Mnemonic comic for 久

Translation

jiǔ = ji + ou3: (long) time / (long) duration of time

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: an hourglass.

Joan of Arc (ji) has been waiting for ages (久) for the elephant (勹) to get up from the outhouse’s living room (ou3) sofa. She point towards a huge expired hourglass (久) and pokes him with a finger (㇏) to make him finally get up.

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What the hell ChatGPT, did you just put a rubber on Joan's sword???

Matthias, 12 months ago

久 character breakdown

Component Translations
㇏
nà = n + a4
Right-falling stroke
勹
bāo = b + ao1
archaic variant of 包[bao1]

Characters with 久 as component

灸 玖 畝 疚 羑 畂
灸
jiǔ = ji + ou3
moxibustion (TCM)
亩
畝
mǔ = mu + Ø3
classifier for fields / unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
玖
jiǔ = ji + ou3
black jade / nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

Words with 久

多久 好久 不久 长久 永久 久等 不久前 持久 永久性 久仰 悠久 前不久 许久 久远 久留 天长地久 恒久 久违 持久战 久久 久而久之 久闻大名 久负盛名 经久不衰 良久 久已 久经考验 年久失修 耐久 地久天长 大久保 历久弥新 天长日久 旷日持久 久别 久长 经久不息 久之 久别重逢 终久 经久 长治久安 N久 久仰大名 久保 久假不归 久假不歸 久別 久別重逢 久慕 ...
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多
久
(of time) how long? / (not) a long time
好
久
quite a while
不
久
not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after
Sentences with 久
只
zhǐ
是
shì
养
yǎng
在
zài
天
tiān
上
shàng
 
 
日
rì
子
zi
久
jiǔ
了
le
又
yòu
要
yào
生
shēng
事
shì
But I think the monkey will cause more trouble once he gets used to life in heaven.

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