Mnemonic comic for 一

Translation

yi̅ = 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

Mnemonic

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

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Thank you zeimusu for uploading this SVG to openclipart.org! https://openclipart.org/detail/3305/recorder

Matthias, almost 2 years ago (edited almost 2 years ago)

一 character breakdown

The character 一 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 一 as component

元

yuán = yu + an2

surname Yuan / the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

歹

dǎi = d + ai3

bad / wicked / evil / Kangxi radical 78

歹 = 一 + 夕 : Mnemonic symbol: a wicked witch.

Don Quixote (d) is hypnotized by a wicked witch (歹) playing her flute (一) in the airplane (ai3). She's playing her magic flute in order to sedate Don Quixote, so that her bats (夕) can drink his blood.

丆

one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "myeon"), an ancient Korean writing system

丆 = 一 + 丿 : 丆 kinda looks like a wind turbine. 丿 is the base and 一 looks like two blades attached to the base.

丄

shàng = sh + ang4

old variant of 上[shang4]

丄 = 丨 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a 90 degree corner clamp, because in mathematics the 丄 symbol denotes a perpendicular connection.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) is renovating the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) and joining a flute (一) to the top (丄) of a dinosaur bone (丨) using a 90 degree angle clamp (丄).

止

zhǐ = zh + Ø3

to stop / to prohibit / until / only

止 = ⺊ + 丨 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a barrier. James II of England (zh) is marking his area in the space station's living room (Ø3) with a big barrier (止), in front of which he sets up his pennant (⺊). He places a soldier left and right to the barrier, armed with a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) respectively.

正

zhèng = zh + (e)ng4

straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive

正 = 一 + 止 : Mnemonic symbol: a stick-figure with straight lines. James II of England (zh) really has to use the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4), but there's a stick-figure (正) blocking the stalls with a barrier (止). The stick-figure measures with a flute (一) whether James is tall enough to go. James stands very straight (正) to make himself as tall as possible.

正

zhe̅ng = zh + (e)ng1

first month of the lunar year

豕

shǐ = sh + Ø3

hog / swine

豕 = 一 + 𧰨 : Someone has killed the swine (豕) in the space station's living room (Ø3). While it is floating in the middle of the air Sherlock Holmes (sh) is investigating the crime scene. He doesn't notice the caterpillar (𧰨) suspiciously hiding from his eyes in a huge flute (一) floating at the top of the room.

画

畫

huà = hu + a4

to draw / picture / painting / CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1] / classifier for paintings etc / variant of 劃|划[hua4]

画 = 一 + 田 + 凵 : Helga Horse (hu) decided to make the ashram's bathroom (a4) more beautiful, so she paints (画) her favourite field (田) on the wall using a flute (一). She doesn't watch out for the receptacles (凵) though, and gets shocked as her flute gets stuck in one of them.

屯

tún = tu + (e)n2

to station (soldiers) / to store up / village

屯

zhu̅n = zhu + (e)n1

difficult / stingy

屯 = 一 + 凵 + 乚 : Mnemonic symbol: a trident (屯).