Mnemonic comic for 味

Translation

wèi = w + ei4: taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

Mnemonic

Willy Walrus (w) is wondering about that strange smell (味) in the bathroom of the Eiffel Tower (ei4). He can't quite place it. The smell is from Ai Weiwei's (未) new installation: A tower of mandarins (口).

Comments

味 character breakdown

味
- 口
- 未
  - 一
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Add a new mnemonic for 口 =

wèi = w + ei4

not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°

Add a new mnemonic for 未 = 一 + 木