Mnemonic comic for 谷

Translation

gǔ = gu + Ø3: grain / corn

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) conducts an experiment in the space station’s living room (Ø3). She shows Neanderthal Man (人) three things: a mandarin (口), popcorn (谷), and an eight-ball (八), and records how much he likes to eat each of these. Neanderthal Man thinks that the eight-ball is a little crunchy.

All translations for 谷

gǔ = gu + Ø3

grain / corn

gǔ = gu + Ø3

valley

Comments

Hahaha I absolutely love that look on her face!

PS: also, from now on I'm probably always going to include aliens chilling in the background of the space station's living room.

Matthias, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

谷 character breakdown

谷
- 人
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 八
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 口

Component Translations

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

bā = b + a1

eight; 8

kǒu = k + ou3

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

Characters with 谷 as component

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sú = su + Ø2

custom / convention / popular / common / coarse / vulgar / secular

róng = ru + (e)ng2

surname Rong

róng = ru + (e)ng2

to hold / to contain / to allow / to tolerate / appearance / look / countenance

Words with 谷

cereal / grain

Bangkok, capital of Thailand

valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes

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