Mnemonic comic for 旁

Translation

páng = p + ang2: one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: bourbon, 波旁 (bo1 pang2).

The beast (六) is nominated for a challenge by Pinocchio (p) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). Pinocchio asks the beast to fit a cooking top (冖) into a square (方). If he succeeds, he'll get a bottle of bourbon (旁), so the beast is jumping on the cooking top madly trying to push it through the square.

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旁 character breakdown

旁
- 六
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 冖
- 方
  - 万
    - 丆
      - 一
      - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
  - 丶
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶
  - 勹
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅

六

liù = li + ou4

six / 6

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冖

mì = mi + Ø4

"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

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方

fāng = f + ang1

square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter

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