Mnemonic comic for 吊

Translation

diào = di + ao4: to suspend / to hang up / to hang a person

Mnemonic

Dorothy Gale (di) is traveling and tries to find a way to hang (吊) her towel (巾) in the aorta’s bathroom (ao4). She finds a huge mandarin (口) mounted on the wall, so eventually she sticks the hook of her coat hanger (吊) into the mandarin so she can hang her towel.

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All translations for 吊

吊

diào = di + ao4

to suspend / to hang up / to hang a person

吊

弔

diào = di + ao4

a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4]

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I like how the mandarin is right above the towel, just like in 吊.

Matthias, about 1 hour ago

吊 character breakdown

吊
- 口
- 巾
  - 丨
  - 冂
    - 丨
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅

Component Translations

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

巾

jīn = ji + (e)n1

towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50

Characters with 吊 as component

常屌铞銱

常

cháng = ch + ang2

always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant

屌

diǎo = di + ao3

penis / (slang) cool or extraordinary / (Cantonese) to fuck

铞

銱

diào = di + ao4

see 釕銱兒|钌铞儿[liao4 diao4 r5]

Words with 吊

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吊

diào

死

sǐ

death by hanging / to hang oneself

上

shàng

吊

diào

to hang oneself

吊

diào

销

銷

xiāo

to suspend (an agreement) / to revoke

Sentences with 吊

吊 currently does not appear in any sentence.

Prompt snippets

The coat hanger is a slender, arched wire frame made of polished chrome, featuring a twisted neck that terminates in a smooth, rounded hook. Its surface reflects light with sharp highlights, showing subtle indentations at the notched shoulders designed to secure garment straps.