Mnemonic comic for 具

Translation

jù = ju + Ø4: tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies

Mnemonic

Zeus (ju) scattered his cowrie (貝) to pieces tlwhen he dropped his flute (一) on it in the space station’s bathroom (Ø4), so now he has to fix it with his tool box (具).

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Comments

I just LOVE how it rendered this one! Must be because it's a traditional character.

Matthias, 11 months ago

具 character breakdown

具
- - 貝
    - 目
      - 囗
      - 二
        
        一
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
  - 一
  - 目
    - 囗
    - 二
      - 一
  - 一
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏

Component Translations

目

mù = mu + Ø4

eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title

一

yī = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

八