Mnemonic comic for 久

Translation

jiǔ = ji + ou3: (long) time / (long) duration of time

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: an hourglass.

Joan of Arc (ji) has been waiting for ages (久) for the elephant (勹) to get up from the outhouse’s living room (ou3) sofa. She point towards a huge expired hourglass (久) and pokes him with a finger (㇏) to make him finally get up.

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What the hell ChatGPT, did you just put a rubber on Joan's sword???

Matthias, 12 months ago

久 character breakdown

久
- ㇏
- 勹
  - 丿
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅

Component Translations

㇏

nà = n + a4

Right-falling stroke

勹

bāo = b + ao1

archaic variant of 包[bao1]

Characters with 久 as component

灸玖畝疚羑畂

灸

jiǔ = ji + ou3

moxibustion (TCM)

亩

畝

mǔ = mu + Ø3

classifier for fields / unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare

玖

jiǔ = ji + ou3

black jade / nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

Words with 久

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长

長

cháng

久

jiǔ

(for a) long time

永

yǒng

久

jiǔ

everlasting / perpetual / lasting / forever / permanent

久

jiǔ

等

děng

to wait for a long time

Sentences with 久

只

zhǐ

是

shì

养

yǎng

在

zài

天

tiān

上

shàng

日

rì

子

久

jiǔ

了

又

yòu

要

yào

生

shēng

事

shì

But I think the monkey will cause more trouble once he gets used to life in heaven.

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