Mnemonic comic for 人
Mnemonic
Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).
Comments
We see two persons in the comic (instead of only one as in most of the comics so far) because we chose a person as mnemonic symbol for 人: Neanderthal Man.
Matthias, over 1 year ago (edited over 1 year ago)
人 character breakdown
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).
Characters with 人 as component
to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
to weigh / weight / measure
衡
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彳
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鱼
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人
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亍
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Hamlet (h) and Neanderthal Man (人) don't know how much fish (鱼) they should have for dinner. In engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) they decide that they will settle the issue by balancing (衡) they shoes with an equal amount of fish. Hamlet commences by balancing his black sneaker (彳) with three fish. After he finished Neanderthal Man balanced his full armor boot (亍) by using nine fish.
to recognize / to know / to admit
认
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人
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讠
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Robinson Crusoe is lost in the encampment's bathroom. He doesn't know anyone, and he doesn't recognize the environment! At first, he turns to an advertising column, but it doesn't tell him anything useful. But fortunately, Neanderthal Man comes in, instantly recognizes Robinson Crusoe, and tells him where he is.
tea / tea plant / CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]
茶
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艹
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人
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朩
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Neanderthal Man (人) is just about to make the discovery of concocting the first tea (茶) in the history of humanity. In the ashram's kitchen (a2), he put artificial lawn (艹) into a sewage pipe sticking out of the floor (朩) and boils it. He also has a special ingredient: he also boils Charlie Chaplin (ch) for an extra strong taste.
to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
Words with 人
person who is passed back and forth, with nobody willing to look after them (e.g. a child of divorced parents) / (esp.) patient who gets shuttled from hospital to hospital, each of which refuses to admit the patient for treatment
lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom) / fig. to be at sb's mercy
lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom) / fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.