Mnemonic comic for 勹

Translation

bāo = b + ao1: archaic variant of 包[bao1]

Mnemonic

勹 looks like an elephant: 丿 looks like the edge of the ear and ㇆ looks like the head and trunk.

Beelzebub (b) rides an elephant in front of the aorta (ao1), turning the soil with a plow (㇆). Lots of bananas (丿) are revealed in the turned earth.

Comments

勹 character breakdown

勹
- 丿
- ㇆
  - 一
  - 亅

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

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Character component without intrinsic meaning

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