Mnemonic comic for 年
Mnemonic
Nefertiti (ni) is having lunch (午) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Unfortunately they didn't have any cutlery left so she has to use a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) instead of fork and knife. It will take her a whole year (年) to finish her lunch this way.
All translations for 年
Comments
I used the sushi set uploaded by Muga to https://openclipart.org/detail/14905/sushi-set for this comic. Thanks for uploading Muga!
Matthias, over 1 year ago
With all the food falling to the ground the ants in the anthill's kitchen will be pretty happy.
Matthias, over 1 year ago
年 character breakdown
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
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.
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
Characters with 年 as component
年 is not used as a component in another character.
Words with 年
(of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit / to be as (good, vigorous etc) as ever
the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant
Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章[Cao2 Yu2 zhang1]
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success
bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy