Mnemonic comic for 丿

Translation

piě = pi + e3: radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Mnemonic

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

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The character 丿 is not used as a standalone character, but one of the most important basic strokes. Therefore it can be very useful to know how to type it using the Pinyin input method. Additionally, learning the mnemonic system how to remember "pi" and "e3" now makes it easier to learn and remember more complicated characters later.

In our system, "pie3" is represented by Pocahontas in the elevator's living room. Pinyin initials with "i" are represented by women, and the final "e3" is represented by the elevator.

Here's the key how to remember the tone of the Pinyin final:

1 -> in front of
2 -> in the kitchen
3 -> in the living room
4 -> in the bathroom
5 -> on the roof

Matthias, over 1 year ago (edited over 1 year ago)

Kudos to qubodup for uploading banana SVGs to openclipart.org!

Matthias, over 1 year ago

丿 character breakdown

The character 丿 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 丿 as component

才

cái = c + ai2

ability / talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only

才 = 一 + 亅 + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: from "ability / talent", the special ability of X-ray vision.

The King of Chu (c) has been bitten by a X-ray tube and has gained the special ability (才) of X-ray vision. In the airplane's kitchen (ai2), he holds a banana (丿) in each hand; through his x-ray vision ability, he is able to see that in one of them there's a crowbar (亅) hidden, in the other one a flute (一).

才

纔

cái = c + ai2

(variant of 才[cai2]) just now / (before an expression of quantity) only

刀

da̅o = d + ao1

knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs

刀 = ㇆ + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: 刀 looks like a cleaver (while 刂 looks like a kitchen knife).

Don Quixote (d) serves his good deed of the day in front of the aorta (ao1). In order to feed the people, he uses a plow (㇆) to dig up bananas (丿), and cuts them into slices with a broad cleaver (刀).

力

lì = li + Ø4

power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

力 = ㇆ + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a power button.

Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.

勹

ba̅o = b + ao1

archaic variant of 包[bao1]

勹 = 丿 + ㇆ : 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.

勿

wù = w + Ø4

do not

勿 = 丿 + 勹 : Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: bat wings. The 丿 strokes look like the fingers of a single bat wing.

The elephant (勹) wants to eat a banana (丿) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but Willy Walrus (w) suddenly flies by (using bat wings (勿)), snatches the banana away and shouts "do not!" (勿)

身

she̅n = sh + (e)n1

body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158

身 = 自 + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a bodysuit.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) tries on his new bodysuit (身) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). To see himself better in his hand mirror (自), he uses a banana (丿) as a selfie stick.

𠂉

Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠂉 = 丿 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: 𠂉 looks like a key.

Imagine a banana you can't open without putting a key into each of the holes of a flute which is painted on its peel.

井

jǐng = ji + (e)ng3

a well / CL:口[kou3] / neat / orderly

井 = 二 + 丿 + 丨 : Joan of Arc (ji) is digging a well (井) inside the engine ((e)ng3). At first she was doing it by hand, but then she hooked up a capacitor (二) to a banana (丿) and a dinosaur bone (丨), which dig for her using the electrical energy.