pr. [xi2]

= + : NASA ordered Marie Curie (xi) to do an experiment for them in front of the space station (Ø1). They are spending 2000000000 bucks to see what happens when you crush a milk shake (昔) with a flail (忄) in outer space. Marie Curie thinks it is a pity (惜) and would rather drink her cherished (惜) milk shake rather than crush it.
surname Cuo
mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver

= + : Kitty Cat just finished polishing her golden harpoon in the observatory's bathroom, but afterwards she made the terrible mistake of dropping her milkshake on it. Now she'll have to polish it all over again.
vinegar / jealousy (in love rivalry)

= + : Because Kitty Cat (cu) is chasing the rooster (酉) so often it decided to take revenge. In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) Kitty Cat is about to enjoy a milkshake (昔) into which the rooster poured a good shot of vinegar (醋).
hunting

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) goes hunting (猎) with her dachshund (犭). In the elevator's bathroom (e4) the dachshund corners a milk shake (昔).
plow / a field plowed by the emperor

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a plowed field. Joan of Arc (ji) is planting milk shakes (昔) in a plowed field (耤) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2) after she plowed the field with a snow plow (耒).

Words with 昔

former days / in the past
things are very different now (idiom) / times have changed
past and present / yesterday and today
milkshake (Note: 昔[xi1] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1)
formerly / in the past
former years / previous years
Xiyang county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi
Xiyang county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi
meloxicam (anti-inflammatory drug)
aciclovir (also spelled acyclovir), antiviral drug
things are not as good as they used to be
Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)
(literary) ancient times / in olden days

Sentences with 昔

昔 currently does not appear in any sentence.