Mnemonic comic for 等
Translation
Mnemonic
Inside of the engine's living room ((e)ng3), Don Quixote (d) is praying in front of a Buddhist shrine (寺). He brought a bamboo stick (⺮) as offer, and he lighted it at the very top. Now he's waiting for the stick to burn down so he can go home. However, the stick is very long: Don Quixote will have to wait for a long time (等).
等 character breakdown
"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
Mnemonic symbol: a bamboo stick.
Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is cooking bamboo shoots in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He's cooking them in a large pot and stirs them with a bamboo stick (⺮).
Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is cooking bamboo shoots in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He's cooking them in a large pot and stirs them with a bamboo stick (⺮).
Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)
寺
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土
+
寸
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Socrates (s) built a Buddhist temple (寺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). To protect it from being destroyed while floating around in zero gravity, he built a protective frame made out of mud (土) around it. After finishing it he inspects it and thinks "thumbs up" (寸), because he is proud of his work.
bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118
Characters with 等 as component
等 is not used as a component in another character.
Words with 等
secondary normal school (secondary school that trains kindergarten and elementary school teachers)
(term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)