Mnemonic comic for

Translation

fèn = f + (e)n4: to exert oneself (bound form)

Mnemonic

A mnemonic is a short, deliberately ridiculous scene, built to be hard to forget. Who appears in it and where it takes place are how the pronunciation is stored; the objects in it stand for the parts the character is written with. That is the Marilyn Method, and the comic below is the same scene, drawn.

Frankensteins Monster (f) and the robot (大) are exerting themselves (奋) by working on a field (田) in the encampment’s bathroom ((e)n4).

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How to pronounce 奋

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= f initial

F is for Frankenstein’s Monster.

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+ (e)n4 final

In the encampment’s bathroom.

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奋 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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tián = ti + an2
field / farm / CL:片[pian4]
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Characters with 奋 as component

běn = b + (e)n3
a basket or pan used for earth, manure etc
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Words with 奋

excited / excitement / (physiology) excitation
to strive / to struggle
stimulant / doping (in athletics)
Sentences with 奋
奋 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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fèn

to exert oneself (bound form)

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